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. Seeing the title of the group for the first time, written three times in your picture... I wonder if some gentlemen were hesitant to join the group because of the name?

Andrew Aziz was mentioned earlier in the thread... I don't trade using his strategies, but I enjoyed reading his first stock daytrading book, which has some practical advice and is pretty good for these kinds of books.

. Was surprised to see that my HEB grocery store here in small town Texas has a machine in the front part of the store that allows one to buy Bitcoin. HEB stores are ubiquitous throughout the state of Texas. Wondering if any others are seeing these machines in their grocery stores too...

Welcome to ET. What cutoff are you using to exclude lower volumes...

Perhaps the answer to this question should have three components instead of two. Rather than: ~ 90% lose ~ 10% win Instead: ~90% lose ~9% earn a small or modest amount of money during the current year ~1% or less earn an amount equivalent to a middleclass salary or better I suspect that the...

I was thinking of something like globalarbtrader's description of Jack Schwager's Fundseeder program in a previous thread. Apparently Fundseeder produces leaderboards that rank traders by a formula involving profits+risk+consistency. I think there were other ways that leaders could be scored...

. I wonder if any trading contests like this have ever judged results using a formula, perhaps even a standard one, that takes into account both the profits earned and the risk taken. The idea would be to reward good trading, not lucky trading...

As pointed out by Scataphagos in another recent thread, there is a lot of evidence that high vitamin D levels are protective against Covid. A new study makes the bold suggestion that deaths might be reduced to nearly zero if everyone took enough vitamin D3 to achieve a blood level of > 50...

. Volpri, Speedo and longandshort, Thank you for this fascinating discussion and for your courteous responses. Very enjoyable read.

. Hi SecretSauce, Do the thin greenish connecting lines indicate entries & exits of long trades and the reddish ones short trades?

Hi Mickey, I've had cancer a couple of times as well... I take 5000 IU of vitamin D3 as an immune system enhancer every day now; this might be something to look into. Also it may be helpful to read up on beta glucan and cancer: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=beta+glucan+cancer as well...

One can use either recent volatility or the current price bar structure or both of those things to set stops. Using volatility means setting the stoploss back from the entry price by a multiple of the most recent ATR reading. Price structure in my case means putting the stoploss under the low...

. Handle, 15% wins(!)... that's even lower than the classical long-term trendfollowers used to get. I could only do that with an automated system and I know that you like to use automated plus your hedging techniques so I can see how that would make it more palatable. It's nice to see you...

Coming in near the end of your time range (started in 1987)... Was a big fan of Star Trek Next Generation (with Captain Jean-Luc Picard).

One more example using an index:

. Oadmani, Lots of good suggestions in this thread... I agree especially with the ideas put forth by Tomorton, Fonz and NazSherpa that moving averages can be used to improve mean reversion systems. Simply choosing not to take long trades when the slope of a medium-term moving average is down...

. Wabu, Your recent comments about NG made me think about the different methods of technical analysis that people use. Many traders like to talk about predictive TA versus reactive TA. They usually recommend that traders employ reactive TA and I agree with that. Instead of predicting where...

. Hi Mediterranean, Most books related to trading are not really very helpful for new traders trying to develop their own approach, but some of them are. I've pasted below a comment I made a while back about books that I believe do have a lot of value. Good luck to you, Quote: "I have read...

. Wabu, I understand that the blue and red triangles are buys and sells... but what is the greenish colored triangle in the first chart? P.S. to wrbtrader and TrailerParkTed, thanks for helping this nice thread stay on track with your recent posts.

Hi IronFist, I hope you've been trading and living well.