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Yes, try the DMI (Directional Movement Indicator) with the ADX line/value as one of your volatility trend indications. Here is a brief explanation from the ET website for the DMI/ADX... http://www.elitetrader.com/tr/index.cfm?s=15&t=67 Here is the explanation from Stockcharts.com...

That link is great...LOL :D ! Hey, I hated "automated" trading about 9 months ago (I thought it took all the fun out of trading), but now that is the majority of my overall monthly position size totals. I actual like the challenge now of always trying to come up with a new system or a twist...

I think it is good to try all different styles of trading at some point....that is how you eventually find out what your are the best at....or what fits your personality/mentalities best.

I do think you can make a good living by scalping only (mainly by building position size over time), but "scalping only" to me is like fishing every day. You have to get up, go out in your boat and hope you can find enough areas to fish that day....and then you have to catch the fish, and when...

Trading to size is the way to go as big orders can have a set area they can already see to liquidate at. If you are trading big size you want a whole bunch of orders parked at your targeted profitable exit level to go and grab. You can use T&S and market depth to do these type of trades most...

What indicator could you use for an automated system that has several lines and one of them tracks (gives a value for...) volatility? The higher the volatility the better your signal is for entry....or at least if the volatility is low at entry, then your volatility value should at least be...

But "automated" systems have to be used like football players on a pro team you own. You have to continually measure and evaluate their performance...if after a good period of evaluation and adjustments (to your standards) you have a player that is not meeting your level of expectation in play...

is that there are a GAZILLION potential profitable trading systems left out yet to discover. :)

Mrs AMT4SWA knows where here place is and it is not here spending time at ET. She knows her proper place in the world is at the MALL.....Shopping!!!!! :D She knows that her job is to try to burn up cash daily faster then I make it....that is the inherent pre-programmed job of a traders...

AMT for SWA was my old job when I first started posting here...I left SWA at the start of the year (the airline industry is a mess....good riddins!). The systems I was talking about that are continuously trading week after week (separate systems for the ES, ER, EC, ZB, and ZN) are always...

The "automated" system adjustments made (with newer data added in) have always maintained or increased the systems yield curves. It might be totally wrong from an AI IT basis but it is working very well in the real world??? Who knows why....as long as it keeps the systems robust. Interesting...

Do two things to keep your systems robust (the ones that are working for you now), at the end of every month re-backtest your system with the previous months data added in. Every month that your system trades then go back and add this new period to your overall backtesting data, but remove one...

go to www.speedgear.com Here is a link to a F1 sounds CD.... http://www.speedgear.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=3231&category=0&SMID=6&SID=1&SCID=154&CID=0

Mika Hakkinen is my most favorite competitor of all times, and he is the only one who could beat Schumacher during the past 6 years. I always loved Mika's approach to racing and his graceful nature as he raced in F1 for McLaren....one of the best! BTW, I think Mika would make an awesome...

Capitulation my be near!!! :D Hang in there on the holds....at least the Dow hold that is. :)

Great Music....thanx for the link!!!! BTW, try trading to Patrick O'Hearn sometime....very profitable!!! :) Good Fortunes!

I trade off volume momentum mainly these days, and yes many days you can see the pulses of program buying and selling reflected in the S&P500. I do not use any of the studies you have noted....I have my own way of watching volume momentum. :) Actually, my new handle should be "ATM4ME"...

I have used a 2.00 point stop in the ES for over 2 years now and that works great for me. There are several times a week that a 1.50 point stop would have taken me out of trades that ended up winners for me. This is the stop I use for my discretionary trades only...some of my automated trades...

The biggest transfer of wealth in the history of all mankind was during the last year of Clinton. As a result....now 40% of all dollars that are invested in the markets are owned by only 10% of Americans....this is very unhealthy for the market. From my own parents to every friend I know, had...

You forgot a very important #4 to your correct list of three items so far; #4 Start a small business Small business will always be America's spine and that is the most important aspect of the U.S. economy. If small business ever dies in America then you will see the decay of the middle...