We all seemed to repeat that mantra. Ride the trend of your big winner to make up your losers. I have backtested several trend systems that have...
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Yep, there will be a fallout in the HF world soon. Especially all these microfunds with expensive staff to pay. It's like everyone has a hf now or...
danielc1: I understand your pt about B and trend following. Yes, a few big winners make up for all your losses. But backtesting a very simple...
hypo: Yeah, I know what you mean. I tried to have something with at least 50% win/loss ratio as well. Ideally 60-70%(which is hard). But if you...
daniel1c & hypo: I got a question for you guys. From reading Tharp's book and some crude backtesting, we know that most trend following system...
Sle, at least, there's one point we agree on. I think the press likes to focus on quant HFs that blow like LTCM,etc. It makes for good stories...
Who told you andy lo is a clown?! If consulting for Goldman Sachs and other major Wall St firms for a hefty fees is a clown then Andy Lo is #1...
hypostomus: OK. Funnie. I get the point. I'm not bashing maxpi or anyone. It would be nice that people verify facts before they make blanket...
First off, it's LTCM NOT LCRM or whatever. If you are going to put down LTCM at least get its spelling correct. hehe. I'm not for or against LTCM...
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AMT4SWA, I've been watching your trades on this forum. Why are you keeping on adding to losers? You are averaging down! And you keep moving...
Well, if YOU READ the entire post, then you would see my caveat that every strategy has up and down cycles. So, you gotta win big during WIN years...
We all know trading is a tough business, hence the higher risk premium. Have you ever read Market Wizards series of books? There are many...
I think what you are saying is pretty fair. Past performance is not a guaranteed of future performance. Look at any major funds, even respectable...
When trading hurts the little guy Buyers look for cheaper alternatives to NYSE specialists By Jonathan Burton, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last...
How can this be? 4M people are still out of jobs etc? I think the reason why jobless claims have gone down is because some people give up trying...
I have Matrox too! And that's for my 2 monitors. Then I just added a THIRD monitor and that's where my TWS sits. I think that's where the...
Well, I finally got a hold of IB tech spport. Apparently, the problem they said is multi-monitors(???). So, if I move the TWS window to the the...
You guys noticed that TWS is hogging up your CPU or is it just my setup??? Basically, I've noticed over the last week, a process called...
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