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DK, Im wondering what software you used to backtest? I use excel almost exclusively. Using excel enables me to get the information I want and nothing else. One problem I have found with it, and others, is that they do not take in to account the trades that would/could have happened while...

Yes it is down :(

DK, I cant help but wonder why you would want to sell such a good system.. There would be more money in trading it. THe only two options I can see are: 1. Profit sharing or 2. System really does not work. Even if you are under capitalized anyone can save a few grand to trade. Hell I...

I have faith that I will make money in the markets. I have faith that I will make money in the markets. I have faith that I will make money in the markets.... Please please please.. Its not working :/

You can always change out symbols. I think that max swaps is at 15000???

Axe, Many, many, oh so many, posts ago I said the debate was pointless. People grow up believing something and will never change their minds. It matters not how many facts to the contrary you present. They must come to a differnet conclusion through there own experiences in life. There...

Indeed you backed up my presumptions. I assumed( bad thing) that the following is true: "But in general, if you get your order in a couple minutes before the close, over time you will likely find that things average out." Nah, im not looking for small over night movers. My average trade...

Ya i was thinking about that as well. One question for ya: How far off are you from the closing price in general? Do you keep any statistics on it? Thanks

Im developing an application, using the IB API, to automate my strategy for me. The strategy buys at, or near as possible, to the close. However, the price must be within a certain range. Now I could always use LOC orders to accomplish this. The problem is LOC orders have to be in 20 min...

GG, Ive had this arguement many times. I finally came to the conclusion it is pointless to argue it with people. They will never look at reality: God and the Easter Bunny are one in the same. It just seems that people NEED to believe in order to deal with everyday life. They must have...

Kind of interesting. I just went long today in BBI at 21.48. Stop Loss set at 21.00. Just a question, why would you short bbi when it is in a long term uptrend with a slowing down consolidation period?

c verm, One can have a margin enabled accout and not use margin.

Do none of you see what is completely wrong with this poll? It should be in the terms of percentages and not pennies. Which is better, a .10 cent gain on a 10 dollar stock or .15 on a 20 $$ equity?

Why bring up posts that are 6 months old?

It seems to me that PDT rules do help people that are new. Generally if you are brand new to trading your going to start off with less than 25k. If you use a cash account you can daytrade all you want, but you have to keep your positions small so you can still trade everyday( 3 day...

I am going through the process of opening an account with IB. I seem to get an error about 90% of the time when I attempt to log in to the accoutn managemtn page. Im just wondering what other peoples experience is with this. Also it makes me wonder how reliable there other services are.

Heres a sample that you can use to create your own :/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ import java.io.*; import java.net.*; import java.text.*; public class Webcat { public String GetString(String urlString, String preString...

If some of you actually looked at the first post he did post exit rules. Granted he didnt give the prices, probably because he doesnt yet knows what the are.

Sorry Guys, ( I didn't think when I wrote .05%.. I mean half a percent or .5% :/ I always do percentages using decimals some reason.. I would paper test but it really doesnt take slippage into account. So I am going to just trade very very very small to start with.

size, I was actually thinking about that. For instance I want to buy in at no more than 25.50. If I use a LOO order It will either buy in there or lower or the order will be canceled. Also this kind of forces large diversification. About 1/3 of the stocks in my universe will be within a...