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It appears that the Jurik MA method uses one MA only Has anyone backtested and found that this is clearly more effective than the old fashioned SMA crossover? Sometimes "new indicators" or "cool inventions" get all the attention, and its not uncommon that old reliables are almost as...

If someone wanted to get a "feel" for what the US markets might do on tommorrows trading day, what European indexes would be good to monitor? I believe a few traders in the Market Wizards claimed to practice this.... ideas, opinions, thoughts wanted Thanks!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I created a Yahoo Group, call Trend Follower Trader, as a free forum for trend followers to join together and share ideas. I am ** not ** selling anything, and just wanted to put the word out! thanks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trendfollowertrader/

I myself use a 10-day Simple Moving Ave (SMA) and a 75-day SMA, on the S&P 500 and also S&P Smallcap Index, to help identify overall market trend. This is VERY effective, and I also will bring up a 10-50-75 combo when that particular week is a little choppy, to see if the indexes are finding...

Curious how many people are out there subscribing to the various "stock pick" services out there.... A look at the back of Stocks and Commodities Magazine show me various sites offering hot tips and ideas, charging from $360 a year to almost $2400 a year. (!!!) My calculator shows me that...

well, that is great but I am yet to read reasons, articulated facts, as to WHY, HOW, etc. "MA's have intrinsic problems that would drive any EE away from them. The market is periodic and EE's have one heck of a lot of knowledge about that stuff especially as it relates to communications and...

Anyone know any free and good (!!) online stock market simulation games/websites? Most of them only offer "buy" long stocks, no margin, no short selling. thanks

Well, since May we had 18 pages of posts on this thread, and obviously the "data" shows that this topic was a popular one. With that said, no one, Jack Hershey included, has convinced me that Ed is ** NOT ** using MA's to identify trends. Jack mentions how Ed went to MIT and I believe Jack...

I have found that the 10/75 SMA's displayed on the S&P 500, the NASDAQ, and the Russell small cap indexes seem to work well with regards to "what market" are we in. Going back over 3 years, they do a damn good job. Right now, we are "long" condition. just my 2 cents

wasn't Steve Cohen interviewed by Jack Schwager YEARS ago? Maybe BusinessWeek should interview Richard Dennis, or Curtis Faith, another "unknown" trader. Goes to show you BusinessWeek and Money are sold to all the dentist-investors out there and soccer moms who don't know if they should...

Who the hell is trading off of fundamentals in here? Are you actually going to trust in this post Enron, post Tyco, Imclone, etc era, PE ratios, earnings reports, etc? what the hell does "Is it worth XXX times earnings mean?" TRADE THE FREAKING STOCK the MARKET determines the PRICE...

Uh, my man, help me understand something please note that these are YOUR words, not mine Billpritjr >2. Likely uses Moving Averages to determine trend< You: "First, I would like to say that I have no clue at all what R. Seykota uses...." You state no clue at all, then You...

more leverage maybe? more "choices" of markets, as in Lean Hogs, Coffee, Oil, etc? rumors are that Ed actually is quite involved in stocks

not for nothin, but being a Trend Follower, I have to ask Why would you short a stock that is going up? Thats like buying a stock that is going down (re: Enron)

Both are applied to the chart. The MA's reflect end-of-day data, of price itself. BUY when the faster (less days--> "5 day MA") crosses the slower MA from below. SELL POSITIONS HELD (or) SHORT SELL when then faster crosses the slower from above. By their very nature, they follow the...

I chose 7/35 because it exhibited the best trend following characteristics without too many false signals or whipsaws. Back in the 1950's, Richard Donchian "invented" the 5/20 MA cross method (amongst others), numerous studies and research since, shows that adjusting the time variables for...

Pate- thanks for the "bullseye" comment. Again, I am almost forced into concluded that ol' Ed (no disrespect, Ed is a young 55-ish, based on being 1971 and "recently graduated from college" - M.Wiz) is using MA's coupled with his own flair of portfolio management and bet size. This...

After reading the Market Wizards books about 20 times, and researching all their is on famously successful trader Ed Seykota and some of his students, I have come to the conclusion that Seykota uses: 1. Bet Size and Money Management are key principles 2. Likely uses Moving Averages to...

It appears alot of you are day trading or shorting over just a few days anyone shorting over 1-3 months? example: AMR in Dec 2002, until March 2003 JPM in Sep 2002 until mid Oct 2002 AZO late Nov 02 until mid Feb 03 all would have resulted in profits, without transaction costs...

Anybody like to short sell out there? Wanted to stir up discussion on why, what, when, you decide to short sell. I personally am a trend follower and will go long and short whenever the trend dictates, I dont prefer one or the other. The shorts seem to become profitable quicker...