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Stephen, I can't help thinking that you're putting the cart before the horse. The first thing is, do you have a trading strategy for the ES? Once you do, then you'll know what you need to follow it. If you don't have a strategy, then I think you'll need to develop one. On your way to...

estra, The Ryan Jones' book was quite instrumental in me fully appreciating the value of good position sizing. While Jones advocates the use of his Fixed Ratio approach, I think you'll find that Fixed Fractional is a better proposition, in general. I've used the Adaptrade software and I can...

My TWS quotes only update when the mouse is moving over TWS. What's going on? Richard

Aaron, Say I use 10 minute bars but I also need to find the 10 day ATR in my trading algorithm; will eSignal efs handle this case? What about updating a trailing stop at the end of each 10 min bar? Can eSignal efs do this? Richard

Vivian, I read through your other thread completely last night. Congratulations on your good performance, which I believe is due in large part to you having come up with an (apparently) good mechanical system. Can you tell me a bit more about your API usage? What language did you use? Are...

Can anyone suggest a broker as per my specs above? Richard

Same here. If I'm in a position and don't have enough margin, IB automatically gets me out of the position in the 3:46 PM EST minute. Can anyone suggest a futures broker that offers lower intra-day margins than IB and doesn't kick in ON margin until much closer to the close? (I have a trading...

Your code works as expected, i.e. aqua bars are traded bars. BTW, you don't need the two "begin" and "end" statements. Richard

Yes, "Band of Gypsies" is fantastic live album. Great solo on Machine Gun. Incredible the sounds he gets to make his guitar sound like dropping bombs, etc. I also like on "Electric Ladyland" the solo on "Woodoo Chile, Slight Return". I actually bought some sheet music with CD which explains...

Since you asked, one of the best, if not the best solo, is by Yngwie Malmsteen in "Queen in Love" which is on the Triology album. (Apart from other qualities, it's very cleanly fretted). Richard

I believe that a major part of the problem of finding/trading a working system is the actual realisation that it is in fact a working system. I believe if you were to discover what systems successful traders use, you'd be surprised at their simplicity and efficacy.

As a matter of interest, which of the five contracts would you recommend to trade with this system or would you, in fact, trade all five? Richard

To prove your above statement incorrect I will provide one counterexample. Richard Saidenberg's "R-Breaker" S&P futures trading system was released to the public in 1993. Since that time it has consistently been rated as one of the top ten S&P systems by Futures Truth, as it is presently...

There's a free options seminar this coming Tuesday night 2/8 between 6-9PM. I plan to attend. It's at The Westin downtown Portland. If anyone else plans on attending maybe we can say a brief hello to each other. For more info concerning the seminar...

If we can meet in downtown Portland, then almost any time would be fine with me. I'd be particularly interested in meeting other system traders. Richard

Hi hanseng, Jay and opm8, As a couple of you know, I was involved in organizing the meeting that we had in Portland a couple of years ago. I think it was a good first meeting. It was very well attended. I would be interested in getting together again. In fact I suggest to get the ball...

I was fishing for more info. I'm still interested in knowing what book "caused [you] to think about things in a new way". Considering most trading books are of limited benefit, you seemed to have found one that didn't fit this mould. Richard

snoop, OK, I'll ask. Which book was it and what in particular helped you? Richard

mike, Is only trading this strategy sufficient to scratch out a living? Richard

I appreciate your reply. Thanks. Richard