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The same applies to atheists and agnostics, who have views that could cloud their judicial judgement. If the standard is applied, it should be applied universally, yet the Democrats are simply applying an anti-religion standard. But this really ISN'T about separation of church and state. It...

I disagree with this generic statement. Sometimes it is true, sometimes it is not. My view is that if FDR had seen the Axis threat for what it was instead of leaving our ally Britain hanging out to dry it would have been a much better outcome (far fewer dead, much shorter conflict), rather than...

War = killing the enemy. The definition isn't the problem, defining the enemy, and finding them so we can kill them is the problem in Iraq. But if we go around killing all the Iraqis, that isn't war, that's genocide.

What do you suggest, killing all Iraqis, or just the ones who are still fighting? How do you propose to find just the ones who are fighting us, that would improve on how the US is operating now? Be specific about who you really think we should be killing. It's the phrase "no matter who's in...

What you say about Gingrich is true. But the Dems so severely savaged him while he was the speaker that it may take another decade for people to forget their negative impression of him.

No, just nobody took this silly charade seriously.

Observation # 6) A dumb system can be more disciplined than the smartest trader if the trader doesn't stick with his plan. The system has no choice but to execute according to plan, no matter how crazy the trades might seem. Observation # 7) Systems do the dardest things - they sell...

I don't think he posts per contract traded, but rather per unit traded (10), which gives a little bit different impression of average trade. He probably traded more than 10 contracts to get the 21.5 points per 10 (215 total points), but at any rate, nice trading amt4swa...

Does this then argue in favor of systems that are not out to capture the big trend, but rather chunks along the way, which may actually be contra to the long term trend? It seems to me that most of the systems being sold are out to capture this home run type of trend. And does this also tend to...

As it happens, I had originally rejected doing it this way because I *thought* that it wouldn't be very accurate. Of course I never tested this assumption out, but just rejected it out of hand. As a result of your comments, I will take a new look at this approach to see what merit it has to me...

Just a guess - not based on any research. I didn't realize the simple algorithm you described was that solid. This may change the way I do things... Thanks again.

Yes this is probably the problem - incompatible network card (Linksys for me). I had this a year or two ago - would shut down and have strange errors - lock up whole operating system etc. DLink works fine...

Mr. Subliminal, To get to the last result: turning tick prices into bid/ask I presume you make the assumption that if it is a downtick, then it occurs on the bid, and if it is an uptick, then it occurs at the ask. I wonder how accurate this method is in reality. Maybe 70-80%? It may be that...

Mr Subliminal, how do you determine the bid/ask in ES from the tick data?

Transaction costs are not to be underestimated. Included in that is also the bid/ask spread for systems that execute at market or that test on tick data where bid/ask is not available. Vanilla makes a good point that is particularly applicable to intraday trading systems. I can't say how many...

:D Where is "ignore" on the list. That's my choice for those who I don't want to encourage.

I say ban everyone who has more than 50% of their posts (start out or end up) in the chit-chat area. How's that for fairness?

I didn't like Rush before all this controversy, and I like him even less now. He is too arrogant for me, I don't like his presentation of the issues, and often disagree with his conclusions.

I love it when people cry censorship when individuals and corporations use their first amendment right to free speech by choosing not to support speech they disagree with by not broadcasting it, not printing it, not airing it, not speaking it, not reporting it. Of course when people exercise...

Agree, except replace finance with psychology and reverse the order.