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  1. Should we use the 200 day EMA or SMA?

    That's hilarious -- the Mad Magazine Guide to Trend-Following would NO DOUBT contain more usable content on trend trading than Covel's slop. (I...
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 26, 2020 in forum: Technical Analysis

  2. Should we use the 200 day EMA or SMA?

    Does Covel provide so much as a single algebraic formula for trend-following of *any* form? No. == Total FLUFF.
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 26, 2020 in forum: Technical Analysis

  3. Should we use the 200 day EMA or SMA?

    I don't recall Covel's book to carry so much as a single algebraic equation. == Total fluff. Takes 300+ pages to say "great traders make millions...
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 25, 2020 in forum: Technical Analysis

  4. Anyone good with Trader Workstation? Need help setting up chart appearance

    Has anyone viewed the IB webinars on Charts and ChartTrader and such? They are worth 3 or 4 viewings just to start, and then another 3 or 4 in a...
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 25, 2020 in forum: Trading Software

  5. Ryan Jones PDS Option Trader real? Or Total Scam?

    You're nearly a third correct. Not bad. Neither of Bob Knight or John Wooden -- arguably two of round-ball's very best coaches -- were any good...
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 25, 2020 in forum: Options

  6. POLL : Which IB template you use? CLASSIC TWS or MOSAIC ?

    Long-time, *strong* TWS proponent here... I way-totally dug the spreadsheet approach, as well as the fact that there are two, three -- even...
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 20, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. John Fuggin Prine........

    Poetry, man -- pure poetry. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 18, 2020 in forum: Religion and Spirituality

  8. Most recent "Beta" build of TWS flagged as malware. Anyone else?

    Good news: A quick google search paints this as an Avast issue, in which the IDP.Generic tag is triggered with too many "false positive" outcomes....
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 18, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  9. Monte Carlo Trading Simulator Strategy

    :banghead:
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 17, 2020 in forum: Trading

  10. Advisor accounts: questions on asset allocation

    One day, you're going to have to defend the decision you make right now in court. Your allocation of client money is *your* business, not IB's....
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 11, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  11. Is it time to go short?

    6 weeks ago, I worried about the *possibility* of material, long-term effects of a pile-it-on, One-Shot-Kills-All approach to CoVID-19... but I...
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 11, 2020 in forum: Trading

  12. Ryan Jones PDS Option Trader real? Or Total Scam?

    Just think about your life without all the people employed to teach you shit. This "Those that cant[,] teach" trope can't survive the least bit of...
    Post by: tommcginnis, May 10, 2020 in forum: Options

  13. Will COVID-19 change the parking business?

    I recommend investing in industrial paint/coatings. Just imagine all the costs of repainting car-pool markings with something like "Virus+ Lane...
    Post by: tommcginnis, Apr 26, 2020 in forum: Wall St. News

  14. John Fuggin Prine........

    So, I was writing to an ol' honey o' mine, and ..... well, .... [MEDIA] and then, before you know it, [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
    Thread by: tommcginnis, Apr 20, 2020, 41 replies, in forum: Religion and Spirituality

  15. Trading term for risk scenario occurring?

    [MEDIA]
    Post by: tommcginnis, Apr 13, 2020 in forum: Trading

  16. Synthetic stock (buy call & sell put) - can you get assigned or not?

    Good! Good! Think about that a bit more...... :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
    Post by: tommcginnis, Apr 11, 2020 in forum: Options

  17. Synthetic stock (buy call & sell put) - can you get assigned or not?

    • The thread has to do with assignment. :wtf:Read ffs1001 post. :rolleyes: • The difference between capital requirements on a short put, versus a...
    Post by: tommcginnis, Apr 11, 2020 in forum: Options

  18. When is Strategy a good one..?

    Strategies don't "behave;" markets behave. Strategies are a static key trying to fit a dynamic market lock. Some fit better than others. Some fit...
    Post by: tommcginnis, Apr 11, 2020 in forum: Strategy Building

  19. Synthetic stock (buy call & sell put) - can you get assigned or not?

    • If the underlying is at $48, a $50 put will be exercised without any regard for its original selling price. • "Being wrong on the short side"...
    Post by: tommcginnis, Apr 11, 2020 in forum: Options

  20. When is Strategy a good one..?

    A strategy is a good one when it has positive expectancy. Period. Do you *expect* to make money? Your question poses "strategy"; your comments...
    Post by: tommcginnis, Apr 11, 2020 in forum: Strategy Building
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