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    world exhanges--surfer needs your help !

    Warsaw Stock Exchange... www.gpw.pl Futures and options are also traded there. Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange www.micex.com (nice design)
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    who is 'Scientist'?

    Eurex '3rd world exch' ... ROTFL :D
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    Favorite songs of all time!

    Bob Seger "The Fire Inside" - beautiful piano...
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    666...the Devils Moving Average

    ROTFL... Gordo, sometimes you're funny as HELL :D
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    fun contest with real cash prizes !

    I guess they will not publish such statistics - what % of all players lost money. Only Top Ten Traders, Contest Winners with astronomical returns :D
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    Fnm A Good Short

    71.50 :D
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    Jokes

    Q: What's the difference between Saddam's palace and rapper's house? A: You know you'll find weapons in rapper's house. :cool:
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    Short Sale Rules Changing....

    Oh my god... is this America or Cuba? This means more swing traders will switch to futures.
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    Best Place to trade in the world - Quality of Life

    Don't sit in one 'best' place. Travel, fly all over the world! http://www.airliners.net/open.file/332874/L/ :)
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    A Dynamic Self-Adaptive Trading System

    Two questions: 1) How long is your backtesting period? 2) Slippage per round-trip?
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    Are you on the list??

    There are 5 people from hedge fund industry on the Forbes list. George Soros $7.0B Bruce Kovner $1.8B Steven Cohen $1.0B Paul Tudor Jones $0.65B Ken Griffin $0.65B Where're: Jim Rogers, LBR, Larry Williams, Richard Dennis $mrmarket and sabena :D ?
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    Good Data Vendor for Testing?

    For intraday data: www.tickdata.com Can anybody recommend a website with free EOD historical quotes for futures (incl. bonds, metals, currencies, etc.)?
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    Seeking robustness

    Jrkob, I would use many systems with different parameter sets and many types of MA (EMA, SMA, TEMA, DEMA, WMA, JMA) instead of one system with some specific MAs lengths. That's a pretty strong statement - MA crossovers have zero value. I attach a combined equity curve for 10 S&P systems...
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    Why traders get no respect

    Sure, men's financial status is an important thing for women. But it's not good when it is the only area they consider.
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    Interesting thoughts about God and society

    First, we must agree on definitions. I'm sure you will accept this one: God = Creator of the Universe. Is it OK? So, you require a creator for universe existence. Why you don't require a creator for your God? I assume you don't. If you do, then there's some bigger God, and another one, etc. ad...
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    POLL: Typical maximum % risk of account exposed at any one time

    My Excel spreadsheet tells something completly different... Risking 2% of capital per trade is not dangerous, if you have a positive expectancy. Of course, if edge is close to neutral, 2% risk per trade will result in blowing out. The risk of high % drawdown depends on several factors: 1) %...
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    Nearly Random Entry vs a High Probability Entry

    You don't believe it? C'mon... :D don't be so skeptical! Here's a quote from Damir's journal: NoiseBox Summary, August 2003 All Trades : 57 Winning Trades : 55 Losing Trades : 2 Total %Gain/Loss : 9.4% Avg %Gain/Loss : 0.16% Avg Win% : 0.2% Avg Loss% : -0.2% For a profit factor...
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    Pascal's Wager Revisited

    Surf, You think the creator is a must in order universe to exist. Why you dramatically change your way of reasoning by assuming that the creator doesn't need to be created?
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    Pascal's Wager Revisited

    This line of reasoning has two assumptions: (1) Existence of God equals existence of hell and heaven, (2) Punishment or reward in afterlife is connected with one's belief or disbelief in God. Both assumptions can be wrong. But first of all, the concept of God is wrong, in my judgement.
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