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I've kind of dreamt up this glass pyramid i'd like to build in the mountains somewhere (or undersea) with a great office up in the apex.. totally serious. Any would-be conceptual architects around? (slam it if you want, everybody's entitled to a dream) back to risk control.

In my unexperienced opinion, yes, I would consider trading that. Although it looks like you have a few > 1 month drawdowns. Can you ride those?

it's the american dream in perhaps its purest form. The biggest barriers to entry are belief and hard work.

pretty negative performance on 15 min spy, even with zero comission. are you using different inputs?

Richard, Dawg, I would be interested in getting together to swap stories and consider possibilities.

Pound the rock, what timeframe are you applying this to - ex: SPY 5 min bars?

Ron, Well, the Southwest is amazing in other ways. I've got a lot of family in NM, and I know I will live there when I can afford to do it right. You're breathing clean air. I understand homesick - I miss the vibrance of Manhattan. But we all make trades, right? I have sights set on the...

richard, cartm, I am in the 610 area code and a new trader with wall st experience looking for mentorship and possibly part time work. If you see a potential relationship, or are willing to talk, I would appreciate contact. Thanks, V2

Ron I-A-S i hear you, tho the rent here beats the hell out of manhattan for the relative proximity and the victorian architecture is more authentic than anything i saw driving 14,000 miles across the usa looking for too! I cut my rent to a fourth, and increased my space five times, plus...

generally speaking, based on channels, volatility, standard indicators, something bizarre and ingenious? what instrument are you trading?

Dragn, you trade a mechanical system?

Any traders in the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area? It would be nice to make contact with locals.

links, thanks so much for your ideas regarding channel breakouts, I've been trying to code this so that the signal is taken from COMPX and executed in QQQ, with one prob. That beautiful equity curve flips totally upside down. Also having difficulty translating the 1 point stop from a...

folks, you all totally rock. sorry if i'm slow responding to your specific advice... i'm still processing the wealth of ideas presented, and hugely appreciative of the input. thanks

shoot! what could that mean? he sounded too well prepared not to work it out. he did seem like he was coming under some unusual psychological stress toward the end there though, considering his earlier level headed approach to loss. I hope he got it right.

rtstrading, Great link. I just read the thread by 40yotrader. WOW. And I thought I was working hard. Unless I missed something, he never posted the results of his work. What happened with his system?

LongShot, That is certainly a logical approach that I am very drawn to, as opposed to more esoteric abstractions of price (not that I'll exclude this type of analysis by any means). Nothing lags price less than price, right? I have studied the Tradestation code for automatic trendlines...

AAAintheBeltway Thanks so much. I will definitely share when I find something worthwhile. I have set out to trade either SPY, DIA or QQQ, with trades as short as an hour and as long as 2-3 days, primarily because of their relatively limited intraday movement compared with individual stocks...

NihabaAshi You're right, it would be naiive to expect someone to dump the answer in my lap, or to expect someone to elaborate heavily on a unique system that works. But a lot of ET posters seem to enjoy helping along newcommers. Whether that's benevolence, or kharma, or they're not actually...

thanks very much all. even commiseration is worth something. axeman, i hear what you're saying. very much wishing i had a phd in physics or stats.. i am just wondering, how have you guys made it long enough to be senior members on this board? are you all institutional? i left an IT job...