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    Test Your Method Performance

    indeed a demo is only ment to get a bit familiar with the software but it is to far of in execution it just doesnt work like that i have tried many many demo's in my early days and made millions of virtual dollars like most of us have done but not one was acting same real life. what...
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    how much can 1 us dollar buy in china?

    maybe recent big mac index could give a bit of an indication here
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    inverted y axis charting

    sorry couldnt resist inverse the y axis shouldnt be to hard in most charting software's this could by done by creating an own inverted symbol, think something like myhigh = 5000 - high mylow = 5000 - low etc.. this way you turn all candles upside-down which in some cases isnt...
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    DJ EURO STOXX 50 overnight margin

    indeed Overnight Maintenance 2861 eur
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    DJ EURO STOXX 50 overnight margin

    according to IB they maintain eurex margin which would confirm the 3576 eur overnight margin The table below depicts the exchange margin requirements
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    Thailand Hook-Up

    i never been to thailand but had similar experiences in indonesia and even more in ukraine. having an foreign numberplate on your car is reason enough to stop you and fill their pockets. mostly the amounts of cash wanted isn't worth the argue for us, but if it happens every day you learn...
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    Thailand Hook-Up

    good artical, although it wasn't new to me - it should be a warning for those never visited asia before the poorer people are the more creativ they must be :)
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    DJ EURO STOXX 50 overnight margin

    if you are unable to find this information at eurex why wont you do a search at your brokers website? a simple search at IB gave me this ESTX50 Dow Jones Euro STOXX50 FESX intraday-1788 overnight-3576 isn't google a wunderfull tool:)
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    In which type of systems do you trade in?

    that dont sound like a "type" of system to me you are asking what timeframes are mainly tradet by ET's a type of system to me could be a. trendfollowing b. countertrend c. breakout etc... even if you would like to know the timeframe's there are more options then the 2 you have...
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    Moving average question with tradestation

    [ yes whatever number you write between these 2 displacements is the amount of bars back you wish to make your calculation ] so no displacements is current value [0] is also current value [50] is value of 50 bars back close - close[10] would mean close minus close of 10 bars back
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    Moving average question with tradestation

    yes, but your displacement is in the wrong area it comes either emediatly behind close or behind the ma's declaration example value1 = average(close,200); value2 = ( value1 - value1[20] ); in this case value2 is the difference between the both of them from here you could go...
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    Moving average question with tradestation

    if barnumber >= 220 then value1 = (( average(close,200) - average(close,200)[20] ) / average(close,200)[20] ) * 100; this litle calcuation will give you the percentage difference between current ma and the 20bar back ma if you only wish to have the difference as price you allready gave...
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    Is it possible to trade this system?

    this statement is not intirely true as the TR is the difference between highestvalue of (close last bar - high this bar) minus lowest value of (close last bar - low this bar) in easy langue the 14 bar atr woul be calculated like this ATR = average(( MinItems( Close[1], Low ) -...
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    Hello! Signal Short On the market,

    how interesting
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    backtesting market characteristic instead of trading strategies

    no it does not it could show you if you have an profitable and hopefully robust edge but it will not show you in what way marketbehaviour has changed over the period that your ats has been testet your question makes sence samewhat, i do program my own custom indikators using EL to...
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    Volume--- how to use it and WHY

    yet another interesting tread down the drain congratulations guys there should be a limit on the number of posts that one may provide each day maybe that will motivate one to think before they participate in a discussion some of you guys are an discrase no need to bash me as i...
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    Post a picture of your ride

    had a litle bit of a drawdown last year....
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    Taking 0.5K to 100K in six months

    i have seen in your screenshot you have tradet the dax future, yet i wunder how that would be possible with only 1,5k in your account isnt the margin for that contract over 5k for most brokers? are you realy trading a 25eur/point contract future with a 1,5k account? if so your...
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    Changing my name to Rothschild

    Heinrich Freud Rothschild ? :D
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    help with trade management

    why dont you use your software to find out how to smooth the equity if your signal allready get generated by an ats do a test with and without scaling out by not optimizing to much just take a fixed first target to scale out first half and see how it will effect your equity i personally...
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