If you go back in the thread Ostrichman you will notice that the thread was moving along fine until you started with your snide remarks as usual. You are simply another lazy tire kicker that isn't capable of getting behind the wheel yourself.
And yet another lazy tire kicker that isn't capable of getting behind the wheel yourself crawls out from under that dishwaher.
I went from back testing to live trading from the screen about three months ago.. and I do a lot of research in the off hours.. The ability to trade rose exponentially in the last few weeks, it just went to a new plateau of ease, certainty, and gains... I'm off the simulator for sure as soon as I can get some money steered to the broker... Backtesting is sterile and largely futile, besides, once you build a great database of intellectual property you are going to find that you need not ordinary firewalling to protect it, your broker and maybe your charting people are through the firewall, and not extraordinary firewalling because somebody at the NSA or Homeland Security level can get you via your internet provider or an internet node... you will need a medium scale engineering project to totally secure your stuff... I like trading off the screen, if somebody wants my intellectual property they have to come and beat it out of me and they will die trying...
I suppose but that isn't why I continue my research. I do what I do for me. Anyone that ever invented something didn't always do it for the money. My father invented a baseball practice device in the late 30's that was worth millions and gave it away. There are actually people out there that do things to improve life without the need of a reward. Many on this site would say that is stupid but they are idiots to begin with.
I back up daily and my research is offline. If someone wants to break in to get it, that is their problem.
LOL Why are you so defensive Prof? I never said he was talking about you now did I? *** How sad that every time intelligent men get together to discuss trading on this website it has to become a game of the dozens. While there is value in what you discuss regarding capped volume charts as it relates to identifying order flow as an indicator of price action, they are by no means the be-all and end-all of trading, intra-day or otherwise. And if your system is as good as you say it is, it shouldn't matter what I, marketsurfer, sushi, or anyone else who doesn't trade your method have to say (or not say) about it.