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It may have been a losing trade at January 2010. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=3014298 \img>

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You might power off the computer, wait 10 seconds then power on. LOOK AT THE SCREEN. Sometimes the video card description appears in text on the screen for a few seconds before the operating system starts. Is the inside of your computer dusty? Sometimes they get clogged with dust and...

You might calculate the range, standard deviation, or ATR of price values.

I'm looking at a SP500 chart with MACD indicator. About May 6 the blue MACD line crosses 0, the moving averages cross. I'm wondering, is that all there is to the Waddell computer algorithm? Crossover of a couple moving averages triggers a huge sell order? The red circle marks the crossover...

Reminds me of the 1970's when price values of metals, rare earths and semiconductors such as gemanium were increasing. I interpret weekly silver and gold futures price graphs as upward trends, perhaps other metals price values are also increasing. The price values of TIE Titanium Metals...

Gold, and whatever is associated with a big multi-year price increase.

Sugar futures price graph. Maybe the upward price trend is continuing. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2961910 \img>

Cotton futures price graph. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2961888 \img>

Daily silver futures price graph, December 2010 contract. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2960099 \img>

Maybe silver prices are beginning a long term upward trend. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2960097 \img>

I do not know what copyrights and licenses EMI owns but if a Hollywood movie were to use one of these songs then there could be a large royalty paid to EMI. I suspect a music business can be much like a trend following system: place a lot of bets and occasionally experience a big winner...

During a downward price trend this method could lose money.

Increasing position size increases risk.

I once worked at a glass plant. I do not believe the technology is complicated. I remember the factory losing money almost every year. One reason for the losses might be the high labor cost: I believe the plant that I worked at used union labor at about USA $ 26 / hour + retirement pension +...

What exchange, what stocks are quoted with 5 % spreads?

Fullautotrading, I do not clearly understand what you are asking. Suppose the system trades only two instruments, # 1 and # 2. Price volatility of price value series # 1 is greater than volatility of series # 2. Your system buys low and sells high, trades instrument # 1 more than instrument #...

Maybe this is consistent with that German economic report released a few days ago that describes increasing export sales.

speed = (price value 1 hour ago - price value now) / price value 1 hour ago Experiment with time intervals until you find something that you like. One definition of volatility might be price range during a 1 hour interval. Volatility is different from speed in that suppose a price value...

http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/08/17/buffets-berkshire-buys-fiserv-stake-who-else-is-buying/ "Berkshire took a roughly $200 million stake in the company, which provides information technology to the financial and insurance industries." <img...