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wwatson, I think it's simple enough. I've been tracking it using the rules and insights provided. It is easy work to track it. Thinking about mechanical systems...the only one to trade is one that adapts to changing market conditions. The drawback of such a system is that of constantly...

Jester, A question or two: Why not use a 2-minute or 3-minute chart instead of 100 ticks? Those time periods will eliminate some of the 'false crosses' produced by 'noise'. Alternatively, why not drop to say about a 50-tick chart (about a half minute) and use a much longer MA crossover, 15...

Entropy is just a measure of the unpredictability of a system. In the context of the link I mentioned the spreadsheet is just an attempt to filter the normal "noise" of the market and present the "dominant trend", as Ehlers would say. By offering the spreadsheet I was only contributing...

As close as I can get to helping out... http://www.johncon.com/ Check out the section called NtropiX and look for the Excel spreadsheet to understand what this guy's about. The author of the spreadsheet is clever to have figured out how to put all that Unix code into an Excel application...

jack, I'll have to say, looking at both 3-minute and 5-minute charts, you are correct. Attempting to trade the settings I use for stochastics (43/15) & (172/60) is a real trial. However, using 1-minute bars, I can begin to get into the ballpark. I really chart and trade using tick charts...

jack, I'm thinking you're showing some anger. Why? I'm not the only one who offered a different version of stochastics. There have several attempts to figure out exactly what you are saying. I don't fault you for that. What I disagree with is your almost constant attempt to denigrate the...

Thanks for the update. Bruce

I've been watching the ES contract today. Has anybody been trading the chop since about 11:15 EST? Reason I'm asking is there have been some nice up and down runs that stochastics have captured. Bruce

Sure, OK, you're right FRuitTY P. I yam extending the hand of friendship. But are a Fruit Loops and milk fan myself.:D Bruce

Come on tampa, interest comes and goes, waxes and wains, just like friends. Just because the method has some (or a lot) of downside to it that maybe some can't tolerate is no reason to assume the worst. Maybe I, or somebody else, can find a use for the technique under different conditions...

jack, I'm not the least of those, seeing as how elindy has put in a lot of time and how Oldtrader has gone to the trouble of setting up his charts with the suggested parameters and how traderkay has, in the past, questioned me about polarized fractal efficiency and you yourself have mentioned...

Here is a chart of moving averages of the NQ contract using 40-tick bars or at intervals, on average, of half a minute. The purple MA is a 20-EMA, red is a 100-SMA, green is a 200-SMA, yellow is a 400-WMA (weighted), and light blue is a 600-WMA. Notice the way price is supported by, then bumps...

This thread has had some value: 1. It has served jack hershey as a vehicle for assembling a crowd to read his Journal. 2. It has served to point up the differences in people as they listen to a pitchman (jack) deliver his lines. 3. It has allowed me the opportunity to post a file...

jack hershey, check this out. multiply the equity times 5% each day and you know what it costs you in IB commissions and how many points per trade and how many contracts and how many round turns to achieve it in 21 days. Bruce

Obviously I need to find a plan I can trust. But my belief is that mechanical plans don't work. And since my belief that discretion and "hunches" for entries and exits are important, those must be worked into the plan. But how do you define a plan for these hunches? Should you? After...

Breakout, Thanks for mentioning that article, I wrote it and the spreadsheet as well as the articles and spreadsheets for the April and July issues of Futures mag. If anyone needs further info or help with them, let me know. Bruce:p

Sure, I second Wally's request. I stuck with a MA x-over and added standard error bands (similar to BB's) because of Cathy's posts. I'll even admit to losing a quarter of what she has in trading tuition. However, I wouldn't know Don Miller unless he walked up and introduced himself. Oh, Yes...

Your apology is an acceptable one, no matter your motive in posting, everyone deserves a little forgiveness if contrite about the offense. Carry on. Bruce

Good luck Mr. S. I enjoyed reading your journal---especially the calm way in which you took things in stride. Bruce:)