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Thanks for the help. I tried the ET search but there was not much definition, but lots of posts with VIX in them. I now have the VIX, VXO and VXN plotted weekly and daily with the SPX and NASDAQ over a 9 year period. I would like to now do some research using these volatility indexes and...

Can anyone tell me what the VIX, VXO and VXN are and how they are used in trading? Thanks in advance.

I had not traded for quite a few years. I was evaluating my old trading and getting myself up to date on the latest trading ideas and theories. One day I did a search on Google for "trend following" and a link came up.... http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=9828 This is...

Thanks for the great post acrary. That is an excellent use of daily values for getting a probability of the future. I have been searching around for a good source of daily and intraday data for doing research and so far Tradestation looks like the best.

Thanks for all the help. I will check them all out and get on with the testing:)

I have not traded for quite a few years. Things have changed so much. I wanted to do a lot of research before trading. The last vendor I used was Rueters and Tickdata. I have not checked them out yet, just wanted to hear what was the best recommendation from the users here. Tradestation...

Can someone please recommend a good data vendor for futures/stock data. I want to test intrady and daily. Thanks in advance :)

I have the trading slips for the trade. When I come across them, I will scan them and post them here.

This is my first post here and I would just like to say that I have been overwhelmed with so much great advice and help. This board is fantastic. I would especially like to thank acrary for so many outstanding posts. This information is priceless and in many cases not available in any book...