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Kind of a redundant question, don't you think? Of course option 2 is the most plausible unless you honestly think real estate will appreciate significantly over the next 5 years. Swing trading and day trading both rely on market experience and analysis. Trading with real money presents...

Just wait until the thing randomly won't turn on after a year or two. The IPOD ia a poorly engineered gadget that will breakdown in <2years on average. There is so much out there that is such better quality and built to last... annoys me (as a former EE) that this product sells the way it...

The kid's got an engineering degree. Do you have a degree, and if so, in what? I can tell you right now, computer engineering is tough shit; my undergrad and grad degrees are in EE and one doesn't learn "IT" garbage in such a cirriculum (its like teaching a pro-golfer how to set a tee). As...

Good post. With option 2, why do you automatically dismiss your ability in developing greater discipline?

That looks good - thanks.

I'm looking for recomendations for a business banking (checking) account. Ideally I'd like the following: - No monthly/annual fees, i.e. free checking. - No minimum balance requirements. - No wire transfer fees. - Branch in CA, or not if bank allows online/phone-in wires. Thanks for...

Sure, understandable, but, the data doesn't support your ego at this point. Claiming mastery is one thing - claiming to be the best is another. Both claims can do damage to your reputation and detract from your hard work in the long run.

Attached is C2's grid. -Track record > 1 year. -Annual return > 15% -Max DD < 30% -Realism > 85% I think those parameters qualify a decent system.... I see 39 and your pairs system is not in there... Oh, that's right... you have a 33% DD. I don't know of a single investor/trader...

I don't want to take this thread off topic, but didn't you say you'd get *matched* on funding you could already produce? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=167686&perpage=6&highlight=\\\\\\\\\\\\&pagenumber=11

Actually, I personally know a few large traders and one >100mil fund that uses TS. Its actually quite a powerful tool if you know the details. Also, I personally know a 300mil+ mananger that uses Wealth Lab. "Institutional" level tools many mean something at sub 1 minute intervals, but...

Because technology changes and forces changes in strategy. Human nature, however, does not change. People, under stress, make mistakes. Capitalizing on those mistakes is the goal. Stress is often the result of uncertainty and a lack of training. Uncertainty can be remedied via the use...

We're talking about a specific behavior here; trend following. The selection of your universe is just as, if not more important than the rules of the model. You've obviously never developed a model that works on all stocks. I suggest you keep trying rather than rationalize your way of doing...

I guess it depends on what type of strategy you're developing. Your stylized facts approach would work for volatility based models; I know that a volatility breakout model, for example, would likely be effective on products that exhibit the "stylized facts of volatility", i.e. periodic bouts of...

When you select a portfolio of stocks to test a specific strategy on, you need to be careful that the strategy is not capturing a phenomina specific to that set of stocks. Its the difference between looking for a particular behavior specific to a set of stocks versus a behavior that appears...

Hi General, With respect to backtesting, isn't all military strategy a study and subsequent implementation of what did and did not work in prior confrontations? If we don't take the time to analyze our past mistakes/successes aren't we going into battle less prepared than we could be? Mike

Guys, Don't even start bashing AB until you've given it a serious 3-6 month effort. I've used just about all of the retail trading/backtesting products available in the last 10 years. AB is by far one of, if not the best, retail products available. Mike

Blah blah blah blah... god you must have a small d--k. Sorry about that one bud. Gotta play the hand you're dealt I guess. Oh BTW, some women just want to wear heels when they go out, don't take it personally if they laugh when you ask em' out, its just natural mate selection at work...

I do. Not willing to share though :D Took a lot of research, but the basic components are a Cauchy dist. and historical ATR. Personally I'd suggest looking into Fuzzy Logic if you have the time. Price % from the mean is useless IMO. Mike

Thanks all. So, the US rolls on June 1st and I should be trading the U09 as of June 1st. Same goes for Sept 1st, I should be trading the Z09 contract on 9/1, correct? Today's U09 vol was ~236k. The M09 vol was 28.5k. That's not small volume moving over...

Hi All, Recently (about 1 month ago), I started tracking the 30 yr. The volume dropped off on the M09 contract recently and the volume seems to have moved over to the U09 contract... when does this normally happen? The ESM09 volume is still strong while the ESU09 is not very liquid yet. Why...