30. Costa rica. 5 years on and off as part time trader. Full time bond broker.
here is the parabolic chart. bloomberg woulndt let me do both at the same time. i played with the AF factor of the parabolics. lokks like it...
looks like the first graph yield about 8-10 points of upside potential whereas "buy and hold" would have been roughly half that...
there it is. ok now here is a triple moving average on the qqqq with a much longer term moving average...you are lucky to break even. whereas...
lets see if i can post the graph in a different format....
The unique aspect is that the time frame for the MAs is customized to where they DO work...I wish my stinking bloomberg screen would upload!!!!!...
didnt upload...my bad. i guess we will just have to imagine!
I am not sure of what you mean by "optimize". i disagree that moving average are only good in the long run... here is a graph of QQQQ with...
great question. The last few months i have been trading only one sector unprofitably. I think it is vital to have several small bets in...
maybe i didnt make myself clear. the system is not complete yet. it uses moving averages for trending...but i need something else to compliment...
The idea is that the optimal time frame seems to change per security. the QQQQ is has a much shorter optimal time frame for example...but if i...
here is a strange on for you. I am trying to come up with some new methods to trade ETFs. What i have figured out is that based on...
I am in the process of creating a new list of diversified ETFs that i can be familiar with that i can review every day. Right now the list is 16...
sell side....buy side are the funds and money managers. they guys selling to them are the sell side.
no way amigo. you have to track your progress to see where you can improve. money management and discipline are key to long term success....
simply count the number of weeks and multiply by 5....tedious, but maybe faster than trying to figure out how to do it automatically.
Hi norm. yes absolutely....but the common position whould be a sales trader. Golman sachs made a bloddy killing this year off of their trading...
Every job i have ever gotten.........I have gotten cold calling. The fact of the matter is that people like other people with drive and who are...
Oil, metals, GOOG (i remember thinking about a short at 120....glad i never did!).
we have all been where your were at one time or another (except for me, i was born knowing everything). i think the best way to start is to...
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