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can you also explain the process you used to find the filters?

can you explain this line in the code? "if adx(14) < 1.01*(adx(14)[1])"

in some ways people who work at wall street firms are the worst traders. why? because they aren't allowed to trade so they have no experience trading. they are all restricted from trading actively. everytime they want to buy or short something, they have to get approval, signatures, 30 day...

there is a rumor that samuelson claimed publicly that he would make a killing trading the commodities markets. he lost his money, and then came up with efficeint market hypothesis to explain why he lost his money.

2^2 on any calculator = 2*2 on any other calculator

but then you have to be a lawyer! :D

1+1=2 on any calculator

what do you mean when you say "the profit dropoff isn't too bad?" don't you want the narrowest parameter fit instead of the widest?

how do you do this in tradestation?

these results are based on parameter values from 1-50. my results using 1-99 do not match no_pm's results. lets just assume he's correct since tickdata seems to be the standard.

here are my results for 2003 to 2006. the numbers mean the optimal # of bars to use. Edited

my results are a bit worse than yours.

very interesting. how rewarding and lucrative is it to work at IB? :)

look here for common rollover dates of various contracts. http://traderanalyst.jamroll.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5

use it then

if it's encrypted then you can't just copy and paste it into the login screen which is what he wants to do.

i wasn't saying that he should keep an encrypted password on his computer. he thinks he can avoid keyloggers by copying and pasting. i'm telling him that the cost of doing that is having to keep a plain text version of the password saved somewhere on his computer.

eagle488, If you want the ability to cut and paste your password then it means that your password will be saved somewhere unencrypted on your computer. If you are so concerned about security then this is more important than anything you mentioned. Your concern about other people guessing...

what is your definition of institutional quality vs retail quality?

you need to show us how you have coded the triggers to buy