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    Is There Such a Thing as a CONSISTENTLY Profitable Trading System?

    Sure, plenty of Donchian or MA based systems have tested to win year after year. As with any computer based system that "solves" the market, the so called edge will eventually be neutralized when market conditions change and you'll have to find another system to make money with.
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    Optimal exit point once a position has turned against you?

    Stop a tick or two above the breakout line should be fine. Target should be that opposite parallel channel or a 1.618 extension.
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    A Question of Strategy

    Trade relative strength or weakness and use a futures stocks index as your trigger. If the futures pulls back, but the stock just goes down a lower % retracement, goes sideways or even up.. then look for entries on the index and then go long on the stock. You can figure out the relatively...
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    What cell phone do you have?

    Nokia 5165 , came free with the service. Battery life is pretty minimal.
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    Is the Rally almost over??

    I'm projecting a 987.50 significant top on the ES within 2 or 3 months.
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    For those experienced in system development

    Anyone else having problems reading the files ? I presume the 1.05 WL is the Avg. Win / Avg. Loss and if I'm not mistaken, that would also be the Profit Factor number ? Right, it was just tested as an idea and certainly endures pretty big losses when wrong. Some basic money management and...
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    For those experienced in system development

    I have about 4 contracts worth of backtest results for a fairly simple volatility based ORB system. Basically it enters based on a calculated factor, uses a protective stop at the LOD at the time of entry for a long, or HOD for a short, and then exits MOC .. so it's fairly crude and could...
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    Prop futures firms?

    echo
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    How Do Yall Maintain your Discipline??

    If you really believe in your system, then you will "want" take every trade your system signals. If you are hesitating, go back to the drawing board.. backtest, forward test, paper trade and prove to yourself that the system works. Then you will believe. There's a fine line between...
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    AGP bus vs PCI bus?

    There's shouldn't be a visual difference.. but your selections for PCI cards nowadays are very limited, and AGP cards are generally faster just through architecture.
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    Anyone ever bought from Disktrading.com ?

    It's a relatively cheap historical intraday tick data provider.
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    THE MARKET WIZARD THREAD

    You go girl !
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    Tradestaton - You have to be 21 to open account?

    I'm pretty sure I opened my first Datek account when I was 20 a few years back.
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    Trading Books for Sale

    Try Amazon, you can get a very fair price and it's easier than ebay.
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    30/34 system

    I believe it backtested around 33% wins with a 2.5 to 1 ratio .. 33% wins is pretty tough to trade, you really have to believe in the system.
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