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Ditch, Thanks for sharing your method. Just to clarify, if the SMA crosses the zero line to the upside, and the MACD is already above the zero line is there a trade or does the MACD have to cross above the zero line after the SMA has crossed above?

Thanks for the additional info Lizard Gizzard, and thanks for sharing your method!

Lawrence, Thanks for sharing your method. About how many trades does the 5 minute graph give per day and the 15 minute? Does the 15 minute signal average 1 point per trade too, or is it a bit more profitable? What do you define as a new high in the 5 minute? Is a higher high than the...

Maybe you and I and a few others can put a bit of pressure on Jeanmichel to disclose a bit more and clarify what he does for his exits. In the mean time I'll change the "mostly disclosed" to "somewhat disclosed".

No, trade me the system and I'll give me the profits religiously!

Please provide feedback on the following method of making a system's parameter "adapt" to the most recent market behavior. Is this curve fitting? Is this a bad way to do it? Am I in danger of some kind of trading system purgatory for doing things this way? By the way, it has led to better...

There is a statistic that around 90% of the time, the next day's price overlaps the previous day's POC at some time during the day.

Actually it seems like this thread is losing its steam. I know I've lost interest.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=136457#post136457 ET member LizardGizzard posted a very simple yet interesting method. It appears this method can be applied to any market, and is primarily suited to capturing trend moves. This trading idea is a perfect candidate for...

Lizard Gizzard, Thanks for the post and nice method. Simple to implement and could make a good base for a more complex system. Did you have any experience trading this method, and if so what markets and how did it turn out? It looks like this would be a method that would primarily...

Just a reminder, if you have posted a method or system on ET in the past (or can recall reading one), and would like to forever be memorialized in the GEMS: Methods and Systems thread, send me a PM and I'll hunt it down for you.

After doing some basic TA on the equity curve it appears we have a H&S top forming. If the H&S pattern fails, look out for the short squeeze. :D Equity has been flat for 7 days but that's not too abnormal as far as systems go and as the market goes through its various cycles.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=105305&highlight=option#post105305 ET member, CaroKann mentioned an interesting method for profiting from stock gaps by using a consistently profitable option selling strategy over time. An excerpt from the post:

POC: Point of control. I think this is defined as the price level with the most volume or the mode.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9541 ET member Quah has created quite a stir on ET in a very short period of time with "Something Very Simplistic" (see previous post) and "Son of Something Very Simplistic" systems. This "Son of Something Simplistic" system is also...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8734 ET member Quah has created quite a stir on ET in a very short period of time with "Something Very Simplistic" and "Son of Something Very Simplistic" (see next post in this thread) systems. The "Something Very Simplistic" daytrading...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=873&perpage=6&pagenumber=1 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=919&highlight=system ET member, rtharp talks about his methods for swing trading and daytrading. He goes into the details of what types of risk to...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=881 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1400&highlight=system The above thread chronicles ET member, praetorian2's discovery of a "Great new Pattern" (GNP) and the evolution of that pattern into a trading...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=60623&highlight=my+methodology#post60623 ET member, Darkhorse talks briefly about his method of swing trading in general terms. He talks about dividing up stock setups into two categories: high profit and high probability and primarily...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3334&highlight=openings http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4323&highlight=openings http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5992&highlight=openings...