interesting read :)
i cant remember where i got this but have used it in the past to check profitability of the system that im using [ATTACH]
IanMacQuaide and i met with you at pete's coffee in alamo around the end of november 2012 and discussed how you traded at the time.... we are old,...
Why you only traded very liquid stocks? Intuitively I would think illiquid has less randomness vs very liquid means more randomness? Back when i...
at the time he was trading illiquid stocks and i was trading only very liquid stocks cheers toucan
we had lunch, a good discussion and went on our separate ways
i didnt take a job with him but i'm still trading :)
Are you saying that you are trading multiple contracts and as the trade gains more profits you have multiple profit points where you take partial...
Me too... 97 & 98
i wrote my own zig zag indicator. :) thanks for the input toucan
see my reply to "traider" above thanks for providing what you do toucan
Here is how i define trend trading and the inputs from historical and real time data My “trends” are defined by my initial stoploss “R”. A trend...
i agree. but once you are in then you expect price to move/trend in the direction of the trade. cheers toucan
another good point that i hadn't thought of. thanks toucan
good point :)
i don't trade mean reversion, but when you do, you must expect price to move in your trade direction, ie trend direction. cheers toucan
thanks for your point of view. we have similar ideas about the fuzzy nature of trading that go beyond just a hard profit target. cheers toucan
i don't think its about catching trends. everyone trades differently. some trade trends, some trade against a trend, some trade reversals or...
my thought is that once you are in a trade, you think price will move in the trade direction you chose when you entered. prior to entry, i ask...
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