Recent content by monti1a

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    Jurik Adaptive Moving Averages and Adaptive Moving averages in general

    I never understood the incessant need by novice traders to use a zero-lag moving average.....zero-lag to what???? price??? Just use price....duh
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    Trading in the cloud

    also, I found this with respect to Amazon: "3rd party software that relies on specific hardware attributes for their licensing to be in effect causes problems in a virtualized environment. While the instance is running the hardware will remain the same; machine ID, MAC address, etc are all...
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    Trading in the cloud

    my main concern would be security. what's the risk of a hacker compromising the system, stealing your brokerage account info and doing some major damage...you also wouldn't want to put up any proprietary code on their systems so the code would also have to be protected too....
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    Why do 95 % of traders lose ?

    Ask anyone of these guys: Erik Seidel Daniel Negreanu Phil Ivey Jamie Gold John Juanda
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    Why do 95 % of traders lose ?

    lack of an "edge"..whether it be technical, insider knowledge, or fundamental...pure and simple cut the psycho crap....
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    My option trades

    Hi Ryan, Where are you getting your short float info? I'm looking at yahoo finance and only see 7.19M shares short and not 14M...although % of float is still 24%
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    suspicious .... fake trade?? Anekdoten??

    He ain't no Sheep......that there's be Anek...
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    suspicious .... fake trade?? Anekdoten??

    Thanks for the clarification Anek.
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    My option trades

    That's perfectly fine...move at your own pace and MANAGE YOUR RISK and you'll be ballin in a few years...think "long-term - ie., 3-5 years+" and "compounding returns" from my end it doesn't look like there's much you need to change...just grind it out day in and day out at YOUR PACE and...
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    Would You Trade This System?

    It seems as if you're relying too much on statistics. Actual trading rarely plays out like the backtested statistics for any sustained period of time. Another approach would be to use your signals only as a guideline for entering the market. Then, use your discretion to determine whether to...
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    Would You Trade This System?

    With a Percent Profitable of 63.71% and a Ratio Avg. Win:Avg. Loss of 0.73, you will have almost no margin for error. Unless you can avoid ever making mistakes, this system is not workable without further refinement.
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    Hammering away, slow and methodical

    Agree. It seems like you're making a rash decision based on hindsight results. Committing real capital to a strategy that hasn't been vetted in a simulated real-time environment rarely turns out good. BTW, the EDGE in trading is that you can THOROUGHLY test an opportunity BEFORE COMMITTING...
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    Day Trading Crude without indicators.

    Dude, your thread is becoming stellar spectacular :)
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    Day Trading Crude without indicators.

    great info..thanks a bunch :)
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    Day Trading Crude without indicators.

    Hi MFB, what's your take on using ACD to trade the ES? thanks in advance
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