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    difference between tops and bottoms ?

    Trading a multiple time frame basee setup about 2 times a day gives us a clear picture of your trading fractal. Interestingly, others do that here and are making the same errors as you are.( See redneck and talontrading, for example) You are entering and exiting to make money. The amounts...
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    OBAMA=GREATEST market rally+50%,GOP losers whine

    See attached....LOL
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    OBAMA=GREATEST market rally+50%,GOP losers whine

    My accuracy and assessment skills are generally known. This may be why I have some detractors. It is improtant that a trader "know that he knows". This means three questions are on the table: 1. where are we in the cycle? 2. What is next? and how fast is it changing? The attached...
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    Trading breakouts

    Attached is a composite of your illustration and my illustration. From my point of view, the OP has stated and then confirmed that he is discussing range BO's in the direction of the side of the range being tested. (The left trend line) I posted on that concern of his. You may see that...
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    Trading breakouts

    Here is an ilustration from today (13JAN10) on bars 24 through 26 of the ES. As I prefaced in my prior post, there are other things going on most of the time that surround this trade.
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    Trading breakouts

    First of all, I feel that there are many other more profitables scenarios for doing trades at other times of market activity. The breakout trade you are using as an edge only occurs every so often. The KISS for entry, then exit: 1. Draw the container of the instrument. Generically this...
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    Thread trashed: "How to research and verfiy trading ideas", WTF ET?

    You have several excellent reasons to stick around: 1. your objective reasoning is an example to all. 2. You respond specifically to questions ask of you. 3. You keep a specific focus on topics and when you begin to participate, you continue until the topic is exhausted (meaning it...
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    How useful is Economics as a trader?

    The National Science Foundation funds econ projects and programs. They run the gamut becuase RFP's are used and you can also get sole source funding that is specifcally unique. Some of the NSF funded products are quite hunorous and niave it turns out. Economics ha had great value for me...
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    Edge types, efficiency, etc

    Thanks for taking the time to respond. I apologize for conveying anything that made you feel or think I was speaking in a negative way about you. Apparently, your CW orientation is based on your research and intellectual efforts so far. You cite a lot of facts and materials that come from...
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    Avoiding Curve fitting

    Thanks for your humor. It probably wouldn't be appropriate to call it an OCD or Trend war. I've enjoyed my amateur trading for a very long time. You probably recognize people who do like trading and, perhaps, have an approach that is fully completed. There are many many ways to trade and I...
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    Edge types, efficiency, etc

    Most people who post exhibit behavioral patterns that can be read. you can couple that with the fact that I have mentored people for four generations. I have lost track of the number of life time trusts that have been set up for adult physically and/or mentally challenged offspring of people...
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    Edge types, efficiency, etc

    To better see the market and less narrowly, junk all the filters. After that get quality vendor information sources; it takes several and they have to be coordinated properly. Third add the future to your display and put the envelope of the variables into that space for the variables to...
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    Edge types, efficiency, etc

    In rational thinking, it is a challenge to prove something doesn't work. For him, he is able to operate on that turf that scientists do not occupy. Over time, some people examine the work of others. Indicators were introduced into the financial industry early on. The designers and...
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    Avoiding Curve fitting

    Regarding the archived videos and illustrated transcriptions, PM me how to get them to you. ET does not have an achive capability that I understand. Attached is the current approach we use to handle the chart posted. BUT we do not trade SPY. When I made the Friday end of day comment it...
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    Edge types, efficiency, etc

    Right on. I hope he can reflect on your message. When someone suggests to the OP, he is trading trends and uses volume as signal generator, how can anyone reading that suggestion think ineffiencies are involved??
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    Edge types, efficiency, etc

    continued....... 5) I've met a few people living here in Chicago, one of which I know (we're well acquainted and he lives very well) makes a living trading his own account at the exchange (he has no other job), but he refuses to discuss his methods in virtually any capacity. He has only...
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    Avoiding Curve fitting

    Here is a general comment on avoiding curve fitting And I am glad to see that Trader666 has provided more indepth information on the backtest he performed and why he did what he did. The vast majority agree with his views. The basis of their agreement with him is their orientation to the...
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    The charting software dilema

    There are many residents in Vegas who are extremely competent and have terrific support crews. One of them uses one of the items on your list that fits into the better category. See osoktrading dot com. The vendor world isn't very supportive in the way you need simply because they are not...
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    Avoiding Curve fitting

    The synthesis of each of these parts is shown on the final attachment. Quality Assurance -----Return on Investment. Quality is the most effective risk minimizer. return on investment is the compound interest formula where the variables are ranked in importance as: exponent, cycle profit and...
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