use whois or geoiplookup : Admin Organization: TradingMarkets.com, Inc. Admin City: Jersey City Admin State/Province: NJ Admin Country: US Yes, in Dumbf*ckistan! Oh, you mean "here"? Here is Germany.
Dear Dumbf*ckistani, You stated, "works here" and I responded, "where is that?" "Where" refers to your location, nothing else.
Update: So, the above described scenario means that effectively no StopLoss gets used. Though it is called "SL" in the pgm and by me, but it is just a mark level for applying substrategies... But a TargetStop gets very well used.
I could give a rats arse what your cherry picked test results are. You do this all the time. You cherry pick things to support your lame opinions. You used to do this with Trend Following funds. Those guys would go on a great run and you would not mention a word. Then during a short draw down you would start threads and rant and rave how TF funds were over. You are doing the same thing once again. I'll take my years of experience working on trading desks with some very big traders and trading for fund managers/CTA's over some ridiculous study you posted on what works and does not work. Go read Market Wizards 1 and 2 and see what those guys say about risk management/knowing your out, trading with stops. Again, I find it ridiculous that a guy who has showed horrible trading results (paper trades no less) is gong to be the one saying what works and doesn't work. As far as attacking you, I just call em like I see em. I don't just "attack" you, there are others. That failed trader Q3D who whines on here trading is impossible has caught hell from me as well. You see a pattern here?
I think if you manage OPM you should not be allowed to go short anything (not even hedging) and margin based trading should not be allowed either.
That is just not realistic or prudent since markets can be traded successfully with short strategies mixed in and margin used.