"What I don't understand is why can't you just take those rules and program them and see how the rules do on historic information." That is...
Don't worry - we have the SEC as defender of the level playing field!!! :D
Don't worry - you can pay a fine if caught and admit no wrongdoing! :p
Cotton-candy "journalism". Melts to the touch and a diversion, not a meal. What of value have they actually "reported"?
"So how do you know if you're making progress or not if you can't judge by the P/L #s alone?" I think this is a specious conclusion because you...
"Mark Douglas says that the line between successful traders and unsuccessful traders is in how they think." Not sure what this means. It is a...
Seems to me these backers have a Martingale betting mentality - they are assuming his prior losses with OPM (I'm assuming those who lost in his...
Everything is relative. Compared to what - it's 20 day avg volume? Is GOOG expensive? Relative to SUNW or Berkshire Hathaway? No context, no...
"I'll never understand people that say trading for yourself is better than managing OPM.. you cant go broke managing OPM. Sounds like a risk free...
"You'd think that a $13B company would have a computer system that can keep up, or even have one that's over-engineered to handle double or triple...
"If you take into account, different data provider, charting sofware"...etc Definitely true. You should always cross check your charts of the...
I'm thinking of telling my brother-in-law to switch brokers. With shares trading with penny spreads I don't see the purpose to force a .10 spread...
My brother-in-law has an E-Trade account and tells me that when he puts a stoploss amount in, it says that is must be at least 10 cents away from...
Very nice. But the higher the timeframe , the larger the stop has to be, so the money management is the crux of the trade.
There are certainly some who could be classified as "A-Holes", but that would be true of the general population in any other profession, so maybe...
Nice pic! ER hanging in at the moment... [IMG]
I would also like to thank ProfLogic for his wisdom. It reaches the high-water mark as both instructive and constructive.
Seems there are plenty of trading websites offering mentoring. They are under the "seminars" headings. They are not free, but that was not a...
The thought that goes into the design up-front is critical. Too often non-programmers don't express themselves with enough clarity to make the...
I agree - it is best to have someone you know and trust to program or assist in programming your idea(s). If he/she has an interest in what you...
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