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travis, assume that the figures in the "inputs" line are dollar figures, not points. inputs: profit1(500), dtrail(350); if profittarget > profit1, then setdollartrailing(dtrail); all this is saying is that "if the trade that you are already in (long or short) is profitable by more than...

travis, isn't it: if profittarget > amount, then begin;

Ed, I also saw your other post http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18532 inquring about efloortrade and would say that they does good business. We (Capital Berkeley, LLC) use them to auto-execute our TradeStation systems for clients and have been very happy with the...

Since traderscott asked - Capital Berkeley, LLC provides automated trading systems for the S&P E-mini through monthly lease agreements. Even though using a broad range of systems has produced better results over time, an investor/trader can use as little as one system in their account. One...

TS should work fine. be careful with longer term time bars though, you'll get strange results when "reloading" that can affect you results (and show that they are better than they are in real-time).

finstat, on the surface, it looks as though your error may be coming from the last line (Hi1011 = hh;) not the input, try to write: Hi10:11 = hh; instead

no offense to KC, but isn't that part of the challenge - determining whether you're in a trend or consolidating? if it was that simple, every system in the world would have your idea as a filter. it's almost as if you're saying "well, the market is going to move up today, i know it already...

acrary seems to have something that backtests well, but would love to hear what the real-time executions look like and whether all trades on the system were executed. hopefully they match - if so, looks great (obvious).

yes, there are consistently profitable trading systems, even though there are so many "crap" systems available to the public and unsuspecting traders/investors. however, you must re-tool your thinking to determine what "consistent" really means. it may mean that you have 9 out of 12 months of...

do you mean 50 "period" MA or 50 day MA?

i originally thought that they auto-executed trading systems, but do not. but i've heard decent things about them too - a little less pressure than a lot of other firms who just want you to trade big lots.

hi prox, im a trader and system developer myself, so looking at the 1.05 W/L ratio doesnt look good. you could probably yield better results if you can set up your profit target a bit better, as you have said. (is the W/L a profit factor, or is 1.05 just reflecting the 55% win rate?)

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im sure you've already seen this book: "The Offshore Money Book" by Cornez, but it has some great, basic info for you to get started on.

i agree with you that sometimes the best point to enter a trading system is during a drawdown, but there are plenty of systems out there that try to "smooth" the volatility curve. if the system that you are dealing with has (among other things of course) set stop-loss parameters, profit points...

JWest0926, send me a PM or check my profile for my site and e-mail to discuss. if you can dedicate the time to programming, turing your strategies into profitable systems can work - it just takes time and patience!

winminn1, if you are interested in a breakout system, the Easy Language files or code, check the CB website (in my profile) to contact me through e-mail.

realizing what your mistakes are and how they are casued is possibly the most important aspect of profitable trading for the future. when the mistakes are made, its easier to get into the habit of ignoring these bad trades if you've turned your strategies into mechanical systems - somehow...

there are a lot of styles that work, you just have to find the one that fits your personailty first. if you are looking for direction without having to "guess" which trades will work, look into mechanical systems trading. it takes much of the emotion out of the decisions that you have to make...

there are 1000's of reasons to use all variations of the moving averages. but if you look at SFO mag's article from March 2003, page 98, you will see a great backtesting setup of moving average crossovers from 1985 to present on the S&P futures contract. the 40 and 200 day tend not to be the...