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July 13th Trades Take Profits: FXE Close above 142.84 XHB Close above 18.32 New Trades: Short UNG above 10.83

Long XHB @ 17.77 Long FXE @ 139.19

I'll be posting entries and exits at 3:30pm EST for the rest of this week at backtesters.blogspot.com I'll still be posting them here too after hours.

Trades to date: Entry Date Symbol Action Entry$ Exit Date Exit $ Return 7/5/2011 URA Short 12.28 7/11/2011 11.88 3.26% 7/5/2011 HAO Short 28.6 7/8/2011 28.31 1.01% 7/5/2011 EPU Short 38.6 7/11/2011 38.27...

There were no new entries. We covered both EPU and URA on the close. EPU @ 38.27 URA @ 11.88 We currently have no open positions.

As of 3:35 looks like no new positions for today. Potential Exits at the Close: Cover HAO below a close of 28.48 URA and EPU aren't close to exits.

Current holdings: Entry Date Symbol Action Entry $ 7/5/2011 URA Short 12.28 7/5/2011 HAO Short 28.6 7/5/2011 EPU Short 38.6

There were no new entries for July 7th.

No new entries triggered today. We exited one position: TAN @ 7.09 on the close.

Current holdings: (7/5) Short URA @ 12.28 (7/5) Short HAO @ 28.60 (7/5) Short TAN @ 7.20 (7/5) Short EPU @ 38.60 Exit if Close Below: Cover URA below 12.04 Cover HAO below 28.24 Cover TAN below 7.11 Cover EPU below 37.62

I received a PM about how I trade this system. I generate the signals about 30 minutes before the market closes. Then I take the top signals(up to 10 total positions) and put in Limit on Close (LOC) orders to enter the positions. The exit signals are traded the same way - using LOC orders...

New Trades: Short URA @ 12.28 Short HAO @ 28.60 Short TAN @ 7.20 Short EPU @ 38.60

This is an ETF system that I have backtested and begun trading. I am posting all of the trades that I am taking from the system. The system enters and exits on the close and has an average of a 3-4 day holding time.

I would backtest it first to see if its even profitable. Then I would move on to paper trading it or using a Sim account. although in sim accounts there are many issues that will make the results not accurate, especially if you are trading a thin product. often times they cant accurately tell if...

there is a good blog that covers this topic as well. the author of the blog posts a basic trading system and asks for readers inputs on how to improve the system. the author then will post the backtested results on the blog. its a pretty cool idea. nothing great has come from it yet as it just...

Talon, How did you get your start programming? You said you didn't have a programming background so did you teach yourself? Where would be a good place to start?

Sounds easy enough.. I might have missed it but what are your entries based on? fades and breaks/retests of VAH and VAL? anything with pivots?

Companies being deleted by changing Place of Incorporation would be considered corporate actions and would not be traded. Correct? You would use SPY to hedge the addition side?

Short APC @ 50.75 Long SU @ 32.07

with it being earnings season, i'm having trouble finding any pairs without news. how long do you guys wait before entering a pair that has had news recently? specifically earnings.