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I think the risks are different. The risk of long-term is consecutive large losses. The risk of short-term is that the system stops working. My long-term system is backtested to 1952 and I've tested it going forward many many times. The risk of it stopping to work is minimal. Only a...

That's some crazy stuff. We are exact opposites. You do "very-very short term" and I do very long term (my system was long the S&P from Oct 02 until Jun 05, though in varying amount but not changing much). Just curious, what software and broker do you use?

That sounds interesting, though I'm not entirely sure what you do. My system is a long-term fundamental/technical system trading the S&P500 and 10-year bond. Yes, it uses technicals as rufus said, but the key is combining the two. Using just the fundamentals or technicals gives you limited...

Uh oh! My automated system doesn't fit into either of those categories.

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How much memory does it save?

I kind of agree with CPTrader. The point is that sending out that one e-mail will make life easier for thousands of clients and would probably reduce the number of calls/e-mails to customer service.

Why didn't you send out a bulletin/communique or put this on your website?

I would agree about those who complain constantly. I am trying to offer constructive criticism. I am very happy with IB. I like their commissions and API for automated trading. But in reality, I could trade anywhere since I don't NEED to be automated (but I like to be). And if this kind...

That's ridiculous. I don't upgrade because I've had negative experiences where a TWS upgrade breaks the API code and my automated trading doesn't work. It shouldn't be so hard for IB to post on their website or send an e-mail stating that the old version will no longer be supported. BTW...

This morning, TWS created a popup saying that I need version 851.9 and I only had 851.6 starting Monday. 1. IB: Why do you make it so the old version doesn't work any more? 2. IB: Why didn't I get a bulletin/comminque about this? This is important as my system is automated and TWS is...

Um, that should be 4.578% and 4.590%.

Two real problems with deflation that I can see. 1. The government has lots of debt. Inflation decreases the value of that debt every year. So our government wants inflation. 2. If real interest rates are 1% and deflation is 2%, what is the nominal interest rate? -1%. If they went...

I'm not a day trader. I'm a automated quant swing (weeks to months) speculator. Is it worth my time?

I put my system up on Collective2. It's a very long term system so I don't really expect any subscribers, but if I get some I'd be quite happy. I just wanted it to build a public track record. The free trial is good for the first 5 trades. Since I go weeks or months without trading, that...

Anybody know how he is doing? I'm not sure why he thinks (or anybody else does) he's qualified to run a hedge fund. I'm sure he'd be good at raising money though.

Does this mean IB should buy Refco or not? Be more clear!

I hope he writes another book, though the last one wasn't as good as the first two.

Last year, I was down 10% at the end of October. Finished the year up 20%. This year, I'm up 10% so far. I hope for another good November/December.

Sounds easy to me. I'd do it in Excel with IB and the spreadsheet they give with conditional orders. You would need to write some VB scripts (or have somebody write them) to record the bars and you'd need to have Excel and the TWS open and connected to the Internet all day.