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by janvir17
Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:13 pm
Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
Topic: Whats happened to Troy (oowdg)??
Replies: 25
Views: 25052

ok thanks c.f. that clears things up.

alright back to studying for my series 3...
by janvir17
Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:27 pm
Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
Topic: Whats happened to Troy (oowdg)??
Replies: 25
Views: 25052

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...
by janvir17
Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:19 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Yahoo finance data
Replies: 6
Views: 9655

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...
by janvir17
Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:18 am
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Yahoo finance data
Replies: 6
Views: 9655

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...
by janvir17
Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:44 am
Forum: Brokers
Topic: One broker for Futures and Stocks
Replies: 5
Views: 6818

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. ...
by janvir17
Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:48 pm
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Statistical approach to trailing stops
Replies: 7
Views: 8306

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...
by janvir17
Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:28 pm
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Statistical approach to trailing stops
Replies: 7
Views: 8306

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...
by janvir17
Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:54 am
Forum: Testing and Simulation
Topic: Statistical approach to trailing stops
Replies: 7
Views: 8306

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...