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Just curious if you tried multiple exits in your strategy. So combine 2-3 different types of exits. fixed profit target,time based, trailing stops. along with over the road trucking exits.

Thank you guys for all your replies. Starting this thread helped me make good inroads in fixing this issue. All the best.

Following basic strategy is boring, much like good trading is boring. most people look for excitment from black jack and from trading. I usually keep a basic strategy card in my pocket. one can also ask the dealer what is the correct basic strategy play, most are glad to be of help.

It sounds like you are doing a free 30 day trial? There is no historical backfill using zen fire.

damn, we don't have HBO. It will take forever for Netflix to get it. As a kid I idealized Bobby Fischer. When Fischer was 9 years old, he would wake up at 5AM, practice chess for 2 hours before going to school. by the time he turned 12 nobody could beat him. I have been to and played chess...

right, so looking to make that extra tick. If I get slippage on both entry and exit. no good. system is hosed. I am a small retail trader. I am certain 100's of other system designers have looked at this problem. can a small retail trader working withing the limitation of the trading...

Yes. I think, maybe I should have opened this thread in strategy design or in automation forum. It is really part of system design to make sure the limit orders are getting filled.

I think it is OK to fall asleep, as long as you wake up and continue! That autobiograpy book is a classic. but you are right. It never does get into the meditation technique. you have to buy a email or mail order based program. one section a month etc yogananda foundation controls it. I...

Thank you guys for your replies. I think hitting the bid/ask is probably the best. stop limit unfortunatly has the same issue as limit orders, chance of it not getting filled. also I think the broker holds the stop limit on my computer until price reaches that level. so a delay. It...

jas, if I may ask what type of meditation do you do?

Thanks for your reply. I think I understand what you are saying about limit orders at bid/ask vs mkt orders. What about favorable mkt conditions for filling certain order types? for longs, what mkt conditions are more condusive to getting an order filled at the bid? for this one system, my...

As everyone knows, it is hard to fill limit orders in the ES mkt. Is anyone aware of any studies done in this area. so subject area ES order ques, order age etc When I get a system signal, I have been experimenting with initially placing a limit order, then if unfilled for lets say 20...

I believe having a joint account w/ wros should solve this problem. upon death the spouse just calls the order desk to close out all positions. and then goes on to enjoy life at your expense. "Joint Tenants With Rights Of Survivorship (WROS) Account type where each account owner has an equal...

-- what I don't understand is, as one other poster said, why would don johnson get barred? I would think if he just got 'lucky' the casinos would want him back, so that they can win the money back from him? -- hard for it to be a 'chance' occurrence at three different casinos, in a short...

Great thread and insightful posts. From my experience, no amount of hypnotherapy will help a trader if there are unresolved root issues. There is no way to align sub conscious with the conscious mind if the sub conscious has unresolved issues. In most people the sub conscious mind runs on...

+1 good post jrlvnv, thank you for sharing your experience. I posted this earlier about martingale betting systems...sooner to later the math will catch up to you. Same with trading, one could average down on losses, but one day it will wipe out your account... "With these win/loss...

A ploy to negotiate a better tax deal. This is like UBS in Stamford, CT. after building the worlds largest trading floor, they want to return to NYC, world trade center of all places...

for us pedestrian traders, walk forward testing is as good as it gets. honestly, i wouldn't even know what questions to ask of the system. some believe that building a better mouse trap, a bigger trading account, a better looking spouse, faster computer, better technology, will make them a...

genetic optimization and walk forward testing. for a 'free' platform it is not bad. the icons, graphics and 'colors' are greatly enhanced. MACD looks really good !!

It would be fair to say, that TradeStation is very different product today than it was three years ago in summer of 2008. You must have spent > 70k in developing your platform. In the process of developing the platform, It sounds like you have learned a lot about trading system development...