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That's hilarious -- the Mad Magazine Guide to Trend-Following would NO DOUBT contain more usable content on trend trading than Covel's slop. (I know I'm probably aging myself with that observation, but what the hell. It's a world world world world Mad.) But to answer your implicit question, YES...

Does Covel provide so much as a single algebraic formula for trend-following of *any* form? No. == Total FLUFF.

I don't recall Covel's book to carry so much as a single algebraic equation. == Total fluff. Takes 300+ pages to say "great traders make millions in up or down markets." I recall (bitterly) reading the entire thing in a weekend road trip, 5.5 hours each way, tucked into the back of a car and...

Has anyone viewed the IB webinars on Charts and ChartTrader and such? They are worth 3 or 4 viewings just to start, and then another 3 or 4 in a few months... Seriously.

You're nearly a third correct. Not bad. Neither of Bob Knight or John Wooden -- arguably two of round-ball's very best coaches -- were any good as players. Whereas in golf, the best players are coached by unknowns: their caddies. So much for "those that can, do -- those that can't, teach..."

Long-time, *strong* TWS proponent here... I way-totally dug the spreadsheet approach, as well as the fact that there are two, three -- even *four* ways to do any one thing. WOW. Does TWS have a long Learning Curve? Sure -- but that is because of all the ways to do any ONE thing: TWS is for...

Poetry, man -- pure poetry. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Good news: A quick google search paints this as an Avast issue, in which the IDP.Generic tag is triggered with too many "false positive" outcomes. https://techtade.com/idp-generic/ https://support.avg.com/answers?id=906b0000000DvETAA0

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One day, you're going to have to defend the decision you make right now in court. Your allocation of client money is *your* business, not IB's. Roll your own -- right away, so's you can defend every decimal point. DOCUMENT it!! Or stop what you're only pretending to do.

6 weeks ago, I worried about the *possibility* of material, long-term effects of a pile-it-on, One-Shot-Kills-All approach to CoVID-19... but I had an underlying assumption that the effects would be short-lived, and that a V-bottom was the likely/*only* course for the market. (And that that...

Just think about your life without all the people employed to teach you shit. This "Those that cant[,] teach" trope can't survive the least bit of logical query: so who taught you to drive? To read/write? Your math(s)?? Yep. A teacher. :wtf: :confused: :banghead: Join with surgeons...

I recommend investing in industrial paint/coatings. Just imagine all the costs of repainting car-pool markings with something like "Virus+ Lane Only: Serological Passes Required" for all the places where we squeeze together. :wtf: :D

So, I was writing to an ol' honey o' mine, and ..... well, .... and then, before you know it,

Good! Good! Think about that a bit more...... :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

• The thread has to do with assignment. :wtf:Read ffs1001 post. :rolleyes: • The difference between capital requirements on a short put, versus a long position, is.....? :wtf: See how that works? :rolleyes:

Strategies don't "behave;" markets behave. Strategies are a static key trying to fit a dynamic market lock. Some fit better than others. Some fit better one day than the next. But they don't behave. The *market* behaves. A *fixed* key, and a *dynamic* lock. Stay on your toes, always...

• If the underlying is at $48, a $50 put will be exercised without any regard for its original selling price. • "Being wrong on the short side" is a great way to buy stock you wish to own at a significantly reduced price. If the underlying is at $50 and you buy it, and it falls to $48 -- you're...

A strategy is a good one when it has positive expectancy. Period. Do you *expect* to make money? Your question poses "strategy"; your comments juxtapose trading/performance. They ain't the same thing, and you conflate them only with a confused comprehension. At any event, having positive...