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1. I basically used the same process - had a good manual system and wanted more precision in the execution without the need to hover over the console all day 2. I adapted the manual system to TS / EL and produced two variations, each under 8 lines of code - one for SPY and another for...

It was definitely a bad year for universal trend following. I'm watching this thread with great interest. It's obvious you have been through this before and are not discouraged by the trend following lifestyle. I can't see your equity curve but it feels like it may be putting in a buy...

You get even greater oddz if the same picture is also on the next higher chart time frame. I look for the buy signal on the daily and weekly chart, plus the various divergii. It also helps to go with the direction of the general market indices. $$$ :D

I've had GREAT success coupling a MACD, RSI, and Full Sto divergence with a price double bottom. Example: BAC daily chart. 33% potential if you bought on support. I got in on that huge green candle. :D

Same EXACT thing happened to me about a year ago. I lined up all my winning trades in a few images and they looked nearly alike. I memorized the picture and it was much greener from then on. :)

That is the coolest moving average I've ever seen. :)

Thanks. Both systems made new highs today. I cringed when they both stayed long last week. I seriously thought the market topped last week. Funny thing is they're just coded versions of a very simple daytrading scalping method I learned from a DVD set I bought from one of the cheesiest...

I think it gets much easier to know your own psychological roadblocks once you experience your reaction to a winning trading system, real time with your money. I don't think patience is the problem, just unwillingness to take trades that have the winning setup. What's a winning setup? One...

System trading has been one of the most enjoyable technical projects I've ever taken on. I glance at my trend following algo a few times a day from my 1.2ghz laptop. I run backtests at night when I'm unwinding from another day of keeping the plant going. I research winning system traders and...

Been there....... totally agree. Solution: automation. My vision of the perfect system is a robot that I turn on in the morning, then monitor it from a big screen TV in my shop, showing the chart with system and connection status, etc. while I work on something a little more...

Outch! Fade ego?

OP: Here is a daytrader with trend pullback / oversold reversal tactics that really helped me. I then coded up a similar system and back tested it on various stocks. It is definitely profitable. At one time he was offering a one week trial of his live trading room service. He uses this...

I've been playing with the 9.0 platform for a few months. So far it's the best backtesting platform I've used, but I'm no expert.

No argument here. Assuming one believes all systems are curve fits, part of the analysis can be "destructive testing" - screwing around with the parameters and seeing if it blows up or just detunes. We do this in engineering all the time (tolerance and failure analysis). Run it until...

Most businesses fail. Is it wrong not to?

It may have something to do with your limiting beliefs........... :D

I'll post it again - this is a GREAT thread. Here are some things a casino has that gamblers don't: 1. Rules of engagement that have a positive expectancy 2. Discipline to follow these rules 3. Bet size limits to keep from blowing up on that one big jackpot payout 4. Lots of...

It looks a little like "trading recipes" - the trend following design suite from last decade that allows you to run a system over several different markets, seeing the total heat of the system and giving the ability to design the money management accordingly. It's a DOS program for about $3k...

That's funny, because just about everyone I studied with ended up gainfully employed. Is mechanical engineering just special? Are we just better at OSU? Do we come out with some special skillz? I had a short contract last year in Gardena (heart of LA industrial district) and couldn't...

Bwahahahahahaha. Look at a monthly chart. :D