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I have a list of integers in a column in excel and I want to differentiate in another column whether each integer is either even/odd (by using an E or O). What is the best way to do this? For some reason I can't figure out how to do it? Thanks Eric

How all these socialists get on a trading site is beyond me? I totally agree with your comment :p

James I got tons of useful information out of your book, probably the best book on trading i have read. I was actually going over the Unilateral Pairs Trading this weekend on qqqq/spy. Like one of the previous posters said some of the systems don't trade frequently while volatility is low...

I like your explanation. I use stops in a similar way that you describe. I have found that usually your losses will be bigger than your wins but you make up for that with a higher winning %. For me, a strategy like that is alot easier to trade because you have alot of winners. But on the...

Here is the link to the base symbol for the VIX futures for IB (VBI is what you should type in) http://www.interactivebrokers.com/cgi-pub/exchange_display_web.pl?einfo=usCFE2&file=CFE.html If you are doing anytype of short term trading I think you will be wasting your time. I would love...

That sounds like it would be really tough if you were trading real short term. I don't hold onto my positions for very long (in swing trading terms) maybe 5 to 6 days at the max.

No what I meant was that I would like to trade the VIX but the spreads are too wide. What I was asking was whether you simulate VIX trades using spy or ES options instead of trading the VIX.

Can you simulate VIX trades using the ES or spy options? If so how? I would just simply trade the VIX but the spreads and volume is pathetic.

That is really too bad because volitility seems easier to trade than equities. I was planning on taking directional trades for short term swings. Maybe the options will be better if they ever get up and running but somehow I doubt they will be if they are derived from VBI instead of the VIX.

It has been over a year and the volume on this product is pathetic. When if ever is this thing going to be tradeable for short term swings. By short term, I mean a day to two hoding time. The spreads in the morning opening are freakin 2 points wide! :eek: It seems to narrow during the day...

Care to share your method of determining when a system stops working?

1. What software are you using to generate MC analysis? 2. Peter, I don't know if you answered EricP's question but how do you activate a system once it has been deactivated using your MC analysis? Thanks another Eric

I used to live in Charleston, WV and have lived in southern WV my entire life so believe me the things that you list as important aren't here. My advice: look elsewhere! We do have a single A baseball team here. Yeah! and there is a new cultural center here but that is the only one so once...

Exact Description: MAR05 Futures FWR2 MAR 05

whoops. Sorry yes I am using IB and the root symbol:WR2 exchange:EUREXUS description:FWR2 MAR 05 I think I see where you are going with this.

Hey Jerry what is the new format for WR2 traded on the Eurex US in quotetraker? Thanks Eric

Hoff, If you have Excel then you can go to Insert/Function type in Standard Deviation in the search box and click on STDEVP. Also note that the original post talks about standard deviation of profits not per trade.

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. If someone is interested in learning more statistics that you could apply to trading where could I find that information?

Just a quick question. For example, if you were trading stocks and pyramid your profits. Would this test be valid or would you have to test it on the same # of shares or same dollar amounts on each trade?

Mike, I wonder where he is getting his data from. I assume it is from CBOE. They have different #'s from where I get my data. I try to get the same results using CBOE and they weren't nearly as good. Eric