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Markus, Thanks for your insight. Conclusion - spread trading is not as easy as one might be lead to think. BTW, monitoring 18 spreads must be something !! pretzel

Anybody has any experience with Velocity? - http://www.velocityfutures.com/commisions_schedule.html - even cheaper than ffastrade for big volumes. pretzel

I just use the free snapshot tool which comes with the eSignal software to capture the png . Of course, they have to advertise. Maybe I should make the stop and target as large as possible? pretzel

The graph is from Wealth-Lab. It's part of the software but I dont look at it until the recent discussions on the topic. So, I'm still trying to figure out how to interpret it. About your question on the order, I still dont know. Maybe Glitch can answer this. The graph above used a target...

How do you interpret this graph? pretzel

You can also get her book Street Smarts co-authored with Laurence Connors (which I think someone mentioned before). pretzel

I used to have candles for spread charts with QCharts but I switched to eSignal. Now I can get only a line chart. Any suggestions, or is a line chart good enough? Or, can eSignal do candle charts for spreads? pretzel

Yes, I'm trading 3 contracts now using a simplified version of BT - http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=251789#post251789 Here is what it does - http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=247837&highlight=modified+BT#post247837 pretzel

What happened to the URL in your signature? pretzel

Autotrader has a simulation mode - http://www.sling.to/autotrader/ pretzel

That should be a good entry point, but I think what NihabaAshi had in mind is an earlier entry (right after turning down from the first high) . pretzel

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This is the hard part. How do you know that your entry point is a true trend reversal or just a retracement (point 3 or C wave)? pretzel

Very powerful expensive software does not mean automatic profits. I know a lot of successful traders using just SierraCharts with IB feed. pretzel

What do we watch and listen for? Too many opposing views, ideas, or styles which might all be correct or profitable in the infinite scheme of things. pretzel

If you voted in the survey, there are 4 choices - the numbers roughly label the points where you would have entered a trade for the corresponding choice. Any of the choices can produce a winner but you have to get out at the right time. pretzel

Markus, Thanks for your input. So the argument that "how can it be wrong when it is correct 14 out of 15 years" or something "has had profits in every single one of the last 15 years" is incorrect. Anyway, Jerry Toepke's newsletter is a subset of the MRCI's recommendations - I think...

I just visited your website. Do I have to pay $1297 + $997 if I want to install the software on a desktop and a notebook? pretzel

Maybe you can try the website version? pretzel

I tried 5perside before - http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=67109&highlight=5perside#post67109 - but was not able to open an account. Ended up with ANCO futures - http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=220830&highlight=anco#post220830 - but had problems...