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Mark, thanks for joining the discussion. After reading two Stridsman books, there are a few major concepts which he feels are essential - for one example: The system must be simple. Do you have any major mantras that you keep in the forefront of your system design?

While it's very clear that was just a mash-up which wasn't done by the Obama people - it and the many many ads that are starting to crop up sure bring up an interesting point. Just as much as Television affected the first televised race and one party understood it and the other did not, thus...

I actually thought that thread was an interesting solution albiet a complex one. When I was learning EZ language I offered to program people's ideas for free so I could be challenged and learn more with the basic premise tthat if it worked I could trade it as well. MOST of these ideas...

I just had to point out that your quoting of "We've only Just Begun" which was, indeed sung by Karen Carpenter is actually more appropriate to this discussion than you may realize as it was originally written for a Wells Fargo Bank TV ad. Karen's brother saw the ad on TV, couldn't get it...

That's a reall good observation and I'm glad you pointed it out. One thing that I want to mention though is that Oscar adamantly says that his directional calls are not a system, they're meant to be use in conjunction with whatever system you use. I have a feeling he's making a lot of trades...

Going back to the original post and just a quick mention on the movie. I actually met the people responsible for making the movie while they were making it and wanted to just say that if they did not have the backing of a really really rich guy - this film would not have been finished because...

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=merlinmann I just find these hilarious.

Building is also getting more expensive because from what I hear from friends who were buildiing - the further along they went, the higher the prices of materials. They tell me China has been buying all the materials causing the price and demand to rise. Developments which had budgeted at...

When does that begin?

Wow. Whoever approved making that add should be fired. Is it a joke? If so it might be over the head of most. But... seriously.... that's surreal. It's funny to read the youtuber comments completely missing what is really scary about that - people marching like lemmings into a future...

I can only speak about California. And yes. What has happened (here at least) is a paradigm shift. Buying a house used to be thought of like this: It can be cheaper than renting if you can come up with the down payment and can get credit for a loan. I don't think that rule works...

(Before anyone corrects this... I said "propbably paid off home" - that was meant to be deleted, I originally started with a different example but changed it to the 3 year one because I thought it made more relevant impact.)

Well, that has been historyically true, but new factors could change that. For example - in CA, you pay the tax on your home at the price you bought it. For life. So the person who has the 1,000,000 home (not at all uncommon here) that they paid 500k for 3 years ago (very common). They...

After I absorb some of this information I will be askng more questions I'm sure. But right off the top of my head.... what are the automatic trading programs I should be considering other than tradestation... strategy runner? neoticker? Are there any or is it totally just the nature of the beast?

Well this is probably the truth because this would be the worst thing for me. :) Also when I look at the japan home price drop as in the picture I posted earlier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:EconomistHomePrices20050615.jpg I see 15 years to get back to what might have been normal...

I've been developing a relatively conservative trading system on the Tradestation platform for the last month. I finally felt ready to trade it when I came across some advice from people I respect which made me think my entire concept of automated trading was wrong. So, I wanted to put it out...

I realize Hollywood Hills has a name value - but the homes there are not that much higher priced than other Los Angeles homes which are in safe areas. Since the Hills are much less convenient, it knocks down the demand. Good for people who work form home though. At the moment, I would not...

AustinP - I would advise to contact a major anti-smoking campaign company directly to make sure they're aware of all the publicity and present the idea that they could increase their own campaign awareness with his story. There is also a Hollywood agency that links celebrities with causes...

This is an interesting picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Barrons_shiller_06-20-2005.gif related to Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:EconomistHomePrices20050615.jpg I actually often feel Japan is about 10 years ahead of us in their economics. In 1990 I was...

All I can think of is that during the stock boom, everyone's money was focused there. When money came out of the market (and the market sagged), it coincided with the low interest rates and so money rushed into real estate. But the only time in recent Los Angeles history that I can see where...