so you are cold. no wonder why my douche bag meter spiked off the chart when i clicked on this thread.
I have a question for you. Why do you want to trade ES ? Maybe there is an edge in choosing the right market, rather than becoming obsessed with finding a hidden winning signal in the price time series for a particular instrument. If you have spent a couple of hundred K, you have the capital to trade stocks or anything else for that matter. Perhaps if you have a reasonable strategy for the ES that is almost profitable it might be profitable if you used the signals as entry points for trading (carefully chosen) baskets of stocks. Choose the strongest stocks for longs and the weakest for shorts. There are many, many possible approaches, but one thing is certain the competition in the ES is fierce and it is a highly efficient market.
yes that is true yet it doesn't affect the trend based edge, that is the point of my thread have you ever traded EUR/USD, at least for fun a little what is more fuked up than EUR/USD, yet trend is a trend
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All possible "simple" startegies that exploit "anomalies" in the market have been identified in the last 20 years and mean reverted thanks to CPU geometric speed increase . Trend following startegies now suffer from increased volatility, the result being either reduced returns or huge failures. Some anomalies still exist but very hard to identify. Only very sophisticated startegies can generate consistent returns. One can find an edge for sure but it's becoming harder after so many smart people joined capitalism and can buy a fast computer at a low cost. The future is a totally efficient and random market with no "legal" edge for anyone. It will be a 50/50 bet - expenses. Alex
I respectfully disagree on the trend, trend still exists as it did 100 years ago, and increase in volatility is an added bonus for a short term trader While increase in volatility could be a waste of time for an longer term investor But I agree that edge based on "anomalies" is harder to find now a days I found couple and one in particular took me 2 years to find and refine and took some serious computer power and data downloading and keep in mind that I am way above average when it comes to problem solving What took me 2 years to compute would take an average person 10 years (so I know what you are referring to) As for increase in volatility, that is a bonus a big bonus IMO
I never said that trends do not exist. They surely exist, all you have to do is look at a chart (after the fact of course). But here I find a contradiction. Short term traders do not most of the times care about the trend unless they are swing traders. Most I know are contrarians anyway. Increased volatility forces a trend follower to exit the trend early and take a loss. Getting back in becomes harder and harder. I've been there my friend, many times. Yes, I agree with you, especially for option writer and short-term volatility plays. But although you hear often that volatility is good, it is also what kills the average trader. Anyway, I also agree with you that finding an edge may take years for a person with above average abilities. It's just too hard, everyone is looking for one. Alex
Alex good post but it would help if we inject word timeframe into trend theme What I found is that whatever timeframe you look at, prices behave the same this goes against what analysts claim, for example people swear with 200 day moving average for investing if you take 200 day MA and simulate it for last 75 years, you get same behavior of prices, same whipsaws etc timeframe is extremely important, trend is meaningless without proper timeframe context, I would like to go into details, I really would, but even switching to PM, it still means MODs can read it ok time to hit the hay (I hit the hay a little too often, don't you think)
if new traders left ET and focused on research (charting on their own) they would be better off but what do I know
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