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Threei's post is a case, I think, of the exception proving the rule. In fact you seem to trade very much as I do inasmuch as you determine risk/reward before entry and exit on a stop, a profit objective or a predetermined signal. Do you and your partners teach a trading methodology, or do...

I don't think Brandon has missed anything. Random events like coin tossing inevitably produce a standard distribution (bell curve) UNLESS they're non-random and therefore exhibiting trend behavior. In that case they produce a skewed distribution. The extent and persistence of skew are the basis...

Many regulatory authorities actually require that analysts, economists etc. NOT trade on their own account. The rationale is that if you have an emotional stake in a certain position it's difficult or impossible to offer objective analysis and/or advice concerning that security or market...

The results in the example are excellent but the chart showing the price action and trading signals appears to be extremely curve fitted - i.e. parameters uniquely optimized for the local sample period. The proof for this is to backtest with the same parameters for one or more totally dissimilar...

Does there exist any measured performance record for the Bradley Cycle? As I understand it, the Bradley is calculated by summing phase angles of the planetary orbits - i.e. it's basically a simplified astrology exercise. Astrology often correlates tantalizingly with what's actually going on, but...