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    Anyone from Vancouver, Canada?

    For your information here is the link for CSTA in Vancouver, http://www.csta.org/events/calendar-vancouver.html .
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    quant Vs technical traders

    qunat guys usually build their model by assuming that the underlying prices follow some stochastic processes, in this way, they can use the current available methematical tools. but the question is if these assumptions are correct. classic technical analysts believe that there are hidden...
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    Can a System be reverse engineered just from viewing daily trades/account statements?

    Almost none of systems can be reverse engineering. If anyone really wants to do it, use ANN to learn the systems - an approach from many others.
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    Forecast Oscillator formula !

    1. Find regression line first (which is straightforward or do a google search); 2. Extrapolate the line few periods ahead to get a forcast price; 3. Evaluate the following percentage: 100*(actual price - forecast price)/actual price
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    Basic tenets of swing trading

    This thread is for the techniques about swing trading. First, here is a quote from LBR's homepage (http://www.lbrgroup.com/index.asp?page=SwingTrading): "Basic tenets of swing trading: During strong trends, we use retracement swings to enter in the direction of the trend. These points are...
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    Is Linux a popular OS for trader?

    http://www.e-minitraders.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=290&highlight=linux
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    opensource trading-related .net/C++/Java libraries

    JAS (http://jas.freehep.org/) is a very good project. Thought it is for high-energy physics, but the programming framework can be applied to financial analysis. SmartQuant (http://smartquant.com/) used to be open source, but now becomes a commercial product with a price tag at USD$1,000. If...
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    Seeking robustness

    A trading system involves two things: trend (buy or sell) and timing. MA crossing is a technique for timing for most people IMHO. One need one more component for determine the trend if ma crossing is used as a timing component. Here is a proposal if one really want to use ma crossing...
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    Best Programming Language to Learn

    Best Programming Lanaguage? try Python out (www.python.org).
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    CCI Indicator

    1. CCI is simply a de-trend price without any smoothing; 2. One consequence is that high frequence portion is not filtered out; 3. Second consequence is that one needs trend to determine the full picture, because market price = trend componenet+ de-trended componenet (which is CCI here).
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    Anybody Using Keltner Bands

    LBR has been used it for long time with MACD and ADX, see http://www.lbrgroup.com/index.asp?page=DailyCharts&date=2003%2D09%2D11 . Go up to her main page, you'll find her daily educational charts and her articles, digging on the information, you'll find what you need. I don't use it, so I...
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    advancedGET any good?

    "Advanced GET Elliott Wave Analysis is not a good approach for success. Why? Advanced GET relies on market predictions. Market predictions do not work. There is no evidence that Elliott Wave analysis does anything. Be careful. Nice charts, fancy diagrams, and colors galore do not mean future...
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    Why a traditional tecnical analyst cannot trade

    Thanks, your method sounds different and interesting, looking forward to seeing your posts.
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    Anyone from Vancouver, Canada?

    Wish I were there, saw your guys post too later.
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    Double EMA help...

    Sierra can do ema of any indicator, so nor problem for ema of ema, and Sierra is cheap.
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    Why a traditional tecnical analyst cannot trade

    All links unaccessible now, can you repost again? Thanks.
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    Multiple Time frame theory!

    Yes, techinical analysis is a pure determinstic technique, although it is always advised that you should conside its consequences in the statistical sense. Modern quant finance is based on stochastic process, or specifical martigale theory, so it is good for derivative modelling, but not for the...
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    POLL: Do you prefer trends or trend reversals when trading ES intraday?

    For the poll, I opted to take mid-part of a well-developed trend. In fact, my trading approach is to catch mid-part of a well-developed trend in <b>high time frame</b>, but anticipate trend reversal in <b>low time frame</b>.
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    What's your market metaphor?

    I conside the market as a moving car: when market is in strong trend, it is a car in accelarating stage; when there is a divergence for the market, the car is in decelarating stage -driver pushes the brake pedal.
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