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- Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:28 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 32
- Views: 39922
- Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:12 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 32
- Views: 39922
like Li Po and George Thoroughgood i drink alone Drinking Alone I take my wine jug out among the flowers to drink alone, without friends. I raise my cup to entice the moon. That, and my shadow, makes us three. But the moon doesn't drink, and my shadow silently follows. I will travel with moon and sh...
- Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:09 pm
- Forum: Brokers
- Topic: Freetrade.com by Ameritrade
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3901
I use 'em. Fantastic. Zero commission on first 25 trades. Zip, 0, nada. $3 a trade after that. Great for super small accounts. If you're just starting out, you can test your idea trading just one share and actually be profitable with out commisions killing it. If you find something that works just t...
- Tue Mar 09, 2004 8:01 am
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Why don't these guys trade stocks?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16044
Hi thread, I traded stocks all through the 90s, I got about 80% of the way to being fully automated. I think if Veritrader eventually gets automated execution it could easily be done with it. I cut this from a chat I sent someone a while back so forgive the bad grammer and typos Here are some of the...
- Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:43 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Historical Data
- Replies: 31
- Views: 33562
Never, never, never use index data as the data on which trades are entered in testing. it is completely unrealistic. Trading would be a sweet beautiful dream if actual futures contracts were as neat and orderly as indexes would lead one to believe. All the volatility, all the guts, all the meat of t...
- Sat Feb 21, 2004 3:02 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Has any one taken Van K. Peak Performance Home Study Program
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23282
Save your money, I have all of tharps home courses and attended a few seminars. All that psychological stuff is worthless to a system trader. What you need is a good system. When you have a system that makes money almost every month trading is a pleasure, even fun. When your system is mediocre and p...
- Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:32 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Validity of system
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16073
- Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:20 am
- Forum: Testing Software
- Topic: Trading System Languages Likes and Dislikes
- Replies: 31
- Views: 31006
I voted for TS because that's the only language I know. I'm sure I'll have trouble (dope that I am) no matter what language is chosen so my biggest concern would be the availability of support, forum help and paid help. TS used to charge $150 minimum to code even if it was just a few lines. They've ...
- Tue Nov 11, 2003 2:00 pm
- Forum: Futures Markets
- Topic: E-Minis Pros and Cons
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6720
- Sat Nov 08, 2003 5:46 pm
- Forum: Futures Markets
- Topic: E-Minis Pros and Cons
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6720
- Sun Oct 26, 2003 3:16 pm
- Forum: Testing Software
- Topic: Imagining the Dream Testing Software?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22825
- Fri Sep 12, 2003 4:42 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Historical Data
- Replies: 31
- Views: 33562
- Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:41 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Historical Data
- Replies: 31
- Views: 33562
- Wed Aug 13, 2003 8:58 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Fixed Fraction vs. other creative money management methods
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16079
- Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:57 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types
- Replies: 21
- Views: 26961
http://www.jerrystocking.com
this guy became enlightened through just such practices, going opposite your normal personality patterns. It also worked wonders for George Costanza in Seinfeld.
this guy became enlightened through just such practices, going opposite your normal personality patterns. It also worked wonders for George Costanza in Seinfeld.
- Sun May 11, 2003 3:30 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Have the Optimal Parameters Changed?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6136
Any thoughts on using different parameters for different markets? I know this screams of curve fitting but it may be more profitable to acknowledge that for various reasons each market has its own personality, like people, and its characteristics or habits become predictable and reliable over time. ...
- Fri May 02, 2003 9:51 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: I Hate Myself
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26487
Toby If you’re interested in the mechanics of order entry then become a broker and get paid for every trade. If you want to be a trader but second guess the signals at time of entry then have some one else trade it. It costs about 10 dollars more than doing it yourself, add this to your cost and d...
- Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:08 pm
- Forum: Brokers
- Topic: System Brokers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8313
I have both Angus and Castle plus a few others. I also have one who is just terrible, who I keep trading a mini one lot for one of my systems. I use his execution as a benchmark for really terrible fills. Angus is good, pricy yes. Better rates with shorter term systems that trade more but still they...
- Sun Apr 20, 2003 4:12 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Have the Optimal Parameters Changed?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6136
Have the Optimal Parameters Changed?
MODERATOR'S NOTE: Topic moved from Original Turtle System forum. Forum Mgmnt, How have the parameters changed over the years and how might one adjust them? I use walk forward optimization in a day-trading S&P system. It trades enough, about 150-175 times per year, so that optimizing each month o...