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Come on MGJ, you've made some useful contributions to the forum; so why this unnecessary sarcasm.

Trading Systems Robustness & Market Structure It is commonly agreed that the measures of a robust trading system are: 1. Common sense and valid underlying logic. 2. Identical parameters, rules for all markets 3. Consistent profitable performance across multiple markets in multiple...

Congratulations, my friend. These markets are crazy though.....goodness! I mean if the market rallied or fell 30 SP points from here - just for the day I wouldn't be surprised. If the market made new lows or highs I wouldn't be surprised. How does one trade this kind of market???!!!

Go Atticus! Gutsy trades...wishing you very profitable exits.

So what do you recommend the Fed do? What's your cure fr the economic/financial market malaise.

I too must add my thanks for your sharing this.

Thank you, so in essence your system is SHORT waiting to reverse at 1297.5 or take profits at 1225-1200 OR is it flat waiting to get long at 1225-1200 or 1297.5 stop. Which one? Thanks.

So in this case, what's the long term forecast, what's the counter trade, what's the counter trade target, what's the trailing stop, etc.

Thanks avarus. A little confused by your predictions here. it seems you've been targeting 1560/1590 since early Dec at least. I also saw a post where you said "shorts target 1200s'. Please clarify your past posts. Please indicate what you see going forward. Thanks,

Avarus, what is "El market"? Thanks.

What Does Goldman Know That We Don't?: Michael Lewis (Update1) Commentary by Michael Lewis Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- In retrospect, the most intriguing subplot in the collapse of the subprime mortgage market has been not the size of the losses but their distribution. Wall Street firms...

Come on Spectre.... I appreciate your insights on this thread. However of recent, there seems to be no consistency to your posts apart from "Buy Higher, Sell Lower"

Thanks for the laughs this morning. I appreciate it.

Does anyone trade the USFE binaries? If so, please share your experiences. Thanks.

By "system" here I mean backtesting software.

robottrader, what system did you use to generate your system stats?

Possibly due to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_effect

What befuddles me is the inconsistency/massive disconnect between support for Ron Paul on the Internet and his opiniion poll standings/primary-caucus results. Why this big disconnect? Even if one thinks that his Internet support is a fluke or manipulated by over zealous supporters, how do...

At 1000 contracts a day, you : 1. Should not pay any electronic charge - at most 0.05 a contract or a flat $250 or so a mnth. Indeed at your size/volume, you shouldn't pay any charge for electronic access. 2. The commissions i.e. what the broker collects BEFORE exchange fees, should be...

Gnome, Interesting and insightful thread. Thank you. My synthesis of gnome's experience/perspective is: He is a classic discretionary trader with a systematic/near-systematic conservative and strict risk management overlay. And in essence this is the key to successful trading...