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Since you asked nicely, and it is relative to this thread, I will answer a few of your questions. You've obviously read some of my other posts in the pair trading journal and a few other places, so I'll indulge you a bit. Then, along with gucci, I will put you on ignore to go along with the...

Jack - please go away. Your convoluted writings that have nothing to do with the topic being discussed is incredibly annoying. Why must you infiltrate every thread with your nonsense? If you want to pontificate, start your own thread elsewhere and let folks discuss the OP's original question on...

Per my post on the 5th, today looks like a good day to exit at least some of the CVS/WAG. Been doing some work on forward testing pairs using ETF's against stocks and the results look somewhat promising. Not a lot of homeruns, but very few big blow-ups, either. Using a smaller std deviation...

Quick follow-up to my post on 9/17. This appears to be a decent area to take gains in PEP/KO and COP/CVX. DE/CAT hasn't done much and should be looking for an exit before they report earnings. WYE/PFE convergence continues and that should narrow further now that we are likely getting close to...

A few that make sense to me at current levels (full disclosure - in all of them): DE/CAT - Giving myself room to add layers. Momo is strong in CAT, but the valuation disparity along with the price divergence over the past few months makes this one set up for a decent countertrend move...

Well done, Cupola.

Out of CSX/CNI. Still suffering with NVLS/KLAC...but the time stop will kick in next week. With CSCO's earnings out of the way, playing some long ORCL against it again.

NVLS and KLAC outta whack again...I'm goin' back in!

Oh, no there was no offense and the comment on fundamentals wasn't directed at anyone. Just something I am always cognizant of as I like to be on the same side of the undervalued stock, and usually like the smaller cap as well because of the growth characteristics and potential takeovers. That...

ATI/RTI looks worth a shot to me. It has been trending, but looks short term overdone. Which, btw, there are good pairs to be found that are trending. One example might be long LM, short TROW. Still not back to parity and slightly less than -1.0 Std deviation. On pullbacks it makes sense to...

Generally speaking, I try to put pairs on with strong correlation and in the same industry. If not in the same industry, at least the same or similar sectors. In regards to WHR/MAS, obviously that didn't apply. Coincidence with that correlation? Quite possibly - but I would speculate it is no...

I personally use 500 trading days (2 years) for correlation. I also use that time frame when calculating standard deviation of the differential and ratio, which I use for longer term plays. I just can't help myself when I see a nicely correlated pair that looks ugly, but is 2.5+ std deviations...

I like this idea. 77% correlation and appears to trade in a pretty well-defined range. If it doesn't gap in the morning, I may look to put some on for a trade. Thanks for the idea.

Thanks Colonelangus. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then. :p Nice to have a decent day in a tape that seems to reward momentum players far too much, but hey, maybe that's just me. Glad you made a little, too. I took most of it off because I am famous for exiting winners too soon...

This from a guy who has never worked in the institutional world, only registered here this month but already has 160+ posts, consistently makes idiotic statements with no basis in fact, and apparently adores flaming others with the word 'assclown.' You add zero value to any discussion. I...

Nice trade.

Besides putting on Total Keops short HON/NOC idea this morning, here are a few more that I put on for a trade: Long UTX, short MMM Long ORCL, short CSCO Long NVLS, short KLAC Long DE, short CAT

I like the Short HON/NOC idea. Will be looking to put it on tomorrow unless they gap it too much. Thanks for the idea. Looking to get involved in PFE, but pairing it with WYE to play the merger arb and squeeze out a few crumbs.

C'mon surf; that's purely semantics. What part about 'Technical Analysis - Made me well over half my money' do you not understand?

Here is a link to an interesting interview with Tudor Jones back in 2000. Those who say he didn't trade off charts best think again...to wit: Q: Let's play a word association game. I'll say a word and you say whatever comes to mind. Q: Technical analysis Paul Tudor Jones: Made well over...