Manly Man, What kind of shoes ARE those? Really. Nice! :D Oops, wrong handle.
sunnyskies: Exactly your point. I forgot to mention that I also tried the "system" with flipped stop/cap (cap =1 pt and stop=2 pts) as well as...
I don't know what currencies U R trading but the main six (vs the USD) don't move that much to allow 100 pips in a day on a regular basis. Unless...
... or we could just as easily end up with a July'03 or an April'04. The risk/reward ratios are getting quite skewed here. I wonder if we'd even...
Here are the results of a quickly set-up backtest. I have only printed selected stats (their names are descriptive). Note: The tests were done...
I could set up and run the back test in about 15 minutes, but it will be pointless and waste of time(I've run many such tests). To begin with, it...
Quote from tradermaji: I am trading a breakout system that is undergoing a drawdown from the last quarter of 2004. Before I started on it in...
"now my question: do other system traders know what i am talking about here?" I suspect the majority of system traders understand what you are...
"If there is one little hole to find an edge in trading futures intraday.. it already would of been plugged by some Harvard or MIT PHD's sitting...
RE: "Hi, I have picked the most recent trade in my journal to help show how I try and do things. It is simple but I like it. Would like to know...
If it's truly a 50/50 system with NO restrictions (no table limits (or liquidity equivalents)), then a simple martingale system (in leu of MM)...
"i love TS8 but hate their data SO i use own data 2 and i can use TS8 real time with any data vendor i want. just love it." Not a bad idea. I...
BigSlim, I believe you can use tradestation without opening an account. It is just twice as expensive (about 200/month). I decided to try out...
Re âsounds likeâ. I am not sure how to put this any simpler. The two signals are distinct. The first one says âif A then go longâ. The...
To Cuttenâs remark, (I hope I understand and address your criticism) My backtesting kicks out a variety of performance measures (sharpe,...
I am very weary of overfitting. I generally treat backtest results as âindicationsâ of market tendencies, rather than more reliable behavioral...
This is quite a long thread and, although I browsed all the messages, I apologize if I repeat a point. I donât quite understand the function of...
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