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I am confident that if you are someone who is taking the CFA, you'll manage to master that steep learning curve somehow, in, oh, an hour or less. :) Look up "RPN" (Reverse Polish notation) and you can get it down quickly, even without hands-on access to an HP 12C. Besides, aren't the only...

Aren't bad boys more fun?... :p

Grad school.

Not to worry. Those are your system hibernation mode and virtual memory files.

I agree that the opposite result you get with 2m and 3m time frames is not a good sign indeed. However, first, if I were you, I would drill down and attempt to discover the underlying factors that are involved. Merely observing that 3m is "profitable", but 2m is "unprofitable" is just step one...

Thanks for your comments. The answer to each of your 3 questions is "no." Historical margin data: absolutely. I've been doing this for a long time and have the data I need for the metals. For currencies, margin is a linear function of 1) your dealer, where it is fixed over time, and 2)...

Understand. Not an issue for my currency trading strategy, as it is designed to capture, and often does, the bulk of the intraday range, from the European open at 1 am ET until London close at 12 noon or slightly later. Your point is somewhat more relevant for my metals strategies, but details...

Aah, my old stomping grounds, next door to Micawber Books (RIP). Looking at the Association's name itself, hope they are better traders than spellers. ;)

Joab, 30 processes? Lucky you. I've seen people with 64 (and more) processes on their computer... On a serious note, this is what I'd recommend. 1. MajorGeeks Malware Removal Guide An outstanding, spot-on piece of work. You need to do steps 1-9 just once, then practice (it's easy)...

Oh yeah. Kiran has been one of my (very few) all-time favorite newsbabes, pretty much since she came on FNC 6 years ago. (An exclusive and now closed club, ever since I gave up most television in Oct. 2003.) She is the total package... beauty and brains -- and Personality and voice and...

syswizard, that stat is better, but still meaningless, from my perspective. :) I track 20-day daily ATR per unit of margin for currencies and metals only (what I trade). That tells me potential intraday return, normalized for available margin consumption / use / drag. This "bang for the...

A couple of suggestions. First, a weekly (Monday) report from dailyfx / FXCM that I recently posted a heads-up to here. Their options trade ideas are usually exotics, but you can (and will probably want to anyway) set up your own vanilla spreadsheet, using their IV figures. Here's the...

Might be of interest to many in this thread -- what leverage have you been using with their signals? What kind of annual % returns have you gotten in '05 and '06 (if '04 wasn't a full year for you)? What's the maximum % drawdown you've experienced, and how long did it last?

No stop orders at Oanda? Good one. Care to elaborate? EUR/USD spread at Oanda is 1.2 (not 1.5) more than 99.9% of the time, outside of news. And there are well known, relatively easy ways for any automated trader to earn enough monthly credits to cover most or all of the $600 API charge...

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If Oanda is one of your current dealers, why aren't you already doing just that, with sub-accounts? They are very suitable for "hedging", whether as part of channel trading or for other reasons. IB: correct, can't hedge in a single account. The platform design doesn't allow it anyway...

Makes sense. Probably the same reason why currency trades aren't reported on any 1099 form.

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You do stat arb and only put on 1 trade a month? Interesting. On which currencies and what kind of risk / return profile do you generate, if you don't mind telling?