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    Vanuatu is world's happiest country

    I've never met nicer people than in Hawaii.
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    Vanuatu is world's happiest country

    There's no drug use in Colombia , which I believe was the second on the happiest list.:D
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    Portfolio/trading analysis software

    Matlab is probably your best bet. You could try with a program such as tradestation, but Matlab is quite a bit more flexible.
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    Most reliable Pats feed brokers

    I've been trading on pats through Man for a long time. I don't remember the last time I had an issue in any market conditions. They were a little rough when they first installed pats, but that was like 6 years ago. For the last 2-3 years everything has been excellent!
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    Broker says Illegal to long 1es shot 1es in different account same time

    If you are trading 2 different strategies, say a trend following and a counter trend strategy, it is very likely that they will be on opposite sides of the market. Whether you do it in 1 or 2 accounts has no effect on the results though.
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    What do you have around your desk?

    any extra space in your office?
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    2006 Blue Ribbon Hedge Fund Symposium - The premier Meeting Place for Fund Managers

    I didn't go, but one of my friends did and said it was a great time. Apparently it was far better than the average trade show etc.
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    NMYEX Crude squawk $500 now?

    100% per month price increase.
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    OANDA's 15 pip cable spread

    That's why I stick to currency futures and don't do any FX. I still don't trust the FX markets enough.
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    Is everyone making a Ton of $$$, if not, then WHY?

    HA HA HA, my thoughts exactly!!!
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    was it just me?

    Definatly looked like the market started moving a little early. There was very little liquidity at the time though, so it could have just appeared that way due to the high spread.
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    What's your wishlist for an ideal backtesting program?

    The only way I found to solve that problem is to become a programmer yourself!!! It takes a lot of time, but it has worked wonders for me and my trading.
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    Raptor Trading System...

    Why would you sell something that is preforming so well?
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    Easylanguage help

    Try this. The problem doing it this way is you're assuming that if openpositionprofit > 0 the trade will close with profits, when that is not neccessarily the case. You could maybe change the 0 to 100 to give yourself some room. vars: tt(0),size(1),tradesize(1); tt=totaltrades...
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    Easylanguage help

    It is not working properly because you are sending orders to buy or sell the next bar before you exit your position. TradeStation doesn't know if the trade you are in will close with profits or losses when you are sending your orders. A work around would be..... vars...
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    Easylanguage help

    This code works perfect. I don't know how else I can help without seeing the code and knowing exactly what is going on. _______________________________________________ vars: tt(0),size(1),lasttrade(1); tt=totaltrades; if tt>tt[1] then begin if positionprofit(1)>=0 then size=1...
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    Easylanguage help

    try this. tt=totaltrades; if tt>tt[1] then begin if positionprofit(1)>=0 then size=1; if positionprofit(1)<= then size=size+1; end;
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    Easylanguage help

    so you want to increase your position size after a losing trade?
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    Easylanguage help

    I have programmed it, but I don't see what you're trying to do in your code.
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    Returns and Drawdowns in Trading

    LEVERAGE. Most successful CTA's in history haven't drawn down 30%!!!
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