IB is the problem IMO.
I know I know, we can argue on this till the cows come home.
But I am not having this problem today ......... ( I don't use IB ).
HarHarHar - Now see what's you've gone and done Maverick ?
Ya can't say harry isn't interesting.
I like ya harry, It's just that we are Locked in opposing Fractals.
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MAVERICK ...Check out what's happening with the Almighty Dollar..... .786 Gap / Island ..
.... KEWL...
Agreed Ges.
My impression is that Bulkowski based most of his studies on the Bull Mkt.
Might be a problem in Bear Mkt huh ?
It would have been a better study had it covered some serious Bears.
I still find his observations to be a very useful guide - combined with Edwards and McGee...
Yes:
I use them in conjunction with multiple time frames and larger patterns...... that is to say;
I do not trade them in isolation - I want to see a larger pattern -
ie - a Wedge or H & S or another larger Gartley or Butterfly, or whatever.
I Confirm the pattern with Fib numbers-...
RELIABILITY.......is the Point.
Whether you pinch pennies or throw Bucks at it to achieve it.
A down week can easily cost you the price of a new system or two.
Not to mention the Frustration Factor that comes with Losing Data.
Well Said Swoop...........Agreed.
I laugh at hearing "Why" the Mkt went up or went down because of such and such news.
( They just gotta have an answer - even if they don't know ).
It went up or down because "People" bought or sold it.
Sometimes the news has a strong effect on that -...
ArchAngel seems to know his stuff.
I'm running two, 2 gig machines - each running 2 mirrored SCSI drives.
I run Win2000 SERVER - because Win 2000 would not run "Mirror".
I am told that XP Will run Mirror.
I also have an "External" 36 gig SCSI that I fire up with the flip of a...
Thanks for bringing this thread back to life Babak.
It's too interesting a topic to face such an early demise.
http://www.nationalpost.com/search/...EC-AFED66FB02C7
This ( Babak's Link ) article : by Richard Salsman ( president of Intermarket Forecasting Inc., Boston.),
Brings to mind the...
Yeah, that'll make a great movie.
I want to play the role of "Satan" - Pitchfork in hand.
We give him all the Drugs he wants,
And quite a few he doesn't want.
Oh this is gonna be fun.
Lights, Camera, Action
There was never any "Real" Wind in the argument in the first place.
What is truly amazing is that with 200 Special Ops, leading some factious Afghanis,
We totally tore the Musselmen a new orifice in a matter of days.
Sure we had some Marines in there at a base camp for awhile -
but...
Good Thread.
I trade like I play Pool .
Get a bead on it, and take my shot.
GEOMETRY ? - Damn Straight........SIMPLE ? You Betcha.
I am unable to pontificate on the rules of Parabola Physics,
however as a goldsmith, I can can take a square sheet of Gold or Silver,
and hammer it into...
This works especially well if you apply a 5000 period smoothing SMA to the 2000 period SMA.
If you use that to trade Dead Cattle Contracts....It's very stable,,,, Nothing Moves.
YEAH,
A Prod and a Bullwhip on her always werks fer me ........ooooh baby.
Seriously AZ, You are asking the wrong question. the Right Question is :
"How do I get over the hump "Trading" ? .....end of question......
Learn to trade well and you can trade any market.
Keep...