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I am working on is very promising judging by its results for February and the first week of March. However, my data for January is not very complete because of IB disconnections in that month and so I cannot use it for backtesting. Thanks, wally_

Hello, I need the March ES contract one minute data in the format that SierraChart can handle (ASCII or otherwise). The data should be from at least 9:00 to 16:15, the all day data is fine too. It should be complete, so the myTrack data is preferable as opposed to IB data which may not be...

They may appear to be bad traders, but they will really become ones if they stop trading their system because of the drawdown. That's how most system traders really lose money- because by stopping trading they are not able to recoup it and then make even more than they started from.

You might be right, who would bother with astrophysicists...

A very good book on how the brain processes information, particularly for someone interested in the workings of the brain from a hard core science perspective (physics, information theory, etc.), is 'The User Illusion' by some Dannish writer. Highly recommended.

An 'astrophysician'? Is it someone who treats astrophysicists?:D

Confidence is important. Backtest and foreward test your system, then trade it in a simulated environment.

Don't rely too much on theories. Backtest your ideas to see what your MAE are for your trades and based on that find out how to handle the stop-loss and how to use the trailing properly. A lot depends on your system if you have any or on your setups, but the latter should also be backtested to...

There is a Holy Grail for trading, you just need to believe it. If you don't, you will never even find one. Believe in your system and you will find your Holy Grail.

Would that mean that he is related to Harry...:D

Because they harder to call. It is by exiting that you really realize your PL and not by entering. I keep saying that 'every fool can enter a trade, but it takes a wise man to exit it' which some, for strange reasons, take personally, but I am being proved right time and again. These guys are...

I personally find Harry's persistance impressive considering that so few understand him. Sometimes I too wonder if I am among those who understand him, but his posts are certainly interesting in their own way. Harry's stuff is definitely a colorful addition to the drab of regular posts on ET...

I don't think that you are a fool or moron, but you definitely have some problem accepting other opinions. This is what this board is about, expressing opinions, in case you did not notice that yet. Plus, this thing has nothing to do with you personally, that's just a general statement that...

FYI, the systems that I use (2 only at this point) were profitable in January and February and very profitable last year. I have recently modified them slightly. These are the systems that I may release although I am not sure in what form yet. They do not trade every day, so I am now searching...

I am working on so many of them that I simply don't have time to release anything. When I finally do, I want this to be really good. I might as well be releasing signals only to keep the systems completely proprietary and secret. I have yet to decide what to do. Just yesterday I discovered a...

And what does it trade if that's not classified?

Walther, congrats on a really good call. Considering how much garbage is propagated here it was trully an outstanding call. Timewise, of course, because the market direction was not specified as far as I remember, but by watching the market action one could have benefitted from it, anyway...

This is one more evidence that my statement that 'every fool can enter a trade but it takes a wise man to exit it' is correct. Most books indeed talk about entries and setups, but only the few really good ones give you the rules of how to exit.

and if it works the same in the real trading mode then you better watch your TWS carefully. Looks like I will finally have to write my own trading platform because all that I have seen so far is either bloated or does not work for all Windows platforms or has been designed by someone who has...

I second that, the book is very good and the author is very sexy. :)