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    Kwikpop for TS2000i

    any reason you think kwikpop is any good.
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    "never let profitable positions turn into losing ones"

    all of these questions are answered with lots of good historical data and back testing. that will give you the answer.
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    New E-mini Trader: Is tradestation any good?

    how may emini r/ts are you going to do a month. it might be that if you are only doing a small amount, that tradestation might be the way to do. I do close to a 1000 rt's a month so tradestations $5.00 rt minus my rate of 3.42 is alot of money and i can buy an independent data feed. ist...
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    New E-mini Trader: Is tradestation any good?

    What is WLB? wealth lab Why dont you use TS data?not reliable in my opinion Why not place trades through there platform. to expensive
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    New E-mini Trader: Is tradestation any good?

    the tradestation 8 platform has 1 click execution. but so do all the other good execution platforms. tradestation has easylanguage which takes a bit of time for it to be easy. i can't compare to esignal's ease of programming. but tradestation's backtesting is really a great help (if you have...
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    New E-mini Trader: Is tradestation any good?

    ive used tradestation for 6 years. really like it. ive been told wlb might be better but more advanced programming needed and i don't want to go there. im a trader not a programmer. there are other execution platforms i use besides tradestation. like ffasttrade, xtrader, transact. but for...
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    Series 3

    the longest wait for your nfa/cftc approval has been the fbi fingerprint cards. but now if you want to go into the nfa office in chicago you can scan your fingerprints electronically and it is really a short time to be approved.
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    boy did i just about make a mistake

    i can't do an electronic OCA
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    How can I tell if my system is ROBUST

    i use 2 + because most good systems don't have a % win loss over 50% and so you need a high 2 to survive.
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    Where can I get a list of historical economic calendar dates?

    ive never tried to download.
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    boy did i just about make a mistake

    i went short (s&p emini) at the open today and had a buy limit at 1091.00 and a stop at 1100. i got filled on the 1091.00 buy limit and I left and forgot to cancel my 1100.00. i was gone for three hours and came back and saw my stop still on my screen and had the worst feeling in my stomach. my...
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    Where can I get a list of historical economic calendar dates?

    every morning i just go to www.briefing.com and they have the release information for about two weeks in advance. when you get to the web site you have to enter the free or silver section and then click on economic reports.
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    How can I tell if my system is ROBUST

    PF and Avg Win/Avg Loss? [/QU Is this a question or an answer/statement? sorry about that. that was suppose to be my answer. concerning another post: they are not the same. if you have a positive profit factor and a less than good ave win/ave loss ratio it tells us that you could be...
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    How can I tell if my system is ROBUST

    PF and Avg Win/Avg Loss?
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    How can I tell if my system is ROBUST

    if you were just using those two, then i would want my result to be much higher that 1 say in the 2+ range. I use all three and I use the 1 because when I am developing a trading system, it is so easy to be conned into believing something will work and most of the time it won't work into the future.
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    How can I tell if my system is ROBUST

    imo it means you have a good positive expectation and you won't be eaten alive by commissions and slippage. when you start getting below 1, on paper you might be profitable but in real live trading, unexpected events like slippage could hurt you.
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    ffasttrade velocityfutures or transactfutures

    transact will not have trade allocation until july 1, 2004
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    Okay.. I have my System Complete

    its a matter that the money means too much to you. you just have to convince you that the money has no value and this is just a game and then play the game the best you can. play to win but don't think about the money.
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    Transact

    Very stable platform and just as fast as xtrader and ffastfill. lots more dependable than jtrader. i went live with them for two weeks but am waiting for them to complete the ability for allocation since i trade more than one account. they are working very hard on completing that. very satisfied.
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    Best way to start trading business?

    at this point, don't start any entity. just do a sole ownership. save yourself the time and the money. the cost of the entity, the annual fees. there not many advantages left for an entity. used to be that the only way to have your health insurance deducted was through a c corp but you can now...
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