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I can't get a reading on the VIX until 9:45, does that mean that my quote system sucks or does the VIX not post until that time?

I live in Mill Valley, but I wouldn't mind living on the Nevada side of Tahoe and avoiding CA taxes.

Where has margo gone? I was just starting to learn something.

So what you're saying is that if I put in an irrigation system, my trading will improve. Hmmm, If you say so, I've got to go to Home Depot for a bit. :)

Well, they were correlated in the fact that they all used the same market timing program as a setup, but the real problem is that this strategy requires at least 3 days (usually 4) to make a decent profit. So in the end, I'm just getting chopped to death. I've back-tested this strategy to...

WD, I appreciate your input. You are correct; I could probably retool my strategy so that it would work in this market, but I believe that would just hurt my returns in the long run. I would rather spend my time on my new strategy, and learn its intricacies. I’m not depressed, or...

Now that's what I'm talking about. I feel like I have done something to bring this on myself. Seriously, you could try to submit market orders for weeks trying to get out on the low of the day and not be successful. That's beyond bad luck. That's a curse

Interestingly enough, I've been spending a lot of time reading others exit strategies here on ET. The most compelling I've read so far today was written by Silk under the "I know this is obivious but..." thread. Silk says you should enter with a small position and once you get some...

Actually I've had 5 breakevens in that string of 16 but I count paying commissions as a loss. I think you've basically hit on the nature of the problem is my setup. Here it is in a nutshell: I have a database of 1700 stocks from which I filter out stocks based on volatility, short-term...

Yea, amidst my losing streak I have done a lot more testing on a new gap theory. Maybe in the end it will payoff for the better.

This is not my means of employment (I'm a software consultant that works when I can and trades when I can't work). I think my account was around $12K at the beginning of the year and its now at $16K after a painful 12% drawdown

16 losses in a row (a lot for a swing trader). It's absolutely amazing. Breakouts that reverse, reversals that breakout, Chimps could do better than I’m doing lately. I’m not being greedy either, most of my trades have only been in the money for a short period of time and then I get...

Amen Rev Historically technology is very low on the priority totem pole when it comes to business spending (i.e. no one cares how efficiently you record sales transactions when you don't have any sales). Sure companies need to maintain a base level of technology to stay competitive, but...

Last night I did some simulated trading using data from 1978, and I tell you, I couldn't lose. My success rate was 82%. Like shooting fish in a barrel. So what does that tell us? I think is says that trading has evolved due to the greater number of traders and the greater complexity of...

You have a good point. I suppose that in the fall of 1932, things still looked pretty grim (despite a strong move up from the previous summer), however, in the face of that grim outlook the valuations had dropped to 5.5 times earnings. Fundamentally things were probably not improving much, but...

I Agree Laz, Bear markets don't turn at 20 times earnings, Sorry (wish they did).

I agree, its a good foundation for other theories, but it would be hard for me to believe that people successfully trade EW intraday.

Today we blew through resistance. I thought for sure we would retest 7600 before we closed above 9000. Anyone else as disillusioned as I am? Could it be the Plunge Protection Police or was I just wrong?

Hey Graeco, I don't know what you're paying or how much you like your current area, but my girlfriend and I just found a great place in the North Bay for $1K a month. It seems like rents up there are really going through the floor. I suggest anyone that likes Marin or Sonoma Counties...