Traders' Roundtable

Hi Menelik-

My systems include dynamic portfolio logics as systematic rules. These logics aren’t introduced as a last enhancement to the system, but as the primary foundation of the systems.

Gordon

Thanks Mark- That seems like a nifty idea.. I've put that idea on my to-do list. Thought problem: why an odd number? I'll take a stab at it... Because you need a tie breaker?? Two indicators short =-2 and two indicators long=+2 has you flat... but throw in a fifth and the scale will tilt most of the...

It seems much more complex then a simple coin toss.

Gordon

Style and appearance seem to have always played a role in our view of things. And also in how we value things.

Gordon

Hi Vince- At what stage in a persons development would you consider they merit professional help? For example, in Pop (American) Idol, I see young wannabe's strutting their stuff in the hope of getting a chance to be taken on by the professionals, so that their raw talent can be polished smooth, and...

Hi Louis- Say I currently hold a position in a July futures contract and I'm using a 14-day ATR trailing stop. Then when it's time for me to rollover to the September contract, which price series should I use to calculate the trailing stop. You are correct to note that the July and Sept will be diff...

Ahhhh yes…. Sabrinian.. the 100th member!! :wink: Hi Sabrinian- Sir G wrote: I use CQG intraday data, would I do it again? No... What would you do if you could do it all again? Very good question. I should also say when I did my original purchases from CQG, I had also tried Tickdata Inc and Genesi...

I want to follow up on my previous post. As you can tell, I don't subscribe to the notion of loss of freedom in the typical sense of it. But in the typical sense of it, when looking at a system with the statistical models that are out there, would one want to treat a system that goes long and short ...

I get headaches when math goes beyond the basic +-*/=, so what I’m going to say certainly isn’t grounded in math. Please rip it apart and tell me what you think. I like what bbc first wrote about the larger the sample the more parameters allowed and I like that Jimsta makes a comparison between ...

Hi Karakoram-

I'm sorry to hear SQ isn't going to work out for you.

May I ask, what limitations you found?

Cheers. Gordon

Hi Forrest- IMHO, the prediction thing is not a viable way of going about things. Now, if you said the poll was done by a guy/gal that has a portfolio selection method which is dynamic and he/she has consistently beaten the index by 600% during every 9months, then that would be something. I think th...

Hi Karakoram-

I hope you are enjoying your journey.

Take a look at the product SmartQuant at:
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It might make your life easier.

Cheers. Gordon

Hi Nathan-

Your signature line is a great one.

I have one word…. MACARANA.
Do you remember that hideous little dance a few years ago..? What was that all about?

How about….

Sergio Valente jeans… “Members onlyâ€

The Little Duck Ass

I recently received this photo and it has encouraged me to write this post.

I have always thought of the environments that we live in produces a Duck Ass effect and when I had read about Myers-Briggs it became apparent that the “Duck Assâ€

c.f.- I'm sure the answer to this lies in your post from yesterday, but as you have been around some of the great traders our generation has produced... Without attaching names, what are the classifications you would guess those traders had? Is there a difference between Long Term to Short Term trad...

Hi Mark- Yes, feel free to replace the word rare with the phrase "slightly less common than average." Or to satisfy most all bases, "slightly less common than average as of the publishing of the study." I think this is a point where for all practical matters, my view on things cr...

Forum Mgmnt, in your experiences, have you noticed if one classification of personality types excels more than others at trading? I’m sure this is just a gross generalization, but it seems certain traits like N and T would be conducive to successful trading. Hi Jimmy- I look forward to c.f.'s ans...

I was going to name this forum, simply, “Impressionsâ€

But why continue with my long term systems? Comfort I suspect. I hope you meant the comfort of exploiting opportunities! :wink: What say you Sir G? I think you have evolved your trading and the way you went about it is a very good model for others (including myself) to follow. As they say in New Yo...

Are there general rules that can be used in order to indicate when one should be changing the rules of one's system? I remember either Dennis or Seykota talking about finding better rules to change the rules in Market Wizards. Or is this a highly subjective issue? This is an area that I have target...