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Good feedback. Thank you. It is for a trending market, though it identifies shorting opportunities, so I can play a trending market both ways. But non-trending is a tougher nut to crack. I've been trying to tweak it without watering it down for chop. Based on this feedback, I think it...

I was having a discussion with someone who runs a fund based on automated trading. I came up with a pretty good algorithm for trading. First he tested it, and then recommended I learn how to do backtesting on the computer. His feedback was that it works in the short run, but it has to work...

M., Thanks for your PM. Sent you an e-mail that gives some of my secrets. Note that this will work with different instruments with tweaking. Thanks, SM

No, I have a computer, but its old and sickly, and I do my T.A. off of the functions they have a Stockcharts.com. I'm a swingtrader, rather than a daytrader, so I don't have to be super precise and I make my decisions at night. But I don't have trade station or any of that. After about 200...

Hey guys, I have a few ideas on techniques that I think will work...seem to be working now However, I don't have a computer or the skills to code it in. I do my T.A. on websites and my stuff looks good on their graphs, but I can only backtest it so well. If you've got the talent, for the...

Take this with a grain of salt, as I am talking my book, but: http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=FSII&p=D&yr=0&mn=2&dy=15&id=p71753327157 Longer view: http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=FSII&p=D&yr=0&mn=4&dy=0&id=p21293096841 They announced quarterly earnings last night. Quarterly...

Not to pull it back to selfish thoughts, but... Ok, regarding charity...I'd give. I've made a deal with God. I'd like to start a foundation that would help the poor with a temporary place to live to get a footing. That being said, i think I've found something (T.A.) that works and...

You'd be a fool to flip that penny. Thats a nice coin right there.

Here's my two cents on technical analysis. It works. I started with some money, came up with a T.A. system, and watched the money slowly erode away. So I refined the system and started again. Still unsatisfactory. After 100 trades or so and lots of refining, I started to move ahead. Now my...

Oh man...does that mean anyone reading this forum is a loser?

I'll tell you why I think it can go to at least $1200 to $1300 in the short term. When gold hit about $900, I saw some firms open up in our town whose express interest is in buying gold. Heck, I've thought of putting my own ad in Craigslist and buying gold at like $200 under spot. One firm...

I think I went on a blind date with her.

There was a similar thread like this for automobiles. I guess that means that we'll have people posting photos of someone else's lunch now.

How about this for a concept? When inflation is "demand pull", it's true (traditional) inflation. People have so much "valueless" cash that they can pay higher prices, and so prices go up as goods are allocated in a bidding war. But "cost push" inflation, is actually stagflation. Like if...

Maybe the red car is an ambulance and the blue car is a police car. And sometimes when that happens, it means there's been an accident, and there might be loose money blowing around. :) Might actually work if you could search all red car-blue car passing with the speed of a computer. Not...

I wanted to throw a question to the group. For 30+ years, I've been a coin collector. Determing the value of a coin is a function of its grade, size, metal content, rarity, and even trendiness. The value of the coins can be looked up in a book, but grading the coin is tricky...it is part...

Yep. I love the story about the economist who saw a $20 bill on the ground, but ignored it because he figured that if there really was a $20 bill on the ground, someone would have picked it up already. By analogy, my thinking is to try to figure out where $20 bills would be most likely found...

I use them and I love them. I have a day job and an on-line trading account that is fairly simplistic. I like the fact I can take on leverage, and go long or short on the same index without a lot of hassle. I can buy and sell them quickly and set stops during my "breaks" at my day job. I...

I started a small internet focus group for swing traders. The focus is on identifying set-ups. I'm looking for a few "chatty" folks to correspond with daily about this stuff. Emphasis on ETFs. I don't want free knowledge, but I'd like to trade perspectives. I liked the FAZ/FAS thread here...

Yeah, you're right, but now if I follow your advice, am I truly being independent? Kidding, but I just wanted to stop the avalanche of naysaying...it wasn't an idea I was married to. But I'm very interested in trading at night. Especially if I can trade ETFs at night where I can go short. If...