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These bag holders will get burned worse than the NASDAQ bag holders because of leverage.

Some charts for thought What it would take for a "soft landing" Buy now and you are insane.

This really is a must read: http://piggington.com/bubble Id like to hear some bulls try and counter his points.

This quote screams bubble: "According to The Economist magazine, a 2004 poll of Los Angeles homebuyers found that they expected their home prices to increase a stunning 22% per year for the next decade"

From George Soros book "I believe we are currently in the midst of a gigantic real estate bubble. It was caused by the determination of the Federal Reserve Bank not to allow a stock market decline in 2001 to turn into a self-reinforcing rout. The federal funds rate was lowered to 1 percent...

Great analysis of San Diego bubble http://piggington.com/bubble

Its interesting that IB got the worst ratings for "Costs".

Hopefully as traders, the people here have a statistical inclination. I will say that money makes it much more probable that you will be happy, but doesnt guarantee it. Like the homeless kid on the street holding a sign of desperation, id say he has a negative expectancy for being happy...

Today I had to turn off the new system very early because I identified a bug due to last nights tweaks. :( Made $200. I dont want to even know what it would have made :( If I check the simulation, ill probably cry :eek:

Good post. I used to use similar charts, but realized I got a better feel just looking at the numbers in a spreadsheet. I only use systems with what I call "a fat edge". Rules that work with a very wide set of parameters and have no "cliffs" to fall off of. In a 3D picture, they form very...

Ive seen similar 17% declines here in san diego. 17% of 975K is painful. Someone near me is in the hole $165,000, has a mortgage he can barely afford, has an ARM and an interest only loan. He may be forced to sell if interest rates click up again. A lot of people are going to be real...

This is complete garbage. Attitude cannot produce any results on it own. Analysis/technique is required to find an edge. Then you need the attitude/emotional control to strictly follow your rules. An edge does not guarantee success, if you cant execute it, but attitude aint shit without edge.

No, tick data has no OHLC, its just a constant stream, instead of candles.

Tomorrow has a good upwards bias according to my stats. But I dont care, ill let my systems trade and just watch.

Damn, my newest system went live today and exited before the rally :( But it still made money. Sorted winners to losers, 65% winners.

IB is better/faster for eminis, unless you are talking about charting.

I drool when I think about what it would have made with full access to my funds and 2X leverage :D Its drawdown behavior could easily handle 2X leverage without giving me a heart attack :cool:

Ironically, my newest system went live today, full auto. Its based on OHLC data. Since im still in live testing phase, I dont allow it to use my full fund, and it only takes small positions, 500 shares max to keep slippage down until I can collect real live slippage statistics. It worked...

I have no idea if they will or not, but if they do, im going to make a pretty penny.

Too late, ive already found several in OHLC data. Backtests great for 10 years through all market conditions, and has been running live and exceeding backest simulations for over 3 years. (Exceeding because I use large slippage numbers as padding). Beats 99%+ of random testing. The edges are...