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Indeed it does, if you go where no one else is. You haven't seen everything.

Been there. In the end, I went back through every transaction saw where I should have just waited out the chop, instead of trying experiments. I remember when I went off course, the way I felt, the justification I thought I had, even the lazy days of summer that were influencing me to want...

Do you think I "buy" trend trading courses?

Evidently, back testing does - especially if done with genetic optimization. :D

Since all you seem to be able to understand is back testing, why not explain the phenomenon called "overfitting". You seem to have some first hand experience in this area.

No one will ever know. But you can make an educated guess with iterative and / or quantitative methods, tech analysis or fading your favorite contrary indicator.

Decision time. Wave 4 typically does not go below the fourth wave of the previous impulse wave. Notice the horizontal support on all the major indices? If we go any lower, Bernanke and The Bulls are going to be in serious trouble.

Tradestation 9.0 has look inside bar back testing with tick resolution.

That's what I'm talking about (in reverse). Obvious bear flag at 10:00 AM. $2 per share just lying on the ground waiting for you to pick up.

Maybe you can't........

If the market bounces hard, here is another possibility.

There is no way to answer you without coming across negatively. To anyone else out there with eyes to see, look for yourselves. It's right there.

Ah, the old stop loss frustration. What fixed it for me was blowing up my account. I realized that a stop would have saved me, and so would no leverage or time decay, and following my plan. I decided to forego all these things because I was frustrated that The Market did not show many...

The best of the best are usually very humble. And the LOVE what they do!

1. At 10:00am ET, check the top gainers on the scanner 2. Pull one of them up on a short timeframe chart and look for a bull flag 3. Buy the breakout 4. Ring your cash register

. . . And it's printing 11.97 a few days later. Yay for risk control. RIMM is now off my Elliot Wave radar as it is now below the expected wave 1 low of 12.40. My wave count has been rendered invalid. :D

Agree with all this, although I do believe there is a "holy grail". It is a state of mind. It can be summarized by the following timeless wisdom from Jim Rogers: "I wait until I can't lose money on an investment before buying" "Do nothing, absolutely nothing, until there is something to...

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I want the market to go up.

Your simple system is crushing, just humiliating a more complicated algo I keep track of. What is your secret? You must have the Holy Grail.