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    Optimizing a Trading System

    good deal....sounds reasonable
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    Optimizing a Trading System

    How come all strategies "no matter how good" eventually go bad...systems are based on historical data right?...so why one day does it not work anymore...what are typical changes in the market that throw any one good system
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    Optimizing a Trading System

    I would like some advice from some of the experienced traders out there on system development. It is often stated that most good systems can work in a group of markets. If you built a system that seems to operate on 15 minute bars but struggles at 5 min , 1 hour, daily etc....should that be a...
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    Is it Possible?

    Ok I may sound a little paranoid. But nobody that trades an automated strategy can tell me this thought has never crossed your mind. If you have an account with an all-around services provider such as Tradestation and depend on them for automated trading, is it ever possible that they can read...
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    Neoticker

    yes...the learning curve with neoticker seems steep...but unfortunatley that seems to be due to the fact that the material that needs to be learned is not made available beyond 2+2...can't learn calculus with an algebra textbook
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    Neoticker

    with unexplained structure...I just meant the formula language seems to be not well defined...in a lot of forum examples I see terminology that is nowhere to be found in any help topics within neoticker...its like some of these guys have a special book with a whole new set of codes
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    Neoticker

    seems like a lot of unexplained structure to their software....beyond structure explanation received through consulting...I dunno....tradestation trades intra-bar now...maybe its best...was hoping neoticker would have an edge....would it be justifiable to say a neoticker setup has an edge over...
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    Neoticker

    Does anyone out there have somewhat of a detailed form of literature that can assist with neoticker programming...I have tried unsuccessfully to interact with "support" through email help...basically I have systems I would like to try and understand their functionality...however...taking these...
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    Few security tips on computer systems.

    for some reason I cannot locate the "advanced" tab in user accounts....i have microsoft xp professional sp2...anybody have some advise here?
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    Drawdown Calculation

    I think I am also wondering at what point do you throw out a system b/c of its drawdown If a system works with proper capital management it would seem feesable...however if you decided to crank up the juice and risk much more capital it could be disasterous. How do you use drawdown to...
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    Drawdown Calculation

    ok psytrade...thanks for the clarification
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    Drawdown Calculation

    Would someone be willing to give me a good definition of drawdown and how it is calculated. I know this much: drawdown is calculated as the difference between the greatest peak and greatest valley divided by the total equity. for example: 15000 - 12000 would give you 3000/15000=20 %...
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