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Mad, I'm curious. Have you been testing this setup? I was a student of marketing, and learned that no matter how good a headline we thought we came up with, we must test, and then test, and then test again...and then look at the data. Change a word in the headline and then test again...

Mad, This is a question. This is the question. I believe this was your original question, slightly rephrased. Do you know what I'm saying? Is this the answer you were looking for? Original question #2: "Also, in order to enter a position what other things are essential to be looked...

Mad, Try looking for things that improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of making money. You might consider this *efficiency factor* formula: EF = 1 - [(1 - Win%) / Win%] * (Average Lost/Average Win) Such formula emphasizes more on Win % and Average Win/Lost rather than a...

mad, This is perhaps an optimization question. With the right software, you should be able to verifiy/assertain this for yourself. I might recommend Tradestation and/or Grail www.thegrailsystem.com software. I'm pretty sure Jack does not have/use any backtesting or optimization...

Thanks Anomaly. Do you suppose it is market orders that get hit with the full slippage? From my experience with market orders, I get hit with one tick either getting in, or getting out. Tradestation asks for commission and slippage "per trade". I had erroneously entered $5 for commish...

It's 1.70 without any commish or slip. After $5 commish and $25 total slip per round turn, the deal is pretty much dead. I think it might be useful for a filter for some fading type stuff however. I'll see. JohnnyK

Thanks DS for the interesting link. I'm out of ES till I can sort this out. I'm considering using my tweaks as a filter. JohnnyK

Thanks mogul. With a couple more tweaks I was able to match or beat the Russell in almost every category except Average Net Per Trade. The best I could do (not including commish or slippage) was $39 per trade, compared to $59 or so for the ER2. Though resembling the "simple system" less and...

Thanks AnomalyResearch and DarthSidious. Today I made my very first fully automated trade using Tradestation 8.1. I went long one ES at 1199.75 and exited at 1201.50 for a 1.75 point gain. I used TS 8.1 to optimize the DarthSidious code for entry time, exit time and stop loss parameters...

Years ago I wanted this technology/ability. But here is my current thinking. If you have the technology to send you alerts, why not just let the technology take the trade? This way you bypass the need to confirm the trade via your mobile phone. What information can someone know, out on the...

Yes! From the muddy banks of the Wishkah river! Enough to make anyone mad as hell and not want to take it anymore! There's actually two jobs in Aberdeen. One is a union job, and the other is a union job. Ha! They even have a musicians union if you want to play at some places. I actually...

Rick Derringer: Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo Scorpions: Theres No One Like You (dual guitars) Richie Blackmore: Smoke On The Water

Uh uh. I win because I come from the same home-town as Kurt Cobain...and I'm still alive! JohnnyK:D

One time, I went to go see Journey, Frampton, and another band in 2001 or so. A roadie came out, a little overweight, balding, t-shirt untucked...and picked up a black Les Paul. I thought he might be tuning up for Peter Frampton. Then this roadie starts to play and I'm like, "Not bad for a...

I have a gift to be able to copy almost anything. I once had Ted Nugents "Stranglehold" entirely memorized, note for note. Those guitar players who are too fast for me to copy, I hate them with a passion. Ha ha. But actually I think Joe Perry of Aerosmith hates Eddie Van Halen and I don't...

Ha Ha. One time I was in a guitar store and there was this aweful guitar music, and I'm thinking, "geez, even I could play that. It's out of tune and sounds terrible". Later I found out it was an early Jimi Hendrix bootleg or something. I guess you could say I definitely have opinions...

For some excellent slide, check out Tony Furtado. JohnnyK

Joe Walsh: Hotel California (Eagles) David Gilmore: Time (Pink Floyd) These are melodic, structured solos. They are not technically fast fingered, like a Malmsteen, but they are very effective, and go deep into you. Gilmore admits he is not a fast player. He focuses on hitting good...

"Nuen und Nuensich Luft Balloons" (Ninety Nine Air Balloons) Always liked this song from a German source that I don't recall. May also go by another name. JohnnyK