How about the period from 1995 to 1998 pretty much straight up.
I have said this before take your largest winning trade long or short and that is likely your bias. If you short this pig you better have a tight stop. Lawrence hope you are well. :)
the prevailing wisdom is that tradestation, IB and others have a "snapshot" of the tick feed vs a true tick feed. There are some threads on et about this.
good question the thread was about holy grail, in the usual sense an automated trading system. As usual it got sidetracked, not thinking too many traders here have the problem of their size moving the market, there are some legit players that come thru here though.
http://fxtrade.oanda.com/trade-forex/fxtrade/box-options
you may find the link interesting, some people (not myself) are really good at pricing this sh&*.
I am just trying to remember that the powers that be can take this wherever they like. Have a look at TZA that is some pain if you were long that thing yikes!!
I've seen this movie before, we know how it ends, in the meantime gotta be long..... well anything. AAPL up like 26% in a month, who needs money market funds when you can buy AAPL, LOL. :)
You should read pit bull by Buzzy Schwartz. There is a chapter where he agrees to manage some money for others. He returns like 40% and they all are like that's it? As if he was saving the good stuff for his own account. Managing money for others can be a thankless task. Think about it, the...
Have you seen the prizes if you win this trading cup thing, I am licking my chops for a power trading dvd set, LOL! long shovels!
http://www.worldcupadvisor.com/worldcupchampionships/default_nwcc2.aspx
every system has an entry and exit, what say you?
I may have to retract that, the off the rack, make me rich while I lay in a hammock have entries and exits.... now I feel better.:)
just an incredible move down in zb today wow off two full points.
This is when I get on my knees and thank the Lord I am not on the other side of this!!:)
Shazbatz30 you should check out the fisher videos. I find them helpful as you can have them on while doing other things, they have been posted on the thread quite a few times. His insights on risk management are hall of fame status. I think at one point a guy asks him about a losing trade he...