Recent content by march21st

that was something I wanted to ask [has there been some Backtesting done?] my biggest losers were "averaging down" losers, so this is what I wanted to avoid; and this, "averaging up" you might call it, came to mind. No threads here, on this topic? marc

Are there any Threads on this subject? It sounds like something that would be discussed. I did do some searching... the goal would be to keep losses much smaller than winners thanks marc

the question is too general it depends gambling is gambling trading is trading two different words you could gamble at trading and some of us do and you could trade as a business can you trade at gambling? is card counting gambling? marc

as far as a little psychology, or emotional stuff - having read both of Mark Douglas's books several times, and finally seeming to go nowhere slowly with them - I found Brett Steenbarger's "The Daily Trading Coach" more usefull marc

I like your effort here - your journal. Keep it up; it should be helpful. I'm gravitating towards mostly Pairs trading myself. And I want to gradually get into automation. I'm looking at several programs. All I have right now is a basic Excel spread alerts program. Are you adding 1 or...

I think this is some normal "Seasonality" at work Don't tell anyone though, or it will stop working... marc

with all due respect, I just wanted to know if the ebay computer I mentioned would be ok for my needs. need to move on, and go trade thanks to all marc

Bright will supply a computer if you wish, when trading in the office. I'm currently a remote trader. Windows Excel is required to run the Opening Order[OPG] & Pairs programs. Ullrich highly recommends Office 2003. His programs run much faster with 2003. I've been thinking of buying a...

That's 50% more than what I was intending to spend. What do I really gain for $400 to $500[with taxes] more? Our software guy over at Bright Trading [Ullrich] said: buy the fastest dual or quad core you can afford, and the most ram you can afford. And he thought a smallish main SSD drive...

The box I'm using was bought mostly by cost, $400 2 years ago. So you can imagine, it's nothing fancy. I tried adding one video card months ago. It was supposed to run 4 monitors, but I couldn't get it to work, so I sold it, on Amazon I think. Then I looked into 2 video cards, running 2...

Thanks for the feedback. I haven't pulled the trigger yet. I've bought lots of stuff on Ebay over the years. Not all great experiences, but you get a feel for sellers after a while. The last time I tried to configure a box at Dell, what I wanted was close to 1500. And you could say ALL...

hi all, I'm ordering this before New Years [unless someone here can make a good argument against it] http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300478227923&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT I know it's Ebay, and some here seem to shun it, but I've been following this seller for a year...

. one of today's problems is the Sun Penny bid/ask they front run us this way, and we can't participate marc