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Dustin. Any truly VALID system of predicting bottom prices would not result in a stop, two, three or more times. After all, isn't the purpose of the system (eg, RSI) you were using to determine the bottom? Well, if you were stopped out several times, then it didn't accurately pick the bottom...

Dustin. I acknowledge the possibility of profitability scoring a few big trades to offset a lot of little losers. But is this something you want to rely on? What's to keep you from getting a few little winners (not big ones) with your lot of little losers? What makes you think your few winning...

i "talk just to talk"?? that's a shot isn't it??? fyi, that remark to tharp was meant as humor. i submit *you* are guilty of that which you accuse me. comments such as yours are obviously not intended to be funny. therefore, i can only assume *you* mean belligerence. what are *you*...

Babek. Would you let a doctor with only verbal wisdom operate on you? Enuf said....

Those who criticize others for seeing the merit of critical examination and skepticism peeve me off.

Hitting 50% of your trades is no better than RANDOM CHANCE. A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at the wall street journal does as well. That does not sound like a good track record to me. Maybe by cutting your losses short and riding whatever gains the winners give you is profitable to some...

he doesn't get any royalties on a used purchase. :-(

tharp, Just curious, does your dad trade actively? I don't mean once a month or several times a year. That's investing. I'm talking about in the trenches, slugging it out, hand to hand combat, with frequency. That's trading.

How could you not do well today? The NAS COMP went straight up 40+ points in the AM. I had multi-point winners. Actually the NAS has risen every day for the last four or five days. Did you miss it?

hmmmmmm. i see you issued a strong buy in all categories. that's about as honest as you can get. 8-)

YES! YES! Remove those offensive reviews immediately! Unfavorable opinions have no place on this board. We say only nice things here. Negativity will not be tolerated!! Now everyone go over now to the book review page and post something nice about that book. Errrr.....I mean honest. 8-D

Unless you can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, I say the reviews should stand whether or not you like them. I understand your motives for removal, but the book stands on its own merit and the review section is just that...for reviews, good and bad. I also think it doesn't look appropriate...

>"It seems that traders want to differentiate between "system" and "discretionary" trading. In reality, the differences are more a matter of degree. The discretionary trader uses a set of rules that takes into account his experiences in the market. Often these rules can be difficult to...

qwiktrade, Your argument is inconsistent. First you say "...historical time/price/volume relationships in extreme detail.. but these relationships dont carry any intrinsic value relative to future prices." Then you go on to say how this very same data "...help us understand the general...

Quicktrade, we mere humans may NOT possess enough raw computing horsepower to do the job efficiently. Rather, we may not be capable of discerning with sufficient resolution those eddies of market inefficiency that may only very infrequently form then just as quickly disappear. In short, our...

Hitman, with each and every trade YOU are using a system(s), ill-defined and rather simple, but, nonetheless, a strategy with simple rules that form the basis of your trading strategy. If there were not short term market inefficiencies that can foretell the future, than why do you choose to...

What if we controlled a SUPER COMPUTER capable of crunching infinite instructions/sec. Calculating EACH & EVERY market variable, each & every stock. Each & every permutation accounted for in real time! Wouldn't we then find short term inefficiencies, fleeting market aberrations that could...

What?! Aren't you fervently seeking that "Holy Grail" of trading systems, that one arcane combination of the "right" TA variables that unlock to you (and only you) the riches of the market? Backtesting...more backtesting...endless formulae and backtesting. Tradestation. Metastock. Indigo. Which...

limbo, what's your point?? are you saying stick to simple relationships. disavow intricate TA strategies??? huh?

Anyone else unable to execute thru BEST ECN the last few days? Ever since I updated TWS, I get a "security not found" response w/BEST ECN. I asked IB about this, but their reply was a bit cryptic and abbreviated. Other IB users, has "BEST ECN" been functional the last few days?