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I read through your description and I couldn't make heads or tails out of it. In order to backtest an idea, the idea has to be concretely, clearly, and fully described and defined. The "clearly" part is the problem for me.

I know you don't want a lecture, but let's not forget that just because you haven't been able to create and backtest a profitable strategy from divergence, doesn't mean divergence is "useless". In fact I know a guy who has been quite successful using divergence as a primary tool and trading it...

Please post your comments, experience and views of this broker. What is your preferred platform with eFloorTrade and why? What is the server uptime like? Fees? How is its service? How does it compare with other brokers? Thanks,

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=95799#post95799 ET member zentrader shares another method that he claims is better than the Turtle breakout method, and requires none of the discretion that the turtle trading method requires. The system caught my attention with this...

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Who do you pick to win the all California series?

http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5859 This is an exceptionally simple stock picking model for value investing. The author describes the method that his trading "robot" has used to beat the S&P for the past few years. This might be a good starting point for someone who is...

You want to have your cake and eat it too?

You will have very strong emotions even if your program is doing 100% of the trading for you. The lessons you will be learning with automated trading will be learning to stick to the system and not override it. You will learn the system inside and out, how it reacts in any given market...

If you wanted to rate the job of trader on a coolness continuum where on the low end was an "order operator" and on the high end was a "rock star", the job of trader would be much closer to "order operator". This isn't to say you can't get satisfaction out of being a trader. But trading isn't...

That was a good exercise for being a free thinker. I got it right away. I'd be interested in hearing more insights about how traders fall into the trap of believing in false perceptions of the market's true nature.

http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1716 ET member zentrader shares a basic setup for trading the stock index futures, but that could probably also be applied to other instruments. zentrader gives logic as to why the setup makes sense from observation of the market's...

Excellent question. And just to add, why don't you take that system/method that you have deveolped and practiced, and now knowing what you do about live trading, use your simulator in real time but with paper money and trade your system for a full week. See after the week is over what your...

How do you go about determining the Value area? If it is 70% of the day's range, is it a simple statistical exercise to put the value levels after 15% of the activity on each side of the range? Is there a reason why the value area is defined as 70% and not some other % like 90% or 80%?

Cool, I had no idea we had Boston's lead singer, Brad Delp here on ET with us. :D :D :D

Yes but funny when he screws up and replies to himself without logging into the other identity. Actually, I'm pretty sure this is someone other than FPC. The writing style, and personality are too much like another member to be a coincidence. There are other coincidences as well but I'll keep...

Nitro, You really gotta get more sleep and stop watching those martial arts movie marathons the night before trading. I've never imagined myself "a samurai standing at arms length face to face with another samurai." I'm more concerned with pressing the right button on the keyboard. Do you...

That definitely puts things in perspective!!! :p I got that La Choy commercial in my head "Ancient Chinese Secret". Funny stuff.

I thought it was whether rs7 served in the military (oh that was last time). Maybe I've somehow wandered into the rs7 inquisition.

The market didn't do anything to you, you did it to yourself. It may take a while for that to sink in (months/years).