Hi, Handle123; I am assuming the experienced traders you are referring to are indeed experienced traders due to your linguistic choice of the term "traders". I wish I could learn more about there experiences because it would be good to try to determine the cause of failed attempts at such...
Just prior to my first encounter with the various publications of Hughes, I was already in the light about a few small components of his detailed method's for capturing trending stocks for large multiples of derivatives trading based returns. I do not know exactly how much anybody else knows...