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there is no correct answer to your question, it is a case of finding something that sits well with you, the markets you trade, and the timeframes you use. however let me start with a couple of ideas for you to look at and I am sure you will get plenty of information from other people...

i can see on the chart that it was a fair call with all that follows but my placing a sheet of paper over the chart to block off all that followed 09:30 i am not sure from that "snap shot" why you went long - a breakout possibly but not enough on that chart to see so what made you think it was...

at what point would you have bgt it and why?

Yes is the simple answer. When you invest in a fund you usually invest in a program within that fund, that program will be clearly defined as to how it is traded at a top level - you should look at the fund websites to see who does what and how. You only need to read the press to see that some...

no, you may have "desperate" sellers where the buyers are happy to let the market come to them no. if you bid then you want to buy at that price, any stop losses that run into your bid or are below your bid will be selling stops good luck

Spirtuality? for that read self belief? I would like to think it is a site for people that truely want to trade or are trading (for the record I am an active trader), although when you lose active traders like spitfire, pp, bm etc who actually have something worthwhile to contribute to self...

I don't give two hoots about your religious beliefs in your domestic life, but god in trading?!? priceless. I would welcome an example of how religion has helped you trade better, please make it something a little more indepth than the diatribe offered by the care in the community case.........

Get a bloody grip will you

IMHO it all depends on the type of trading your "system" generates. If you generate signals based on an easily quantifiable days value (eg open/close/hi/low/some ma etc) then backtesting is a very important process so long as you build in some form of slippage. If you generate more intra-day...

i. During the earlier period your system simply did not make money (but neither did it lose you money) it stayed flat - this I would take as a positive point, if the market does return to the conditions where your system performs "neutral" at least you aren't going to give it your money back...

From my technical analysis course idiots guide to charting lesson #512 from a few years ago the price invariably comes back to test a trend line once broken - and they all thought I was asleep - so which is it gap filled? testing the broken trendline? or nobody apart from me and abogdan care? :D...

jz, I trust you have clearly defined what you are doing; entry/exit/stops - now stick to it; I know the temptation to exit a trade when it's a couple of points against you only to find the trade was a good one - don't; if you believe in the system you have then use it; if not or you don't...

If I have understood you correctly then..... 1) i would always opt for "trade less often but better" but be careful not to over optimise it. 2) by it's nature a system would have neither a psychological or intuitive element, a system can of course perform well in "testing" but be...

if markets only trended (how do you define a trend?) normal thinking would say that you would be in or at the end of a down trend, but as you will see from your chart you aren't in a trend at that point so it tells you nothing, secondly you should probably only pay any attention when the 2...