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    Fed/Treasury end game memo - Global Financial Crisis

    http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/larry-summers-and-the-secret-end-game-memo http://www.gregpalast.com//vulturespicnic/pages/filecabinet/chapter12/Geithner_Summers%20Memo.pdf When a little birdie dropped the End Game memo through my window, its content was so explosive, so sick and plain...
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    Janet Yellen vs Larry Summers

    BWolinksy: You lost any credibility by actually suggesting Summers. Larry Summers was a key player in the housing/financial crisis and here you are arguing to have him hired again. Seriously ? WTF are you smoking ? This guy shouldnt be allowed anywhere near any public office or private that...
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    Would you trade this strategy ? Makes 180% in 5 months

    The strategy wins 60% of the time, loses 38% of the time (the rest are scratch trades). However, in a bear market it loses a lot ( almost 30% at times) ? The biggest loser is about 9% in one trade Oh, and I've made 47% in the last 10 days trading it, so I know the timing/backtesting...
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    Slippage/Market orders on ES

    I've used market orders in the ES up to 5 contracts, and only have had a 1 tick slippage almost every time. Beats trying to enter a limit order, cancel it if not filled, resend the order, etc.
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    Gold capitulation: when John Paulson throws in the towel?

    Damn, I shouldnt care about my $1200 loss on Thursday, haha. I guess its all relative. Thats got to hurt, even if he has billions Gold is down almost 5% as of 4:41am today, so he;s down almost a BILLION dollars. WOW !!! Paulson Loses More Than $300 Million as Gold Declines ...
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    System made 124% in 1/2 a year but ...

    So my new system made 124% in half a year, but it has 49% losing trades, which I suspect will be higher once I backtest a few years. My question is, would it matter to you all if a system had 80% losers if it was still making large gains overall ? Do you think it matters psychologically to...
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    Billionaire Hedge Fund’s Naval Prize Nabs 1% of Payday

    Interesting article. These guys will do anything to get their money back Thanks for posting it.
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    Problem recovering my funds from Globus Trading LLC

    How much were they supposed to wire you ?
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    New Trader in need of Automated Trading Software

    If you want a really simple interface and easy language to backtest, try www.StockTesting.com They use Javascript for the programming language, its completely web based, and super easy to use. I dont think you can use options, but you can test futures and forex
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    Need some beta testers for new trading site

    Is the site www.StockTesting.com ? If so, that site is pretty awesome ! I've been using it to backtest the EUR/USD and Emini for a while. Good stuff
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    Advice for New Automated Trader

    I would try an easier language before committing to learn C++. You'll have to learn alot , from memory management to object oriented coding to debugging. I've been using www.stockTesting.com to backtest. You can write a strategy in JavaScript , backtest & auto trade all from a web browser
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    Strategy makes money but more losers than winners

    All of the strategies are mine. Yea, the equity curve isnt that great, but I'm just getting started using that website to write my strategies in Javascript. Kind of cool to write everything in a browser and see results to backtesting without having to download any software (even works on an...
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