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- Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:52 am
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Seykota's FAQ
- Replies: 38
- Views: 35826
Seykota is constantly suggesting to look at oneself, because you are an essential part of your trading system. Specifically, he says to feel your feelings fully without manipulating them as a means to dissolve drama that interferes with following a system perfectly. IMO, self-cultivation is key to ...
- Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:54 am
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Seykota's FAQ
- Replies: 38
- Views: 35826
Re: Seykota's FAQ
Anyone know the status of Seykota's FAQ? It hasn't been updated since May 2011 and there is no indication of a reason for the hiatus. I've emailed Ed but haven't heard back. Ed doesn't entertain "why" questions, so it is not surprising that there is no reason supplied. For newbies, I find...
- Sat Sep 08, 2012 2:49 am
- Forum: Futures Markets
- Topic: Guar gum
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10868
Re: Guar gum
no need....Its trading has been bannedLeviF wrote:Maybe I should move to India...
Lot of people got fines
a few might go to jail for manipulation..investigations going on
Raj
- Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:11 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Drawdown Reduction Threshold
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7079
Re: Drawdown Reduction Threshold
Don't use in system development -- But in real life I use...ColdFact wrote:I'd be curious to know how many people use this function.
For me Not easy to trade full size if more than 10% loss...
But flip side is -- it takes longer to recover from drawdown
- Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:38 am
- Forum: Trend Indicators and Signals
- Topic: Spurious indicators, or uses thereof
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5988
Re: Spurious indicators, or uses thereof
In one of the Market Wizard interviews I remember reading a quote to the effect that "angle techniques are no technique at all," I presumed at the time referring to Gann angles, on the grounds that angles drawn on charts are entirely dependent on the scale to which the y-axis is drawn, wh...
- Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:53 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Strong May Results for Mechanical/Trend Following Systems
- Replies: 59
- Views: 38701
- Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:40 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Strong May Results for Mechanical/Trend Following Systems
- Replies: 59
- Views: 38701
These are: (1) betting strategy – while it is extremely difficult to improve upon the standard fixed-fractional betting strategy, it can be done provided you’re a private trader and don’t trade OPM – ironically, you have to have guts to do the reverse of what Eckhardt taught the Turtles.......
- Sun May 27, 2012 8:46 pm
- Forum: Market Psychology
- Topic: Is Trend Trading a "Bubble"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11082
Re: Is Trend Trading a "Bubble"
When we look at all of the characteristics of a bubble it is quite possible that trend following has all of the characteristics of a bubble right now. If you look at the IASG website and see the number of managed futures funds that employ trend following, it dwarfs most other categories of trading ...
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:17 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Most of us are using insufficient data for testing
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16223
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:38 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Most of us are using insufficient data for testing
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16223
After testing over more than forty years of data, I am confident that trend following works. From that testing, I am also confident that trend following returns are in a state of terminal decline, and that ever greater research efforts must be expended to maintain the same results. I suspect that t...
- Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:18 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Musings on (worthless) Past Performance
- Replies: 83
- Views: 41015
Ahh yes, the beautiful art that can painted with the perspective of past performance…..Makes one wonder what the likes of a Picasso, Van Gogh or Dali could have created with such tools~~~ For those feeling enchanted by these museum worthy pieces START HERE ……..If it’s too late and you’ve ...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:04 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Musings on (worthless) Past Performance
- Replies: 83
- Views: 41015
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:17 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Musings on (worthless) Past Performance
- Replies: 83
- Views: 41015
And belive me Rajvim, i am the ship's boy here. Hello Marriot, One question - 30300 trades in 10 years -- 3030 trades in one year....How do you manage such a system? I try to keep number of trades per year in short term system below 500 per year..I feel it is too much work even at that level..::)) ...
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:19 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Musings on (worthless) Past Performance
- Replies: 83
- Views: 41015
rajivm I dont understand your point - show me a strategy with a long track record of making better returns I dont mean some little fancy short term strategy that has done well for 2 years as we all know where they end up ? Agreed the Rentechs of this World may have found the holy grail - they may h...
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:39 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Musings on (worthless) Past Performance
- Replies: 83
- Views: 41015
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:47 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Musings on (worthless) Past Performance
- Replies: 83
- Views: 41015
I don't know about any ratios..But Past performace normally is an indication of future good performance..Look at Soros, Jim Roger or other long time good performers..They STILL are doing well.. If Sluggo has written insightful articles in past .. I would bet he would write more in future so I better...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:55 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: This is good
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5394
- Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:48 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Can Google Predict the Markets?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9914
Re: Can Google Predict the Markets?
DPH,
Seems like you have lost confidence in your ability to trade simple price trends....
anyway these are difficult times for many ::))
Raj
Seems like you have lost confidence in your ability to trade simple price trends....
anyway these are difficult times for many ::))
Raj
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:46 am
- Forum: Testing Software
- Topic: Wealth-Lab Pro versus TB
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5982
Re: Wealth-Lab Pro versus TB
I have both.....IT is easier to look at charts in WLab Pro...So I use it browse charts...But for System development..I only use TB..numberz wrote:Does anyone have any experience with Fidelity's Wealth-Lab Pro and how its backtesting capabilities and ease of use compare with TB?
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:38 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: My research says: the markets haven't changed in 31 years
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9802
yes it answers the question thanks....mainly with your idea of the short term being 10-20 days :) I find it more fascinating I guess that it seems that a lot of the more manual discretionary type traders I know, myself included seem to reach much the same conclusions as the more automated/systemati...