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newbie, You are correct in your example. But Williams risks more (he says he uses 10-15% in his own trading) on the premise that it is unlikely that you will actually lose the amount of the largest loser on each of a cluster of trades to knock you out completely. At 10%, you would need to...

While I like Ryan Jones' work on money management (still wouldn't buy a system from him though, lol) I prefer a simpler method. While my disdain for the vendoring business is well known here, Larry Williams (who many people dislike for his unabashed marketing efforts) is one of the very few...

kenstl, this is a dumb question, but i've never traded futures - can one make the spread or even scalp the e minis and expect to get filled? or do you have to pay the spread for each transaction? Depends how bad you want in/out. Usually, I can buy the bid/sell the ask if I'm patient...

karabugla, There are many threads on bullets. Here is just one: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1229&highlight=bullet I don't recall which one gives the best answer, so you may want to look around some more. To see the rest, do a search on this board for...

Michael, With slight modifications to the entry, your system can be coded in MS. It does allow for stops (Max Loss and Profit Target)calculated from the entry price. In order to stay on topic I PM'd you the code. Hope it helps. Kirk

Hi Neo, Is it still possible to call an external dll ? Yes. TS has a "DLL Extension Kit" that can incorporate any DLL written in C or C++ Are signals evaluated tick by tick or at bar's end ? In realtime, the signals are evaluated tick by tick, so if you just want to automate your...

Hi all, J-Trade, I don't know if you found out the answer to your question yet, so I'll post it here. After you open a chart on a symbol, right click anywhere on the chart except for on the actual price data. Select "Insert Symbol", then select the symbol you want and press "Plot". That...

Neo, I have heard that Ensign (becuase it uses Esignal I guess) only has about 6 months of intraday data to use for backtesting, and an even smaller amount of tick data. Is this true? If so, how are you able to test your systems? Can you import data from other sources? With TS 2000i you...

I have not run into this problem...yet. Maybe the stuff you are doing is more complex. Personally, I have to try and keep things simple (complex coding and webs of rules give me headaches and have yet to improve my system results). So far, every rule in my systems are all in one EasyLanguage...

michael, I looked at RavenQuote awhile back because I was using Qcharts, but I never tried it out. I know they offer some strategy testing, but I'm not familiar with the formula language or interface for programming your ideas. If it is flexible, it may be worth a try. It is inexpensive...

tymjr, Thanks for the great posts. I, like the others, appreciate your candid thoughts. michaelday, While tymjr will probably have a reply for you, I just wanted to jump in on the testing of ideas. The concepts you are looking at could be tested using a program like TradeStation if...

Why limit trading to only one? "Assimilate" them. Data does the research and backtesting, Troi reads the minds of the MM's so there are no hidden games, Spock executes each trade with emotionless efficiency, and Kirk keeps bagging the babes (for some reason he's always been my favorite :).)...

Quote.com offers their QFeed for free when you subscribe to QCharts (about $80/month). They have a DDE link called QLink that allows you to pull the QFeed quotes into Excel. Its very easy to use. If you want more info, the link is...

Que, That kind of treatment of members is unacceptable here. It does not take a seasoned trader to smell spam, its just as obvious to newbies. If you don't have anything of value to contribute, then don't. Kirk

I had the same problems with low resources when I was using Win98. I would have to reboot at least once each day. I did this for awhile until it crashed on me while I was in a trade. That was all the push I needed to make the move. I got a copy of Win2k on Ebay and it was the best $150 I've...

I'm with traderkay. I have no problem with NON commercial websites, and Alex's site is clearly not selling anything. If you want to sell something it should be on a banner where Baron gets paid for it. But for personal websites I think its good that other traders are willing to share some of...

wwatson, For crying out loud, at least have the decency to start a new thread so that it can be deleted more efficiently... :mad: Oh, wait, you did that too. Take your advertising elsewhere, we aren't interested. Spam stinks.

I got this today from Nextrend: ---------- Greetings: The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and NexTrend have been running a promotion whereby real-time CME E-mini data is included FREE for your first 6 months of NexTrend Analysis service (we will notify you before your 6 month period...

Leland, You can see some pictures of their setups here: http://www.echotradeonline.com/locations/Office_pictures.htm Kirk

QB, There are also several firms in Florida. With that you get the best of both worlds...beaches and sleeping in. :) Kirk