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I also heard that white's supposed to be better, but find that something that's not completely white seems better for the eyes. Still experimenting...

Huge profit potential. Sounds like a good idea if you're not successfull day trading, but successful swing trading.

The most important thing in technical analysis as in all other things is to know what you're doing and doing it well. :)

Slightly off-topic, but I've been looking into how I can make charts the most friendly for my eyes recently. I stumbled upon some research saying that lighter colors actually are better than black. In fact, I think contrast was what was seemingly most vital. I.e., if you're in a light room, a...

Most are very customizable, so it's really up to you. For now, NinjaTrader seems to suit my purposes just fine.

By the way - which book is it? Can't seem to recall this guy. I think I got only the two first, which I liked a lot. Never bothered to get the third and the fourth. Worth reading?

Having 'unlimited' historical data is meaningless in and of itself. You need to know what to do with the data.

Well put. :)

1. Backtesting is worthless if you don't forward test your methodology in simulator mode and confirm your system. Only after that is done, you can go live. 2. Trade something liquid and slippage won't be (much of) an issue. 3. Don't be discretionary.

I think you're onto something here. Rest assured, there's plenty of losers trying to act like gurus on this board.

Stopped trading. :)

Completely disagree. In fact, most would be traders start trading too soon and blow up multiple accounts. Because that's what happens when you're thrown into the real world of trading; you blow up. Also, you may not learn that much in the end just by sitting in front of a screen and watching...

Which? The one you mentioned and possibly New Trading Systems and Methods would probably be my recommendation.

@ubermenschtrader Why is using a 1 minute chart the worst thing you can do? It's my main chart.

Please define fair amount of losers.

I was being cheeky. I know that for the ES intraday, you'll quite often have so called fake breakouts. It's just as common, if not more common, than a real breakout that "trends". ES typically don't trend that much. It mostly oscillates. Up and down. Maybe his comment is true with regards to...

As a rule? Do you have any hard data on this? : )

Interesting, but not surprising, that people start preaching and answering everything else than what you asked. I know that Linnsoft Investor RT may have some possibillities for doing statistical analysis, but I have no experience using it self. Check it out. If not, this should be rather easy...

Waste of time. Could give a newbie some ideas. Could. But I certainly hope people ain't basing their trading decisions on stuff that happens in trading room, although I know 'people' most likely do.

When swing trading, which I've pretty much always done successfully, I always focused on what I perceived to be the best opportunity at the time. The last time, that was an oil stock which I correctly perceived to be undervalued at the time. But yes, it might very well be that what you're...