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Rising interests would often be a common denominator.

Possible: Yes. Likely to happen: No.

Star Trek is on TV in 20 minutes ... thank you for reminding me.

MLDownloader could be an option for you. http://www.trading-tools.com/mld.htm I haven't used it recently. As I remember, it was a little cumbersome to use. It still might be a reasonably priced choice for your needs.

If profits were re-invested, $10,000 would become ~$13 million in two years based on the cited return.

My EOD system is fully automated. The only entry signals I ignore are those triggered after acquisition announcements.

I was never able to answer that question either, although it probably boiled down to my lack of discipline. For myself, the solution was to automate my signals. That structure helps me stick to my rules.

Why did you enter early?

In addition to non-fills at entry, there isn't a guarantee that exit orders will be filled at the closing price. So, you should also have slippage adjustments in your back tests for exits.

Your trades may not be evenly distributed over time. It's possible your profits are batched in a large number of trades during short periods, while the remainder might be marginally profitable -- or unprofitable -- as a group.

Respect should be granted by default. Credibility, however, must be earned; appropriate skepticism preserves capital. However, me thinks the posse chasing the OP has been a little too quick pulling out rope.

Whatever steps you take, success will require more reliance on your own ideas and less on those of others.

Your point is well-taken; specific circumstances need to be considered. I work in suburban Seattle, where user density is at the lower end of the range.

Why? I have used cable for several years with very few problems. On the rare occasion it doesn't work well, Comcast has promptly fixed it. In my experience, cable is very fast and reliable.

Automation allows the most extensive coverage. As the search process becomes more manual, its scope must decrease. People do not need to scan hundreds or thousands of securities to be successful. Regardless, searches of those extents are possible, but they require computers to do.

Vhehn is correct. The election is permanent, unless you get permission from the IRS to revoke it.

Discounted future cash flows.

Fixed-dollar position testing is not without its complications. Fractional shares is a factor to consider. The related distortions become more pronounced as stock prices increase and trade amounts decrease. For example, trade size = $500 and stock price = $45 will stumble over this problem more...

You are correct; data should be split-adjusted in back tests. The debate might be about whether the adjustments should be made by the software or the pricing service. I prefer the latter because it seems to be a more robust option.

Whether or not to use split-adjusted data depends on assumptions made in back tests. Most significantly, split-adjusted data may be used if we assume a fixed-dollar position in each trade (e.g., $5000) rather than a fixed number of shares. In such case, relevant relationships remain valid and...