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Although one should not consider taxes when they are trading, it should be mentioned that futures are taxed more favorably than short term stock trades in a non retirement account.

axcel, I have a similar problem with some of my strategies on the e-minis. Is is valid to combine one strategy that does well going long with a totally different strategy going short to form a good trading system? (given that both long and short strategies have back tested to be...

Thanks Choad for your input!:D

Any helpful input would be appreciated:)

To all system traders who automate their trade executions, what brokerage firm would you recommend? I have a strategy I developed in Tradestation 8.1 ELD and I would like to execute the orders from the brokers computers and NOT from my home computer. Ideally, I would like to e-mail...

I would like to run my mechanical strategy NOT on my computer but on Strategy Runner's servers. My question is, can I use a strategy that has more than one data set? That is, for example, can I upload an ES trading strategy using NYSE TICK data and have Strategy Runner server at the FCM...

Tradestation is a good platform to develop mechanical strategies for individuals who don't know any programing language such as C plus. Unless you are using TS 2000i or Tradestation 8 with Owndata 2, you will need to sign up with their brokerage firm, which is mediocre and their automated...

Norm.....you can also look into Tradebullet and a free program from hypertrader called Hyperorder. I have not tried any of these products but some here in elite says tradebullet is no good. I will be trying out Hyperorder on TS200i

I believe you may have historical data from the historical CD that come with 2000i but only until June 2000 and this may be only daily data. From 2001 to 2006 you will need to get daily and intra day data from vendors. Yes, you can back test 5 min bars but TS2000i does not support...

Great Post Omini!!! I admire your dedication. Thanks for your post about how you got your info on MP. I have read all of those references except for Peter Steidlmyer's book. I also use Market Profile reference points (Market Structure) along with pivots to trade off of. In fact, I have...

Dear Omni: I'll be interested in your post because I have recently incorporated MP into my trading. Do you find it useful? Also, from what educational source did you get your MP information? Finally, how long do you typically hold on to your position?

Thanks for your opinion Bundlemaker!!! I hope this will help others who are interested in this course.:D

I've searched ET for any information on this online course and found very little to make a valid decision. So I was wondering if anyone in the ET community who has personally taken this online course would state their opinions. Specifically, if you have taken the daytrading online...

Dominic: Try checking out markettide.com and check out Trading System Testing Software. The price is for less than $50 but you need to input your data by hand. Also, for a price, the author will taylor the program to your needs. If you have IB as your broker, check out Maxtrader.com...

Svtrader: Check out briefing.com. Instant news headlines use to be $9.95 per month but now for this service its about $24.:mad:

Dear mail2smitty: E-signal alone cannot store your end of day data. Try Q collector Pro which can store data in ASCII or Metastock format. I believe that TC 2000 also reads and converts to metastock.

Dear Slim: I've seen your articles in SFO and there great!! My question to you ....Although I have a very simple trading method that works, I am still driven to modify my methods to see if I can make it better. Furthermore, I am on a relentless journey to learn other peoples methods to...

SocalTrader, Trade-ideas.com is a web based scanner that uses its OWN data which integrates with the e-signal platform. It does not use any data feed from e-signal. So, in some ways its similar to the e-signal scanner. It seems that web based scanners may be the only practical solution...

The problem is that clients of e-signal, such as myself, are LIMITED BY THE NUMBER OF SYMBOLS, which of course, is dependent on whatever package you purchase with them. The very best package has 500 symbols and you can purchase more ....for a price. In order to have an effective gap scan you...

E-signal works great with Tradestation 2000i and also, you can download a free Active X program which interfaces with TS2000i as well as getting some recent historical data for your global server, all from e-signal.