A collerational study between the weather in Chicago and New York compared to what the stock market averages did those days. I think there might...
Mercedes, What is the exact model of the car you drive? I've always been a big Mercedes fan and saw a lot of them when I was over in Amsterdam...
Magna, I'm sure the real world scenerio will be slightly different, but I have been trading with a simulated account for a little while and the...
Newbies provide the freshest perspectives from my observations. Thanks for your reply. I agree with you that it is all about risk management....
A lot of people don't understand the concept of returns. First of all, it is a lot easier for a savvy trader to turn a 1000% gain in a year than...
That is a good point -- but I often hear the expression, "Cut your losses short and let your profits run." However, the system I use to trade ES...
Everyone knows that getting in the market is a lot easier than deciding when to get out -- so I wanted to start a thread with some ideas and throw...
As soon as advanced mathematics gets involved, I know the system is going to suck. aphie
The best scene in the movie is when Kevin is lifting weights and his wife comes in and catches him smoking pot. "Do you think you're setting a...
I think if you consistently made 1,000% a day, you would saturate the market in a week's time. My goal is to average 35% per month in ES. My...
Hey, I'm going to do it. You'll never know until you try. It won't be easy -- but it doesn't have to be extraordinarily hard, either. My goal...
Platypus, Yeah, or go to the ocean and observe tides and wave formations. You'll get a good appreciation for trying to catch the wave --...
Platypus, I will look for the program -- it is a year or two old, though. The importing of data has to be in ascii format. If there is...
metooxx, Which island is paradise found on? My paradise is found in Amsterdam, but that's a rather large island. aphie
Pabst, Wasn't the pilot high on cocaine at the time -- or rather, they found traces of cocaine in his system? Otherwise, if some of you...
Huios, It may turn out to be a journal even costlier than yours. ;-) aphie
It has been said before but I will say it again -- throw out all your indicators and start from scratch if you use many of them to trade. The...
I'm not a big fan of computerized back-testing. I do it myself because: a) It forces me to look at a lot of charts and, the more I view them,...
I just did it as a fun little project to experiment with viewing data in different methods -- but I was just very impressed with how natural...
I totally agree -- even if some of us are trading 250 contracts a pop, we simply don't have the power to move the market to any significant...
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