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You might work with a fixed amount of capital that you can afford to lose without jeopardizing your house and marriage.

Simulation results can not lie.

Define "work". Trend lines and technical indicators are not trading systems. I expect the same trend line (or indicator) buy or sell signals to show varying trading simulation results depending on security, risk level, margin, slippage, commission and position size parameters.

When I feel undisciplined I go around trying to feel more undisciplined. I observe where the feelings lead.

Prices of wheat, corn, soybeans, rice and oats futures are near multiyear high values. I do not know what the fundamental reason is but price values of many agricultural products is increasing. Perhaps the price increase is due to generally inflationary USA government behavior. I suspect hedge...

If you are buying with a limit order and selling with a limit order then slippage might work in your favor. Stopping a loss is where you might encounter a big slippage problem. Consider what happens if you buy when price values are decreasing. If price values continue decreasing then you...

Average time in trades is 11 minutes. If you can manage such a short trading window then fine. It is too short and fast for me but you are the trader this instance. How much risk are you using? I can not tell if your annual growth rate of 18.58 % is associated with a high risk level or low...

I like the first Market Wizards book. Jesse Livermore wrote a book titled "How To Trade In Stocks" that I think is pretty good. I like the Nicholas Darvas book "How I Made $ 2 Million In The Stock Market". Elitetrader.com has lots of examples of system trading. Here is my study of a Zweig...

You might try longer time constants, say 100 or 200 days. Maybe keep things simple and start with a moving average crossover system. A system does not need to be complex to work.

Founders of a company and their relatives or heirs may own or control a large block of stock. They must retain the stock to retain control. One way to extract cash from the company (without selling stock) is to propose and vote that the company pay dividends.

I sense Warren Buffet's influence on this deal. Microsoft management waited until general stock index values are low and the psychology is pessimistic, then they buy a business that represents value to themselves. I remember reading that Warren Buffet avoids technology investments but...

Maybe they did. Maybe other companies are in the process of acquiring businesses also. News is often late.

I find trading simulation software to be useful for answering my questions about risk levels and leveraging. You might wish to take interest rates into account since currency positions may receive or pay substantial interest when leveraged. Your choice of risk levels, leverage, trading method...

At the end of three years you have $ 133.10. Initial capital is $ 100.00. One way to calculate return is Cumulative Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) = profit * 100 / years of data / initial capital so ($ 133.10 - $ 100) * 100 / 3 years / $ 100 initial capital = 11.03 % per year with occasional...

I wonder if the French police are investigating Jéróme Kerviel's management to learn to what extent management knew and approved of Mr. Kerviel's trading activities.

I do not expect many stocks to trade near their respective 52 week high price values following a few weeks of decreasing general market index values. Not right away. It takes time for prices to rally near their respective 52 week high values. I keep wondering what selling and buying really...

I observe IBKR on the new high list again this morning. Volume is increasing.

Here is the Case Shiller real estate composite futures February 2008 contract graph.

If you can't define something then you likely can not measure it. So it is important that you define trend. Define trendiness. Define terms in your personal way. You might be thinking backwards regarding the trend following system idea. Final profit of a trend following system applied to...

Thank You momoNY.