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Many thanks Scientist for your encouragement. I suppose, during the process of upgrading our expectations and strategies, we would possibly encounter a bullback on the equity curve of our bottom-line for a while :mad: . Any comments ? :confused:

Thanks Jack for your sharing. Luckily Baron has set a ceiling on how many words each post, and you should thank him, not lightly. Otherwise, I guess you would never finish writing :( , and we reading :mad: . Do you have a web site set up for organising all your thoughts so that anytime...

Thanks and very well done, Rezo. Have a nive weekend all!

MisTick, not MisTake!! Congratuations!!! :)

Sorrrry, what are they :confused: ?

We've been waiting and waiting, waiting patiently for a breakout, whether up or down. :confused: :)

Thanks Bubba. I suppose you as a swing trader know very well how to enjoy life than many (intra)day traders do. :cool:

Hi Sabena, spot-on. I've been working on how to measure and improve performance. The travel range approach you mentioned above has been in my mind for long-time. But there are still some questions. How can we effectively/ precisely measure the daily travel range, say based on points or %...

Short Squeeze Profits: Q A rising share price in a stock that is heavily shorted can often lead to some dramatic upward movement as losses mount in the accounts of those who are short. The phenomenon of a rapidly rising stock with a large short interest is known as a short squeeze, a...

Do you actually mean points/contract/trade/day? :confused:

It appears you trade about 17 cycles a year, of which 15 cycles are winning trades, of that the total return is more than 150% a year. Very impressive results! But why do you trade only about 130 days a year and let the remaining 120 days idle :confused: ? Is it because no other tradable...

Traders expect a return on the price changes of upcoming movements, whereas investors expect a return after longer-term movements. :(

It seems one of Sabena's edge would be (s)he is able to predict (about 9 months in advance) that the market, starting from Jan 2003, could provide an opportunity of making a 2% profits per day continuously for almost 250 days. :(

Investors expect a reasonably high return on the risk capital (s)they employed for their buying/selling decisions of any financial instruments, whereas traders simply expect a reasonably highER return than most/general investors do. :confused:

According to Larry Williams (in Long Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading), : "It was so good that I was kicked out of one trading contest because the promoter could not believe the results were accomplished without cheating." "But, what would you expect, when no one to my knowledge, had...

It seems Sabena had already prepared an answer below, some time ago even before asking. A very interesting thread anyway. Q Thread: Can you get "it" back? sabena Senior Member Registered: Aug 1999 Posts: 421 07-25-03 10:20 AM Since my father passed away, I have lost my...

That would be quite right - mainly for very competent traders, but it could still have certain hidden risks on some occasions, I would say. :eek:

imo: Most heavy-weight studies related to financial markets would be mainly related to instituional players. Personally I wonder whther the heavy-weight studies would be very much applicable/suitable to many private traders. I think neither intuition nor emotions would have anything to do...

22nd Century Causalty Theory: Cause (Effect) <---> Effect (Cause) :confused:

GG, as you believe firmly in yourself, surely you will achieve your goal one day. Q There are some amazing stories here: *A trader who, after wiping out several times early in his career, turn a $30,000 account into $80 million --- Market Wizards (by Jack Schwager) UQ Just be...