ok thanks c.f. that clears things up.
alright back to studying for my series 3...
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- Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:13 pm
- Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
- Topic: Whats happened to Troy (oowdg)??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25114
- Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:27 pm
- Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
- Topic: Whats happened to Troy (oowdg)??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25114
Forum Mgmnt, you mentioned that when looking for a backup data vendor, it makes sense to find one that uses a different wholesaler than your primary vendor. A lot of us (including myself) use CSI as our main feed. c.f. do you (or anyone else out there) know who CSI uses as it's wholesaler? I tried a...
- Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:19 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Yahoo finance data
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9672
after reading the thread that TK pointed us to, and considering the pain in the ass that it is to screen and analyze stocks manually, last week i subscribed to CSIs stock database. it's awesome. for those of you out there who are screening stocks with either IBD or one of the web sites like stockcha...
- Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:18 am
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Yahoo finance data
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9672
i use yahoo data for my stock analysis. if you scroll to the bottom of finance.yahoo.com you'll notice that they get their data from CSI. i use CSI data for futures and decided not to buy stock data from them because i assume that the yahoo data is the exact same data. so far i haven't noticed any p...
- Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:44 am
- Forum: Brokers
- Topic: One broker for Futures and Stocks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6837
try REFCO. i'm looking into the same thing. technically, you still have to have 2 separate accounts with them. but i spoke with a broker yesterday and she mentioned that you can set up wiring instructions for them so that if you want to transfer funds between the 2 accounts its done in a few hours. ...
- Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:48 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Statistical approach to trailing stops
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8313
Tigerline, I've been getting both a smoother equity curve and larger profits. I know this seems strange which is why I'm almost inclined to believe that there is an error in my code. I haven't found anything as of yet but am continuing to look. On this subject, has anyone else out there found that t...
- Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:28 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Statistical approach to trailing stops
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8313
Bondtrader, Bernd, thanks for your thoughts. Bernd, to answer your questions: - The 100% level before breakeven indicates that the full amount of my initial stop is left exposed. My initial stop is similar to the turtle stop. It's an ATR multiple. So I can set my initial stop at 0.75 ATRs, 2 ATRs, e...
- Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:54 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Statistical approach to trailing stops
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8313
Statistical approach to trailing stops
Guys, I've been a long time lurker who has learned a ton from this site. I have programmed my own testing harness and have the following approach to trailing stops. Stops are moved based on how many ATRs of profit we have. The stop locks in a percentage of the profit. For example, one profitable ver...