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Folks, I am looking for a market more liquid than the ES (in terms of bid-ask spreads). Any body got ideas? To qualify it a bit more: If i need to pick spots in ES i loose 2 ticks (1 to get in and 1 to get out). I am currently looking at a system that has an average profit of just above...

Hello Colonelangus, Thanks for the reply. But yes, i dont care for the deductions etc; my trading costs (other than commisions) are negligible. Its not a motivating point at all; and neither am i talking about this year. I actually paid taxes on my gains for 2008 (kinda proud about it...

Hello All, I have been thinking about setting up a LLC to trade. Main reason being i've heard that as an LLC you are protected against major losses in any one year. From my understanding, if i trade as i currently am, if i have a major loss say of 30000$ any one year (not that i want to)...

are you two guys related in anyway with the other moron who called me.. you seem to be very anxious to answer to this thread without reading it properly.

oh i replied to the email i got today saying that my trial is about to expire soon and that i should renew.. then after a few hours i think i posted here; and viola.. my phone almost immediately rings. knock knock..

lasner: there are options on eminis but be careful when you try to hedge your emini positions with options on eminis; i am sure you are aware, but just in case; the risk in eminis is not defined clearly and by hedging them with options on eminis you might easily get into the trap that you think...

DanFan78: no; i never said backtesting is useless; far from that.. i tried the software specifically because i want to backtest. but the data and the software they have is useless for that purpose. codyhopkins: nice people.. i will tell ya a story; after i posted my first message i got a...

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all: i recently tried out optionvue and cant believe what a piece of crap the software is; ugly interfaces, insufficient and useless backtesting data; only a few strikes here and there; most of the data is missing and horrible customer service. Just a bunch of guys ripping off the general...

i already use amibroker for tech analysis; can i use it for fundamental screening too; is anyone successfully using it to say setup a good screen; is it comparable to Zacks Research wizard? or the Valueline screens on backtest.org? thanks for the input.

hello all, i found a guide on ET site browsing some yahoo boards; here it is http://www.elitetrader.com/tr/index.cfm?s=17&t=72 i was wondering if there are other guides like this one posted here on ET (i am not even sure how i can go to this guide directly from the ET site); and if so...

hello all, i have also been looking for cost effective ways to backtest some option trading strategies. primarily interested in backtesting plain speculative buying calls vs positive theta calendar spreads and vertical put spreads (all bullish strategies). I am currently looking at...