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I'd be impressed with a 15-month graph. This one doesn't carry the day.

Yes, it is boring. In the world of trading you can either make money and be bored, or lose money and be excited. You can't do both at the same time. :)

I'm running two strategies, QQQ and XIV. This year, the strategy on QQQ has won 13/14 trades, making 21% profit, so far. Maximum draw down (peak to valley) was 4%. The one on XIV has won 14/15 trades, making 69% profit, with maximum draw down (peak to valley) of 15%. The QQQ strategy has an open...

Personally, I don't make any money at all, but my computer makes about 30% per year. :)

TradeStation is the best I know of.

You can't overcome it. Just feel the fear and do it anyway.

As a teacher, I can tell you that 50 people can take exactly the same class, and one of them will become a successful trader, while the other 49 fail. It's not about the content of the class; it's about the mindset of the student. Most people won't ever be successful traders, no matter how long...

I have "developed" over 200 systems using TradeStation Wasy Language. They all worked well on the simulator in back testing. About half of them worked in live trading with real money. Those that were profitable in live trading usually made only 30-50% of what they made in simulation. Therefore...

My question is very simple. Say the code looks like this: ---------------------- variables: MyBuyPrice(0); buy 100 shares next bar at market; MyBuyPrice = ???? ---------------------- Is there a function in Easy Language that will tell me theprice I got filled at? I thought this would be a slam...

I haven't seen an answer yet. It would seem to be easy, but apparently not so trivial. The function you mentioned may work in MultiCharts. It is NOT available in TradeStation.

That function is apparently peculiar to MultiCharts. TradeStation does not recognize it.

I don't know. I have not seen that in TradeStation, but I'll try it. Thanks!

As usual, "We,ll look into it."

"Last" holds the last price at which the stock traded. For an instant, it will hold your price; then the next trade comes along.

I read the Easy Language books. EntryPrice does not work as advertised. Got any other suggestions?

You need two experts on your team - an accountant and a corporate attorney. From your post, i gather that you have neither. Good luck.

Profound. Everything is everything in everything.

I have been programming in TradeStation's Easy Language for over 10 years. Lately, I wanted to reference the most recent price of a trade within a strategy. I thought it would be easy. It is not. I have even resorted to asking several of my EL buddies, and so far, nobody knows. Example: buy...

If I understand your second question correctly, this should do it: if mod(size,20) <> 0 then size = size - mod(size,20); The other questions require more typing than I am willing to do at this time. They hinge on the fact that EasyLanguage programs are evaluated at the END (after completion) of...

I have been making money with automated systems for about 10 years. I re-optimize from time to time, and sometimes a system stops working (the equity curve goes flat or heads down) and I turn it off.