It's interesting that should ask this, because I've recently begun researching this question, looking at it in the context of a particular system...
Actually, I know a very able intraday trader of the E-minis whose personal life philosophy appears to include a desire to help others learn and...
That's about right. See the morning move on ES/SPY on 2/26/03. It pushed up right to the high the day before, then reversed, and moved down the...
I'm sure folks use the term "fading" in a variety of ways, but the basic usage is this: wait for price to reach an area of support or resistance...
Agreed. While you may not have time for this, tracking the performance of your preferred method by various metrics, including the time of entry,...
Three cheers for robustness, HarryTrader, yet I agree with the main point Biomech offers here. Let me try and illustrate the contrast between a...
Again, good points, harrytrader. For the record, though, it may be that my use of the terms "pattern," "trade environments," and the like was...
Onelot, thanks for pointing out ACrary's post. I love that idea. Thanks much!
harrytrader, Your point about the danger of false inferences from spurious correlations -- including merely random patterns that give the...
Biomech, No need to apologize for your post. What you said makes sense to me. While I'm not sure how many traders are hard-core...
liquidtox, I went looking for this basic topical area tonight, and found your thread title sounded closest to the question/discussion of...
vladiator and CalTrader, Thanks for your posts. I find it refreshing to see academics applying their analytical tools and learnings to this...
ET's Ignore feature is such a beautiful thing. For those that aren't familiar with it, you can just left click on a poster's name and you will be...
OK, limitdown. I took your reprimand seriously and just read through all the posts. Boy, do I wish I hadn't wasted my time. My original opinion...
The original question of this thread was "Why don't more women trade?" In itself, that's an interesting and perhaps even important question....
I used TradePair ver. 0.3 beta from www.ingenit.com. It worked great. The trick for me was following the directions precisely. Once I did, the...
Has Don Bright posted his findings comparing various vendors' calls? If I recall, this was going to be a month-long test, running through January.
That's good news. Thanks, Def.
This was happening to me again today, too, especially in the last hour or so. I experienced it on open positions in CEFT and CLS. I contacted...
Yes, my IB quotes were lagging at times. I noticed it most--and most severely--on INVN as it started dropping just after Bush's press conference...
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