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Ah! Excellent! Thanks for explaining. You are indeed disciplined to do things the hard way.

None of the above. S/R.

My congratulations on your restraint in posting so relatively little since joining. My first alias joined 2/1/02. Alas, I do not suffer from your modesty.

Was it your stomach that heaved or your bowels that moved? Any time you need "moving" I'll be happy to post.

I'm sorry. I haven't read your entire oeuvre, too many adoring fans hanging around, gag me with a spoon, but I would have sworn that you haven't coded and tested your current strategies, 20 sma and higher highs/lower lows, as I recall. What have you backtested to death? My apologies if I have...

There is a core cadre of people who have been here for years, through thick and thin. It appears to me that over the years they have become thicker headed and one presumes no thinner. But they seem to post less, one hopes because they have become wiser. Or perhaps just tired of the generally low...

I am a man of few words because English is not my native language. But it is true that if you want to catch a ball in the stands you can't be leaving all the time to get hotdogs and beer. Jack was right about a lot of things, the applicable one in this case being that you have to be in the water...

Tohbo, you remember me? "Broken record, scratch needle?" Of that: "I still have confidence that in far less time than it would take to fully automate what I do now, I can master my own trading method." I want to say this: Don't underestimate the power of selective memory and memory...

Well, huffy, I'll have you know that I am no fool either. I spent three years in the ninth grade to get to where I am today. Reform school was a tough intellectual environment.

Swing for the fence or go for singles? The wise systematic trader knows that if he always bunts, sometimes the fence comes to the infield.

RN, did someone else write this for you? I don't recall you being that smart before. My conflatulations to your brilliant ghostwriter. Very thought-provoking. And I think exactly the opposite of the behaviors you must exhibit to find and perfect a system: Tries to outsmart the market, knowing...

Why, RN, for white trash you are quite le philosophe! My only cavil with your excellent riposte is that I spent many dimes on many dozens of trading approaches consciously and rationally seeking success over the years, only to dream one that worked.

Indeed there are tricks. And treats. But as the previous responders so rightly said, first you must have a robust system. The primary trick is using backtesting optimization to match the system risk to your personal comfort zone. The resulting treat is that you trade effortlessly and without...

I recommend that you print that out and paste it somewhere close to your trading screen. Let it be your life's work. I am over 65, and it is still my life's work. Thank you for telling us your age. I will say it for many who may be wiser than me by not offering advice: "No need to be in a hurry...

Thanks for continuing to post your trades. I hope I speak for many other NQ traders who are quietly watching with equal interest. A personal observation, if I may. I was very much moved by your self-admonition not to drink during the week. I recently quit altogether largely motivated by a desire...

Congratulations on inventing on your own such a disciplined structured approach. You might also like Mark Douglas' books on trading discipline. THE best. I found that keeping track of how each individual lapse cost me helped.

Scabbed-over slashes from where I tried to kill myself.

I think that was one of those well-reasoned arguments you spoke of elsewhere. Flame alert! I can't disagree with your personal view of testing. I will simply observe that a robust system gives you the flexibility to select a comfortable stop at the expense of a lowered expectation relative to...

At the risk of introducing statistics to this random discussion, the topic is what backtesting is all about. It even works well on random entry, which encompasses most systems traded by ETer's.

They can read mental stops, too. I have tried everything from not thinking about the number to a conical tinfoil hat, and nothing works.