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- Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:16 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: How to SPEED UP simulations by 2 to 50 times (or more)!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10353
- Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:14 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: How to SPEED UP simulations by 2 to 50 times (or more)!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10353
- Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:17 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Going against the crowd isn’t easy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13436
- Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:45 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Going against the crowd isn’t easy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13436
It's a funny thing going with and against the crowd and in my experience you got to know when to go with and against the crowd. Let me provide an example that might explain what i mean. During the first few months of trading i can recall talking about X stock or Z stock and without fail an more expe...
- Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:30 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: I Hate Myself
- Replies: 19
- Views: 27376
I know this is an old thread, but the advice on this stuff was great. Dealing with trading a system is my challenge now and the advice here certainly helped...I hope new readers read this thread, its very helpful, if you are experiencing these problems. Toby, if you are still lurking, how are things...
- Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:57 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Are You Suited to Trend Following
- Replies: 42
- Views: 87997
As of right now i would say sticking with a trend is a lot harder than i thought it would be. Near-sightedness being the main culprit... Right now i am discretionary trading and trying to implement a near-term trend following system. The biggest challenge for me is ignoring to a larger extent the ne...
- Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:09 am
- Forum: Trend Indicators and Signals
- Topic: Richard Donchian 5MA - 20MA question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 24473
- Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:49 am
- Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
- Topic: Whats happened to Troy (oowdg)??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25508
At first it sounded like getting two service providers was a bit over the top, but my experiences suggest it is a very pratical solution About Troy, i agree, i find him to a very good guy and a person who is willing to work with his clients to come up with whatever they want. So, when you can reach ...
- Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:23 am
- Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
- Topic: Whats happened to Troy (oowdg)??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25508
- Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:16 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Dealing with a drawdown
- Replies: 29
- Views: 51868
One of the things i have noticed in my testing is that there are some systems that routinely suffer drawdowns in the 55 - 60% range, but there are also systems that normally suffer 30 - 40% drawdowns but on one occasion have suffered a drawdown in the 55 - 60%. Using the simple math of multiplying y...
- Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:45 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Dealing with a drawdown
- Replies: 29
- Views: 51868
http://www.iasg.com/ The above website has a list of the performance numbers for CTA's this year. If you look at a few of the biggies in LTTF, i think you note that they are having a tough year as well. While this doesnt take the pain away or erase the losses, sometimes its good to know you are not ...
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:36 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: reading fine book in trading psychology by Brett Steenbarger
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7876
Your post, helped motivate me to pick it up, it was sitting in my VAST library of books i want to read. Bought it off of Amazon and was looking for a time to read it. Not time is better than now... I agree, i like his book, i am on page 43 and i find he has some good things to say...trick is to appl...
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:45 am
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: goal setting.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9043
Good advice. When i used to play competitive sports, i remember i made a goal to be considered among the top 10 players by my junior year in high school. Once i did that, i lost my motivation and it become much more difficult to get remotivated to find new goals. (And reality at that age i wasnt tha...
- Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:43 am
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40521
This is a website that provides some balance to the enticing claims made on the TM website...
http://unstress4less.org/
http://unstress4less.org/
- Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:19 am
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40521
Mike, I just started taking martial arts a few weeks ago, Hapkido. Its a form of Aikido and a type of juijitsu. Obviously, every art offers each person something different in this case, I love it, since its all about redirecting and going with the flow, being relaxed, which i thought would be helpfu...
- Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:13 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40521
I dont have any experience with that method. I use Centerpointe audio CD's that uses different frequencies in each stereo head phone which help stimulate brain activity as well as helping the user obtain DELTA brain waves. I have done some relaxing exercises and meditation before sleeping and i have...
- Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:28 am
- Forum: Money Management
- Topic: Position Sizing in Options
- Replies: 19
- Views: 20668
- Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:28 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: How to backtest?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4098
If you are asking how to go about backtesting a robust system you might want to check out: www.modustrading.com . I read a rough draft of the course and i found it very helpful. It provides a great foundation and conceptual structure for backtesting in a systematic and statistically significant mann...
- Mon May 24, 2004 11:03 am
- Forum: Testing Software
- Topic: Imagining the Dream Testing Software?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 23964
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 8:45 am
- Forum: Forex
- Topic: CSI Forex Data
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12936
OOWDG Data I use OOWDG stock, futures and Reuters Forex cash data. I think the quality is pretty good. And the cost of his data is reasonable. Customer Service is Excellent: I will say that Troy has been a great help and is always available to talk on the phone. Pretty much any problems that i have ...