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- Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:43 pm
- Forum: Trend Indicators and Signals
- Topic: 'Top Stop Exit' in Traderclub.com's forum ?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6021
- Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:19 am
- Forum: Brokers
- Topic: Commissions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11049
- Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:15 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Has Trend Following Really Gotten Harder?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13725
- Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:18 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Ideas u consider or learn when testing.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6000
- Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:29 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Ideas u consider or learn when testing.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6000
I've learned that my psychological sweet spot contains longer term systems that only trade (futures contracts) once or twice a year. I've learned that enlarging my portfolio of traded markets is ALWAYS good, even when going from 30 markets to 60, and also from 60 to 90. I've learned that trading a b...
- Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:40 pm
- Forum: Futures Markets
- Topic: New Markets
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3553
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:20 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40068
- Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:10 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Statistical approach to trailing stops
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8349
- Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:54 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: ATR Channel B/o System
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12381
- Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:12 pm
- Forum: Testing Software
- Topic: Advice on testing software
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4235
- Fri Jun 25, 2004 2:55 pm
- Forum: Money Management
- Topic: Scaling / 'Pyramiding'
- Replies: 31
- Views: 43978
I have learned from this forum and from Van Tharp that making partial exits is a poor strategy though. Whereas I've learned that my own test results frequently contradict what I read on forums including this one. Occasionally there's a good idea and often there are thought-provoking concepts, theor...
- Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:12 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Which data to use?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4441
For each trade, check these eight criteria: Same direction (long or short) in both accounts? Same entry date in both? Same entry order type (market, stop, limit) in both? Same entry price in both? -- see below Same exit date in both? Same exit order type in both? Same exit price in both? -- see belo...
- Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:10 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Which data to use?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4441
- Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:45 pm
- Forum: Money Management
- Topic: Leverage and You
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4580
Crude is $30 per barrel, the contract is for 1,000 barrels, so at the current price, each contract represents $30,000 worth of crude oil. You have exactly $30,000 in your account. You only trade this one market. So if you decide to trade 1 contract, you've got an unleveraged position: $30,000 in you...
- Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:14 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Journey to turn the worst system into the best one!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13442
- Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:28 pm
- Forum: Brokers
- Topic: Reputable Futures broker rec?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7979
The ONLY futures that Cybertrader will let you trade, are the stock index futures. Want to trade Cotton? Want to trade Swiss Franc? Want to sleep with Jamie Lee c.f. and trade Orange Juice like Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy (in the movie Trading Places )? You can forget it, at Cybertrader. The plain ...
- Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:12 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: what system testers do you use?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3828
One of my friends hired the people at www.futurestruth.com to program and test a system for him. Another hired the people at www.voyagertrading.net to program and test a system. Both were very satisfied with the services they received. It cost several hundred dollars each time: far less than the pri...
- Fri Feb 20, 2004 10:59 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: By What Measure? - How do You Know if a System is Good?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 101483
- Thu Feb 12, 2004 9:58 am
- Forum: Testing Software
- Topic: Datafeed vendors
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4400
- Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:32 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Optimization methods
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5435