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Off the shelf? I wouldn't trust them. Best bet IMHO is DIY. All you need for a complete backtesting and profitable automated trading system: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008I9K3/qid=1127497446/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8__i2_xgl65/104-5504537-2518305?v=glance&s=software&n=541966...

Maybe you have a margin call on another account and they transferred the money?

There was a guy here...forget his name...who had a Forex system. Think he called it "Coinz Depositor." :D

What I do is more of what some might call "anti-martingale" and is not really formulaic. I only trade stocks now with my autosystem, so it might be easier to do than futures. I just start the year trading very small. It's easy to do with a cheap broker like IB. Then if the system is...

Good luck! Keep your head down and hang on! Glad I live in the CA desert now. I only have to worry about earthquakes.

There you go! Stay tough. Stay focused. Trade small for as long as it takes, but do real trades. Here's what I do. My autosystems trade very small at first. Then as they slowly build profits, I add to the size. When I have a profit built up that is near the average drawdown, and my...

You only need to paper trade a short while IMHO. Just a few trades to try some things and work out a few bugs. Other than that is a waste. Until you have real money working and real gaps/bad data and real emotions to deal with, you are just pissing in the wind. Better do just the minimum...

Don't see the problem here. I've been an engineer for 20 years and I barely crack $100k. So I'd say you are doing very well. I think you should find some kind of enjoyment and challenge in your current job. To throw that away for trading and the good ole "more than 90% fail...", which is...

How 'bout you? You must have heard something. Let it fly! :)

Some trades are very "realistic" too! I mean, who wouldn't spend $110,000 on 1000 QQQ puts with all of a week left until expiry? What could be safer than that... Gee, where can I send all my money to invest with these guys???!!! :p

Another interesting article over on NYT about the Bayou fraud: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/17/business/17bayou.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=6433c6fde82413a1&hp&ex=1127016000&adxnnl=0&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1126966437-3i6qqjaELTXsj+ASpSNQrQ I wonder how many more of these will show up...

When tested *objectively* I suspect you wouldn't use that junk anymore... Here is a typical scenario: 1. EW indicates it's time to go long. (ex, stocks are down) 2. Make the trade, stocks go up, EW sez better sell now. (or trailing stop, prof target) 3. Conclusion: nice trade...

Pretty easy actually. If I go long --> stock goes down If I go short --> stock goes up :D

Slew of blowups around here lately... Baron should make another thread category, possibly sponsored by Vic Niederhoffer, called "Devastation Education - how to wipeout in the markets."

My main machine running TWS is a couple-year old Sony Vaio 2.4 ghz desktop, with 1.2 GB RAM and a Matrox dual monitor card and two Sony 18.5 LCDs. A very solid machine IMHO, but probably over-priced. I've never had any problems with it, but I don't think I would get another one given a...

I have both, but my main trading and testing system is XP home. I believe about the only difference is some network management stuff and remote control options, and maybe some file encryption and security stuff. Could be wrong tho. It's been a while since I looked at it. Also, I didn't...

hoodoo...I know the tendency is to stick with what works, but cummon, last I looked this is 2005! I've been using XP with IB TWS and a whole bunch of other sw for years and it all works great. Very few failures. Easy upgrades. Every new drive or other device I put on it plugs right in...

No way. They are all recently discovered "originals"! :D

Still a chunk tho! The 87 mil came from YHOO data. Probably very inaccurate. Hope it works out. C

87,000,000 X .05 = 4,350,000 shares??? Whew! Persons who own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of a company must file a Schedule 13D or 13G, depending on the circumstances. If one of these schedules was previously filed, making amendments to it may be necessary. If a purchase puts...