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  1. J

    Example Trading System

    Thanks for the explanation. So in my one minute context you are looking for a long consolidation which breaks out? That makes for five "strong" rules! That qualifies for "discretionary"! By my reckoning there are only three of us trading NQ here. Trade well!
  2. J

    Example Trading System

    You blew me away with "the opening range contains price for a minimum of one complete or bar that follows the or". What bar period are you charting in to achieve that? Also, the thing that bothers me is that your definition of this "system" requires three "strong" rules, as Hypo used to say...
  3. J

    Example Trading System

    Hi Sulong. The fact that I love you and Michael B. hates you should tell you something. I should have said that it didn't work in any of the 90 day backtests I did earlier. Of course it works, just like other old saws like fading opening gaps work. But not with positive expectation.
  4. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    My profound apologies to all VIVIX holders for causing your fund to tank with my negative assessment of it on the first page of my brilliant journal, supplemented by subsequent chortles as it continued to slide. Updated chart attached.
  5. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    I would like to make a statement in defense of any of you out there who drink while you trade. The three nicely net profitable trades I posted in the middle of the previous page were all made while I was dead drunk. You have heard of mean drunks? Sloppy drunks? Amorous drunks? I am a profitable...
  6. J

    Example Trading System

    I exhaustively tested "opening range breakout" for NQ several times in the past two years and it doesn't [edited] work.
  7. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    Thanks, I think. Although we do use nineteen aliases, we can only afford one charting package. So if it's an unutterably stupid post, and it uses an E-Signal chart, it is me. I am trying to extort E-Signal into giving me free service by continually embarassing them with my postings using their...
  8. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    I mean, I couldn't have gotten off six times in 29 minutes! What a thrill! And the trick pays you!
  9. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    I exited a perfectly good short (the top two executcheons in the detachment, all trades PT) when I heard your drawling voice say in my head "Expect a test of the LOD!" Never trust a damned Southern trader! You cracker!
  10. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    ...but I DO all the time. See the third post on this page, from three weeks ago: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43085&perpage=6&pagenumber=2 predicting goom and dloom for NDX. Attached is the updated chart. All it takes is one good call to make a guru. I...
  11. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    I am sure that was a brilliant comment, but I didn't get it. Explain, please?
  12. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    The fly in the ointment of my TA-based economic analysis is this: although gold, as predicted, is up, the yield on the ten year note is down. Bullishly bearish?
  13. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    I am glad to hear that you will be around to harrumph at ET a while longer. Terninally serious, huh? Me too. Or I wouldn't have spent the last six years trying so hard to learn to trade profitably. Along the way I have discovered much foolishness, both inside and out, which is the source of my...
  14. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    Yup, the supposed "mini" of oil is ONLY 500 barrels. I have 10 gallons on gas and three propane tanks in my outbuilding, and a new cord of wood on the driveway, but I'm not sure where I'd put that much crude. My point was that crude prices still influence the market, when there's no other excuse...
  15. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    I just looked back at the hits on my charts, and was astonished to see that if I say that nasty curse word "oil", nobody reads my charts! My most brilliant fucking trade of the day garnered only 10 views! If that ain't bi-ass, I dunno what is! Does that tell you what it tells me?
  16. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    I could brag and mention PRSVX (small crap fund), but I am far too modest to do so.
  17. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    Dear friend, you have been my constant companion in foolishness. You man of few words, I have always wondered if you could speak English worth a shit. I modelled Sid and Merchant on you, striving for the perfect blend of wit and consiseness. But I regret to inform you that your guesses about my...
  18. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    Curiouse and curiouser! Are you someone famous? Even infamous? With my demise, ET will need a new false prophet to follow. Wanna try your luck? Mine has been good! The only reason I posted was to persuade the wife that I was right to put her into cash for the next few weeks. Was I right on...
  19. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    It was only for the faithful that I predicked oil would rebound, and it did. Tomorrow I will point out the accuracy of my other predickshuns. You guessed it. EVERY one of them cummed true. But you see that doesn't count on ET. Best I can tell, it's frowned upon!
  20. J

    Old Possum's Book of Practical Charts

    Wery vitty! En fait I have only seventeen aliases, to the best of my recollection, since signing on here in January of aught 2. Collectively they have generated a huge amoung of traffic for Baron, perhaps as many as 400K hits. As to the value of my posts, rest assured that I do not post my best...
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