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by BARLI
Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:08 pm
Forum: Money Management
Topic: Money management suggestions for short term system
Replies: 10
Views: 9803

The best system of managing money for a short term system (in my experience only - which says it all - probably? - about my ability to design a short term system) is to take your money and heap in on an open fire place. That way you get exactly the same resuly over the long run - but without any of...
by BARLI
Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:18 am
Forum: Money Management
Topic: Money management suggestions for short term system
Replies: 10
Views: 9803

sluggo, thanks so much.. Definitely will have to look at all of those.. Sorry I didn't attach the backtest report.. (now added, above) What do you think I can do about it.. it's really raw as of right now.. no stops/limit orders.. http://www.tradingblox.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=19228&highlight=...
by BARLI
Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:36 pm
Forum: Money Management
Topic: Money management suggestions for short term system
Replies: 10
Views: 9803

Money management suggestions for short term system

Guys, my system trades short term (intraday and max of 2 days).. It's 60% winning trades.. what good money management would you suggest using?

It's EUR-USD pair 1 hour.. Avg profit is less than avg loss but it wins more frequently than it loses..
by BARLI
Fri May 14, 2010 4:40 pm
Forum: Brokers
Topic: What brokerage company do you use?
Replies: 10
Views: 11115

Thanks a lot guys, seems like IB is still a preferred choice :)
by BARLI
Thu May 13, 2010 12:04 am
Forum: Brokers
Topic: What brokerage company do you use?
Replies: 10
Views: 11115

What brokerage company do you use?

It's been a while since it was asked :) Let's see what's the best/chepest brokerage for futures today.. is Tradestation and Interactive brokers still the preferred choice? If not, what you guys found that is better than the 2 mentioned above? Mostly US futures markets..
by BARLI
Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:43 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: too much bad news no 87 scenario yet
Replies: 26
Views: 22379

glad you've noticed ;-)
by BARLI
Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:47 pm
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: portfolio cherry picking
Replies: 8
Views: 6496

no snow in the mountains though!
by BARLI
Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:58 pm
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: portfolio cherry picking
Replies: 8
Views: 6496

I am biased that each market has its own personality..there are markets I dont like even during backtesting stage, not because its losing or winning but because I know I cant get enough size on it once the system will start accumulate profits and get a bigger size... There are markets that trend and...
by BARLI
Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:05 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: too much bad news no 87 scenario yet
Replies: 26
Views: 22379

We run it on 80 years of data, I don't know other details since I don't know technical stuff
by BARLI
Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:01 am
Forum: Money Management
Topic: Testing Optimal f
Replies: 7
Views: 10602

makes sence to me too, but doesn't Monte Carlo leave much space to a chance? What about exhaustive run?
by BARLI
Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:31 pm
Forum: Money Management
Topic: Testing Optimal f
Replies: 7
Views: 10602

Short term, 2 days hold on avg, PF 1.4 . Win 62% Los 38%
by BARLI
Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:23 pm
Forum: Money Management
Topic: Testing Optimal f
Replies: 7
Views: 10602

Tim, what from your experience works best for futures, if system has a win per. of 60%?
by BARLI
Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:02 am
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: too much bad news no 87 scenario yet
Replies: 26
Views: 22379

I am using tools I've developed with my friend, he's a programer.. I could give you lines only, but that'd be boring.. I don't know if it'll be true or false, we'll just have to see..
by BARLI
Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:54 am
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: too much bad news no 87 scenario yet
Replies: 26
Views: 22379

I expect a big drop until Nov 18-th.. then it should go up. Around March 26-27 should be a low... see attached, the work's been done with Neural Network's help.. we'll see if this it true


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by BARLI
Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: too much bad news no 87 scenario yet
Replies: 26
Views: 22379

Indeed horrible month for stocks, but no selling climax yet.. I am looking for something that happened in China, Phillipines during last week, around 12-15% drop during one single day. Its on the way after the correction ends. GDP that'll come out in 2 months will be very negative, some analysts eve...
by BARLI
Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:21 am
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: too much bad news no 87 scenario yet
Replies: 26
Views: 22379

seems like today is going to be a bad one, possibly monday will be the same just like it was on 1987 Oct 16 and then Oct 19-th
by BARLI
Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:03 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: Trading markets that are electronic & pit
Replies: 13
Views: 10779

hi guys, I've also been thinking about it a lot lately. Since Cotton, Coffee and other markets gone electronic and trade 24/day there's no way but adapt I think. Most important is where markets trade, if its Cotton it'll have thin volume and no volatility during night hours of US, when american trad...
by BARLI
Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:01 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: too much bad news no 87 scenario yet
Replies: 26
Views: 22379

DAX will be on fire tomorrow with HRE with no financing from german banks..seems like no one seems to care there: Bundesbank said that private banks should provide financing, but private banks said: why the theck should do that? 400 bln balance sheet with bad mortgages, thats quite a mess to bail ou...
by BARLI
Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:07 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: too much bad news no 87 scenario yet
Replies: 26
Views: 22379

its not done yet...
by BARLI
Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:18 am
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: too much bad news no 87 scenario yet
Replies: 26
Views: 22379

hi Nussgipfel, some Gann students I talk say October 7-th is next low, today's (Oct 2-nd) high in US indexes...