Agreed. I think it's very difficult to design a completely systematic/mechanical system which beats buy and hold. Honestly, the best thing anyone can do is to zoom out a bit and go for larger moves. Yes, your win rate may go down, but the risk/reward is there. I'm more of an intraday swing trader these days and I'm a terrible scalper (like most would-be-traders). I've had big, big days with a win rate well below 50 %. Very few people will achieve the required win rate and R/R ratio to be a consistent scalper. As for 'edges' - there are definitely major patterns that work over time, i.e., the major move from A to B. That's the part that can be predicted with some accuracy. For example, today was a predicted Up Day on SPX. It's the zig zagging noise throughout the day during the move from A to B that's unpredictable. So, go long around the Open and hold through the noise all the way to the Day High.
Well I'll give you points for trying to sound profound but I'll deduct a few for actually failing to achieve that goal
A successful scientific theory reveals nothing known either true or false about nature's unobservable objects.
Dude, you sound so stupid it's not even funny not even worth the entertainment. Good luck believing whatever ignorant b******* that passes for thoughts in your head. If it's not observable to at least something then it doesn't exist. Let me know once you've mastered the finer details of the no boundary proposal and what it implies
What the f*** are you talking about bean counting who the f*** is counting beans. The only beans I'm counting are the f****** class files that generate as a result of my code being compiled and some instances they can still be referred to as Java beans I suppose
Ya, when I saw the reply, thought, I'm not gonna bother to reply to the nonsense. Thx for stepping in.