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I would agree. Two years of backtesting, five months of paper trading and three months of real trading and still review the math. Continuous learning and continuous improvement is the plan.

You state so many things with certainty about me that you cannot possibly know. And you seem to lack the curiosity to gain any insight into how I trade from me. Just for the record. You cannot possibly know exactly what I'm doing. I've stated the general principles but not the details. You...

We'll see.

If you limit your trading to this period, it's a really good deal. Can't speak to the usability of their platform or the reliability in execution. During regular periods, their pricing schedule is more than my broker for some trades and less than for others.

I consider myself a pretty good software engineer, but I could never get my arms around LISP. I think I first tried it around 1964 on a PDP8 computer. It was fun to play with, but my boss at the Research Center kept asking how my "project" was coming along. I finally abandoned playing with LISP...

Thanks for reminding me of something I sometimes forget. Risk: Knowing when your strategy no longer works.

Your chosen pseudonym says a lot to inform me of how to interpret your post. I don't know how many "1-" years are in real life. Any way, don't forget that tax liabilities do impact accounts that are not tax protected. My pseudonym on this board is my real name. I am known for my veracity...

For your backtesting, are you using EOD data or tick data? Most backtesting is done with EOD data. Slippage is lost in the noise when evaluating a strategy using EOD data. So what is backtesting for? I limit it to qualifying a strategy for prototyping using paper trading. Even paper...

I'm a minimalist kind of guy. I don't record trades that I did not enter. I'm not usually emotional when selecting a position. I just follow my rules. If I fudged on the rules, it's apparent in the specifications section. I would likely make a note of it, but I haven't entered a trade outside my...

And yet Trans-Atlantic Cable Targets High-Frequency Traders All this investment for just an 8% improvement form 65ms to below 60ms.

I trade credit spreads. The spreadsheet contains the data necessary to make a decision based on my rule set. I have not recorded trades I decided not to enter. However, for every open trade, a daily decision is required. I'll record attempts that failed, the reasons why I did not complete and...

I'd be suspicious of permitting any online service access to my account or their ability to certify any statement of performance in a way you want it presented. A good trader would want more than a simple result like return. Did your trading cover a complete market cycle, what was the maximum...

I give up. Why?

Letting your emotion overrule your strategy.

In like fashion, the three most important items in a trading journal are "notes, notes and notes." The rest of the data you choose to include are just the inputs to your decision. Your notes should record your decision. Why you entered a trade, why you exited and possibly why you decided to do...

I am quite happy with ThinkOrSwim for trading spreads on indices.

If you want to share your trades with me either privately or publicly, I'd be glad to comment on them with respect to my methods. My methods do not require constant management. Five minutes a day after trading closes is about it. (Full disclosure; I spend a little extra time each day as I use...

Correct.

I can't speak for anyone except for myself. My goal is 10%. My rate as of close of market today is 8.87%. I think 10% is achievable as I am still honing my methods. I've back-tested my methods to assure myself that the mathematics I developed actually performs as expected. I paper traded so...

Thanks again for the heads-up. I'm new enough here that I don't have a gauge on many of the participants. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and believe they are posting with seriousness. I'm sometimes disappointed. Life goes on.