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Fannie Mae shares zoom higher as caps lifted Company allowed to buy more mortgages as it posts fourth-quarter loss By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch Last update: 1:40 p.m. EST Feb. 27, 2008 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shot higher early Wednesday afternoon...

I was fortunate enough to have been building a position for some time and that was a nice little surprise!

Forgive me but what are P and V as you are describing? Price,Volume,Volatility? Thanks

Has anyone traded the stocks going in and coming out on the actual day of the change? How has it been for you or what have you seen? I hate to give away any "secrets" but personally I used to trade the changes to the SPs. The bigger the market cap the better. YHOO was the most dramatic action...

Weekly to capture large sustained moves and the fact that there is an actual open and close on weekly bars as opposed to the daily "pause." Forgive me but elaborate more on price action as you guys see it. Wouldn't there be "patterns" on any time frame that should be exploitable and...

I agree 100% about the trend following and the apparent "ease" of profits, for lack of a better term. At first glance the Forex markets seem to behave quite well (correct me if I'm wrong) and have other built in benefits where slippage and liquidity are concerned. However when I run tests...

Wishing you all the best!

In futures I use a volatility based system on daily charts. In Forex I am looking to use weekly timeframes. I tried tweaking my other systems and even using them on many different timeframes in Forex and no luck. So began this "obsession" with coming up with a reasonable system to trade...

I have been racking my brain to come up with systems to trade the forex markets. I have many but they all fall very short of being even decent. I have systems that I trade in futures, but surprisingly (at least to me), they fall apart in the forex. Even after I make changes. I am not...

I have been racking my brain to come up with systems to trade the forex markets. I have many but they all fall very short of being even decent. I have systems that I trade in futures, but surprisingly (at least to me), they fall apart in the forex. Even after I make changes. I am not...

That helps a bunch!! Thanks! Any idea where to get the trading symbols for the calls and puts?

Are there both calls and puts on the SP500 or just puts? I can't seem to find any data that makes sense as to the strike prices vs. the Futures and call prices seem non existent. I am in the early stages of a concept and am having a heck of a time getting any good info. The CME site...

I am gonna be in Houston for a couple days and wanted to check out some firms in the area, if there are any. Thanks guys!!

Hey Pa(b)st. Thanks for the response....and perhaps I am not asking the right question. But, I am always in the market and the amount of risk varies from day to day or week to week due to the reversal points. With, say, a one contract position you make $X. How do you provide or prepare for...

I have to say I have NOT read this book myself, but I did have someone recommend it to me. Money Management by Ralph Vince If anyone here has read it, I would like to hear what you thought.

Thanks for the insight Quant........(yah) Perhaps you have no desire to take something that works and make it better with some refinements, but I do. "Systems" can be made better. I have had great luck in discussing ideas with other traders and sparking new ways of looking at challenges...

Sorry I was unclear. What I was looking at is reversing the trade signals of your systems at some point when your actual equity curve crosses its moving average (of x periods) to minimize drawdowns and to go back to the signals when it crosses the MA again. This would require two...

What are some considerations when doing this? What did you use to determine the time frame of the moving average you used on your equity curve? Has this been sucessful for you?

I trade a system that is always in the market (long or short) with reversal points that change daily and weekly (depending on which market) with market volatility. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to determine proper position size with this constantly fluctuating amount of risk...

What is the maximum number of people you can have participate if you have family, friends, co-workers that want you to trade for them and still keep it simple? When does it get "complicated" or require more legalities than just depositing their money and trading?