Recent content by Troglodyte

I just sent the following to the Trading Tribe FAQ email tt_95@yahoo.com: I'll let you know if Mr. Seykota responds.

Public Santa Clara County, CA records show a Federal Tax Lien in 1994.

Maybe I should start selling used dollars for $1.50 in quantity.

While I don't think it wise to be making categorical statements without verifying the facts, I don't think this is libelous because a libel must be a statement of fact that is not true. The part about the rip-off snake oil seminar is pretty clearly an opinion rather than a statement of fact...

Incline Village, NV U.S.A. Which I believe is where Ed Seykota still lives.

Can you tell me Nitro, specifically what you mean by "forward test" as distinct from "backtest"? Why do you think this is better?

Only WLD does this. TR does not do automated trading, TradeStation does not do portfolio testing, Behold does not do automatic trading. Unfortunately, word on the street is that WLD is slow, slow, slow.

I agree that reentries are just a means to satisfy a certain urge to be right. Unless they are part of your system testing they are a bad idea.

Quote.com aka Lycos used to offer this. You had to bring up a chart and then export it but you could get the prices.

I once lived in the same town as Seykota and his former girlfriend. From what I understand from conversations with her, Seykota declared personal bankruptcy in 1992 or thereabouts. I've tried to find some record of it online but I only find references to an IRS case about the same time...

www.turtletradingsoftware.com/forum also has active discussion of trading system programming

Ohh, that's pretty bad if 90% of the people who worked with you don't want you to be president... Kerry is one ugly politician.