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i don't play cards much. can someone tell me what a "tell" is?

a what? p.s. yes, i am a details person.

you must be a true moron; congratulations. my discussion sparked some very good responses here. if i didn't start this thread, they wouldn't be here. it doesn't matter what i have to say, it's what can be learned from the responses.

thanks guys, this is exactly what i wanted to get into. slowly but surely i'll understand this stuff. could someone explain profit factor? i know it's gains/losses, and obviously you want it as high as possible.....but why do you want this number high? for example, if it's low, what does that...

silk, thanks. could you explain something about adding to winners... say you add, and after you add, the add turns into a loss (not the entire position, just the add). won't that just eat up profits you had from the initial buy point? so how is adding to winners any different than just...

lol that is funny...the opening price IS 30 for every chart..hahaha but who knows......

we've all heard before that you need to keep losses small and let winners run. we also all know that something this simple, is hard to do. for the sake of this discussion, let's throw out scalping, or any type of trading that requires a high win %. although everyone probably knows what i'm going...

when people post backtesting results, i'm always a little unsure of what all the results mean. i want to start getting into backtesting ideas, so i need to know what the results mean. for example, when looking at backtesting results, which numbers are the most important? in the past i would look...

heehe i tried this very thing about a year ago. it was a stock trade and it was REAL. i would buy a stock and immediately enter an order to sell 1% away from my entry. this worked for a few trades....but then this one trade just wouldn't go my way. it started going further and further away. i...

lol :D i think i guessed pretty good, though! we'll see! :p

just for fun.. 1) random 2) random 3) real 4) real 5) real 6) random 7) random 8) random 9) real 10) random method: just looking at them experience: about 3-4 years

uhhhh..i am a total backtesting newb. i would like to test some ideas with wealth-lab using intraday ES data. 2 questions: where do i get the intraday ES data? do i need the developer program to do this, or can i just use their web site? thanks

.gif is better for charts than .jpg. .jpg is better for photos, but .gif is better for charts because the file size can be kept small and you won't notice much of a difference. if you save a chart as .jpg and try to bring the file size down, it'll start looking bad fast.

i'm no expert on this, but i've met so many people that talk a lot but don't seem that smart to me. so maybe you're right. on the other hand, maybe it's just personality type and there are smart and not so smart people for all types. in a beautiful mind, that guy was super smart, but he was a...

i have not done much backtesting before. if i were to start now, what program should i use? tradestation and wealth-lab are discussed a lot here. what are the advantages and disadvantages of each? what are you guys using? are you happy with it? i will point out a major deciding factor for...

i took that quiz and it said i was an ISTP. this stuff is pretty interesting. does anyone have anything interesting to say about an ISTP?? i don't know much about this stuff. for example, my best friend is not like me AT ALL. so i'm wondering if knowing what type of person i am can give me...

i was doing that even before aol/aim/msn/etc. i remember years ago, my friend and i would use a program called telix and i would dial my friends computer using my modem. after we connected, we would be able to type things to eachother. funny thing is, he lived just down the street from me and...

you CAN have exponential moving averages in a PCF. i used to do this all the time. someone already asked this question and i explained it here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=151321&highlight=ep1#post151321 it might seem confusing, but it works perfect. you can make...

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i took a typing class in school around the 6-8th grade area. at the time i didn't really like it because i wasn't using computers much. i would only use a typewriter if i had to for school. however, a little later i started getting into computers. my first good computer was a 386/33. around...