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I've thought of trying a semi-automatic system. Where i use discretionary entries and have the program manage the trade from there on. The biggest problem i have with that type of system is that it's not really backtestable so you don't know how it will do till you do it.

I remember one day back in the summer of 1994 I was eating alphabet soup for lunch and I looked down and saw AAPL. I went long...it's still working. :)

Maybe they can regulate us all into successful traders...in a happy world were nobody loses and nobody falls victim to their own bad decisions. :D

Hey people, I have heard people talk about trading in higher time frames to avoid the market "noise" or to better identify the true trend. I, however, have a suspicion / untested theory that all of the anomalies that appear in the shorter time frames also appear eventually in the longer...

Check out MB Trading - I'm running a demo with them now and a NT automated strat that seems to be solid so far. I'm probably gonna give it a few more months and if the strategy proves itself i'll go live. MB Trading feeds tick data and supports NT.

Tim, I,ve been looking into Forex brokers for awhile now - trying to get as much info as possible. It seems to me that the best option is to go with the ECN's. IB is a popular one - I'm looking at MB Trading. If you have a little more capital there's other firms like Dukascopy. Bottom line -...

I was wondering what other people are using to gauge the effectiveness of their trading strategies on - such as: total net gain, % profitable trades, win/loss ratio, etc. I'm trying to get the best balance from a risk management standpoint.