Greetings d08 and Kohanz, I wondered how long it would be before those following along wondered what happened to me ;). I am in my usual DD along...
I am down 2.7K on Diamond Foods, DMND. There are several class action lawsuits regarding financial reporting. I was down 1.5K by the time the...
Initial Capital (11/1/2011) $81,531 Total Net Profit $714.89 (Per Share) $0.03 Gross Profit $3,818.05 Gross Loss ($3,103.16) Profit...
Tradestation does not provide portfolio testing right now, so I don't have stats. Amibroker backtesting is not entirely realistic because it does...
I thought it would imply that what goes up, must come down.
I have thought of and tried before what you suggest of removing stocks that are losers, but in live trading it did not appear to help any. I am...
I use the same price and volume filters on portfolio backtesting as well as live trading. Unrealistic fills is another reason I exclude low...
Initial Capital (1-1-2011) $47,853 Total Net Profit $17,875.69 (Per Share) $0.06 Gross Profit $97,376.55 Gross Loss ($79,500.86) Profit...
Hi gmst, From my experience with TradeStation, Market-on-Open gave me horrible fills. Sometimes the fill was at a price that did not even...
Hi clarodina, FYI my username is Rol, not Roi. Some reasons for filtering out low priced stocks: Commission would be higher at $1 per 100...
Initial Capital (10/1/2011) $71,377 Total Net Profit $8,519.40 (Per Share) $0.15 Gross Profit $17,036.49 Gross Loss ($8,517.09) Profit...
I am not sure what makes you think I am sending large numbers of orders that do not fill. I do not send orders until entry conditions are close...
Thanks fickletrader! I hope to be able to complement RTM trading with TF. Why not do both! That would really keep Mr. Market confused. :p
I forgot to mention that I activated the index monitor, which shuts down the strategy when the index I track crosses below its 200DMA. I...
Initial Capital (10/1/2011) $71,377 Total Net Profit $7,880.81 (Per Share) $0.23 Gross Profit $13,094.54 Gross Loss ($5,213.72) Profit...
Todayâs action looked as if sub 1200 on the S&P was bought up again. I went ahead and entered 300 shares SPY midday to give myself a bit more...
I got the urge today to trade in and out of QID, and caught a piece of the afternoon slide with 300 shares to net around $240. I got stopped out...
Most of todayâs profit resulted from entries this morning as the market appeared to be continuing yesterdayâs decline, but then reversed to...
Initial Capital (10/1/2011) $71,377 Total Net Profit $5,517.51 (Per Share) $0.26 Gross Profit $9,206.09 Gross Loss ($3,688.58) Profit...
Thanks for following along Joman! As a rule, I do buy the dips with automation but I think views on counter-trend and trend following styles...
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