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Several mistakes of professionals are: 1) Not acting on perceived opportunity 2) Not holding trade to a perceived target There exists a common axiom that professionals go broke by taking small profits.

Never...must be a another program or computer problem.

You need a good program.:D

Apex....are you saying your systems generated over 5,000 trades during the period.....alot, lol. Did you write this software? i wrote a few systems for tradestation, but not so many trades.

I use a Coleman 1500 Watt generator which runs 5 hours on one gallon. You could use an inverter on a running auto instread. A 1500 watt inverter would have to be hard wired...not lighter socket.

How much capital can be raised with reasonable expectations? I have some superior programs for trading the Russell

Would you consider owning a casino gambling? The odds are in your favor but you can still lose. Does a chance of loss imply gambling? Not if the odds are in your favor.

Trading is gambling if you don't have a winning system proven with statistics or if you do have such a good system but cannot discipline yourself to trade it correctly. A good and profitable method can proved disasterous in the hands of the undisciplined. Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!

PKJR: What time frame is your system based on? Looks good. I have one for ER with similar results. Maybe we should trade.

An "edge" for the house on card games is the statistical edge represented by profit from the result of numerous hands played, being simulated by a computer. This is pure mathmatics. So an edge could be described as the emotional discipline to trade a market model that has clear probability in...

For trading not to be Gambling, you must trade with the odds in your favor,ie., the trading model must make money and you must exercise the emotional discipline to trade the model. Time is a proper variable in the model, but not independent in itself. Like Warren Buffet summarized, i...it...

Gambling is against the odds... good business normally is done with favorable odds. Running a casino is not gambling. If you can't trade with the odds in your favor you are gambling.

Friday afternoon is indeed unusually choppy. One reason is many large traders have left the market. Second, no new reports expected. Another reason is overseas markets are closing down for the weekend. Playing in dead markets is a good way to throw away money!

What might cause my tradestation charts to not always advance forward?? Too many charts open? Video Card?

if you can make a profit regularly, why not partner with some capital people and manager and own part of a hedgefund. Its where the real money is!

The 2 min has crossed but not recommending a long here at this late hour

Best to wait for the 2 min macd cross above zero line before going long

The long bond normally maximizing move about $1000, which is about there. The 2 min macd plus and minus zero line was proposed by one trader for the minis but works in all markets and should be attended to. Of course, in consolidation you will be chopped up, lol

Post a chart showing your exact buy and sell points. Is is easy to be fooled by charts with bars after the fact.

The 10/20 moving average on the 5 minute chart are nearly identical to the 2 min macd cross. A longer time frame shoulc be used also.