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..you bein' a 'sperienced trader an' all, could you 'splain to a simple country boy how 'tis that price so often breaks out in the direkshun of the reakshun to the news?. Very curious coincidence! That's why I laugh my ass off when somebody says "Don't be in the market at news time!"

...the merest speculation on my part. So far it seems that they are only using my trades as a contrary indicator, as the market always reverses at my entry or consolidates until doomsday around it. I am convinced that they aggregate the calls of lousy traders like me and use us an an indicator...

...isn't it more likely that if your broker finds you making obscene amounts of money that he will have his prop trading arm solicit you as a trader?

...all the links were dead, for which I suppose I should be grateful.

...to the best of my knowledge they all trade, with the possible exception of Oliver Velez, who is there for effect. Be a good sport! This poll is like turning over a rock. Look what scurried out from under! With one exception, IMO they are all deadly sincere and have enriched the trading...

...what in generalities will lead you to the success you expect? Futures? Intraday? Mechanical trading? Some unique proprietary tool? Not asking for details, just broad brush.

...tell a country boy what MOC is, please?

...just my black sense of humor. Gotcha! Are you absolutely sure he doesn't trade profitably? Like the day before the picks are announced? Besides, I needed somebody to bump Mark O. Douglas off the list. He is God to me, but like an all wise deity, he never says a word about systems. Does he...

...do you have a link or other reference to Michael Parness? Thanks.

...here's how the opening gambit tests out: Issue: ES Entry time: 9:30 EST Entry rule: short if the previous day was up, long if the previous day was down Maximum time allowed for trade: 30 minutes Profit exit rule: take 1 ES point Stop loss rule: allow trade to breathe 4.75 ES points...

...you'll have to walk me through it. Is this it? short ES if the previous day was up take 1 point profit if offered stop at loss relative to entry point of 4.75 points (or alternatively hold no matter what for 15 minutes unless you get a point)

...I tested the contra opening strategy you suggest just yesterday for NQ and it has positive but modest expectancy over the long haul. However, the equity curve has gone negative three times in the last 60 days (it oscillates). I did not attempt to optimize it with stops, takes, and reverses...

...are Brown and Kupperman published? Thanks. - Mike

...thanks a lot for those fine distinctions. Thought for food. - Mike

...please advise who is Don so I will know the geniuses from the monkeys. That is not always self-evident. Perhaps another film quote is in order: "Laugh-a while you can-a, monkey-boy!" (John Lithgow as Dr. Lizardo in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the Fifth Dimension)

...who is Don Miller (no offense to him if this is not a subtle joke)?

...I am undone. I will never try to out-cynic you again. We might as well let it all out. Sell Friday, buy Monday. Buy the Tuesday open, sell the close. In an uptrend, buy every open. Sell every open in a down trend. Fade gaps. There. I said it. Now it won't work any more.

...Please delete your post. You are giving away the farm here. For the record, Funky is full of it. There are NO temporal predictabilities in the market, intraday, daily, or monthly. Maybe Kondratieff waves work, but we'll all be on social security by then. Trust me. Stick to MA's, stochs...

Is the appelation "guru who trades" oxymoronic? Only ten choices in a poll is severely restrictive, but here goes. Many are left out, some of them among my favorite authors. Feel free to point out my lack of judgement in not including YOUR favorite guru who actually trades. One who makes money...

..if you do that experiement, let me make book on it. Kickbacks to you of course. I'll code that strategy up and test the hell out of it. BTW, backtesting random entry with money management is not trivial. You gotta make a lot of runs. I gave up when I realized this, and went back for evidence...