no, BA = # Winners / (Total # Winners + Total # Losers) For me, denominator is not total number of trades, because I do not include...
I took it on the chin a bit in NEM. I was long from 41.60 on the breakout few weeks ago. Debated for a bit about hanging on as I hate to...
Per Ryan Jones in "The Trading Game": PE = ((1+SR)*BA)-1 PE = Pos Expectancy SR = Sharpe Ratio BA = Batting Average If I remember, he...
heil, you just seem of sorta meander without much of a plan. why in the world would you cover what appears to me to be "the big trade" after...
I like Ryan Jones Positive Expectancy calc better than sharpe ratio. It accounts for batting average in addition to sharpe ratio. Can directly...
Anybody know a website or service that specializes in Long BF's?? Looking for a place that calculates minimum entry cost setups, preferably...
I've traded QQQ strategies up till now and have never traded futures. A few weeks ago I saw someone make reference to S&P and Nas futures being...
Does anybody know why the wash sale rule exists w/ the IRS?? What is it trying to prevent or what loophole was it trying to close? Only thing...
are you trying to get out of listed or nas stocks?? why could you possibly want to exit long positions at the craziest, most erratic time of...
for the responses. One related question, with IB being its own clearing firm, does it still direct all orders to 3rd party exchanges or ecns?...
I've seen a lot of discussion on this board regarding IB and some regarding Tradestation. The Tradestation comments are generally from folks that...
Why not adjust your go to bed time up, even on weekends - you've got to manage your sleep like someone who works shiftwork........ Trading...
Probably shouldn't calculate on a daily basis, but on a larger group of trades. I calculate for individual strategies every batch of 20 trades or...
You should only use hypothetical risk when calculating share size, which becomes actual risk except for slippage while the trade is open. But...
My 2000pro machine was really bogging down recently. I'd never deleted temp internet files and cookies. I had something like 28,000 cookies on...
I don't know if this helps, but the guys at eSignal recently told me they are going to have at least a year's worth of intraday data for all...
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Can this be done in eSignal????
by openings I'm assuming you mean very early entries in the first few minutes of the day?? I used to try to play entries above 1m highs and...
pretty impressive......
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