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"Consistency" is a slippery word. Is turning a profit every month without exception for 36 months "consistency"? If so, I disagree with your assertion, because I have done that. Given an edge, variance and sample size determine "consistency". What, the multi-hundred or thousand player...

I already did. Fletch

It doesn't piss me off, I just don't think it's particularly credible. It's not a new fad that hasn't had time to burn out or be discredited. As far as I can tell it's been a mainstay of successful investment and trading firm hiring strategy for over 30 years. I have people tell me all the...

Well, frankly, I think the basis of your warnings are baloney. The idea that all engineers "over-analyze everything" is just BS. Second, it is a bit odd that you would in one breath say I am "taking it too lightly" and in the second say I am likely to "over analyze." Second, I suspect you...

Thanks for the positive comments. I'm at Day 4 of my trading career. The record so far (as if it matters): ER2, 1 contract Day 1: short, -$70 Day 2: short, +$230 Day 3: short, +$240 Day 4: long, +$260 but still open I've got two things on my mind at this point. The first is to...

Ok, I've been a system trader for two days now. The results (as if it matters): ER2 Day 1: 1 short trade, -$70 Day 2: 1 short trade, +$230 This is trading my best strategy only so far, which trades at most once a day. I have one more (which also trades at most once a day) which needs a...

I got Tradestation 8.1 a couple of days ago, expecting it to make my backtesting life a lot easier. Well, it kind of sucks. It's slow, the UI is pretty awful, and EasyLanguage is pretty rigid and not very expressive or general. I'm doing some simple testing of back data right now, and...

I am looking into doing some automated trading with Tradestation. What is not clear to me is how much of a strategy coded in EasyLanguage gets server-sided, and how much of the logic remains on the client. Can you place time based stops that get server sided? I of course can't rely on my...

Hi folks, I figured I'd start one of these journals from the very beginning of my trading activity. I am an engineer by training but consider my poker experience at least as relevant. I have a gambler's mindset, and I don't mean that in any kind of derogatory way. I like to know the odds...