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It looks like there are no discretionary traders left, so there is no one to take on your challenge. How about a different one: machine against the machine? I'll take you on this one.

Sharpe ratio of above 3.

About 10,000 hours for me.

Let's say that you designed a simple MA-crossover system. Something along the lines of, "if 16-day moving average is above the 48-day moving average, then go long; otherwise go short". The next obvious thing is to ask, "Why 16-day and 48-day moving averages, and not some other length?" So, you...

Same here. I love my own private restroom, kitchen, and thermostat. And my dog by my side.

1. Is TopStepTrader/Combine open to automated trading systems, or is it just for the discretionary traders? 2. I keep hearing about the "2 week trial". I assume this refers to the "trial period" during which a trader must prove his/her "worth". That seems like a very short period of time. My...

X-Axis: first strategy parameter Y-axis: second strategy parameter Color: profitability

You have a vivid imagination. In practice, the optimization heat maps look quite prosaic, as shown below.

I must point out that today's prediction by the OP was wrong only in the sense of the orthodox "Copenhagen interpretation" of the quantum mechanics. If you accept the "Everett interpretation" (also known as the "many worlds" interpretation), then it's possible to argue that the EUR-USD did drop...

Yes, but is the cat dead or alive?

Chart reading is so 1970s. Looks like you are the only finviz subscriber left.

A loss of about 70 pips, specifically.

It is still unclear to me whether you are making predictions or predications.

Thanks for the link, Maverick. I know it is well explained in the article, but I anticipate a lot of confusion in this thread. Just to clear it up, Eurodollar (symbol GE on CME) has nothing to do with either EUR.USD cash (Forex), or with CME (symbol 6E) Euro-USD futures.

Ok, I think I understand. Your advice to the kid is, "Get yourself a father, 'cause this country is going to hell."

So, what is your advice to the (16 year old) OP, again? Put his/her efforts into understanding the "human condition"?

People are projecting from their experience. When they were 16 years old, they were apparently expected (by their peers) to get a fake ID, get drunk, and impregnate milfs. If you succeeded, you must have mastered the social skills required to be an "achiever" in your adult life. No programming...

Girls. Everything else was very distant and secondary.

It's a new age. Stock analysts, chart technicians, fund managers, risk analysts, and traders are being replaced by quantitative models, developed by statisticians, physicists, mathematicians. These models are implemented by software architects and software engineers. The most successful hedge...