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At Global Futures you can choose from several different platforms to simulate trade on till you find the one that best compliments your trading style. Here is the link http://www.globalfutures.com/platforms/index.html If you have any questions, feel free to call in and ask for Aaron and...

A simple trick is to look at the depth of market for orders working at the price you are going to be filled at, and that of the orders around it. If your ticket size is almost as large as the amount of working order, or even larger, then more then likely you are going to get a split fill...

Your calculations show a great example of what kind of handicap traders may give themself depending on their trading strategy. Typically though the traders that go for smaller targets and smaller losses end up having higher win ratios to offset that handicap. Or at least hypothetically they do.

If one is running out of steam, is it possible to combine the strategies to take advantage of their differences?

Would be any type of strategy that could be traded across a basket or markets or just a few markets with relatively low drawdowns and consistent returns relative to the markets volatility. Also, something simple and not overly complex

Return on account is to senstive to what you would consider a decent account size. Also your conservative approach may be anothers aggressive approach. profit factor isn't affected by that and gives you an idea of wiggle room. If your profit factor is to close to 1, then more then likely...

what about changing the market to the mini russell. Or changing the time to the same as the simple system for beginners?

blame TT and their patent lawsuits

if it is commission, how much are they charging to the end client. Have him ask to see all the expenses. How much buying power are they going to give him. He should get some type of performance incentive. If it is just commission, then 30% seems fair, as long as they are not padding the...

wouldn't be the first time.

is it me, or has anyone else noticed that this simple system also has a good chance at showing the direction for the next day. Long today, probably an up day tomorrow?

Doesn't the fact that more houses are going up for sale then actually being sold, show some sign that the real estate market is at least cooling down. Rate hikes may cool it down faster, but i don't think anything short of an earthquake will push down prices in California

Does any one have an idea of what Ed bases his trading methods off of. I have heard ideas that it is based on fractals to magazine covers.

Actually, if a Market Maker in currencies is using a Globex Terminal they can see your stops. unless you are using a platform like Strategy Runner or NinjaTrader that uses synthetic stops that are held on your computer or a seperate server.