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Here is the first page of the book TRADERS' SECRETS, the Table of Contents says this page is called "About The Authors"

The first reason I don't consider it essential reading, appears on page 37 of the book. Perhaps you might have a look at that page and see whether it dampens your enthusiasm for Stridsman's modus operandi. My second reason occurs in the first paragraph of page 80, in which he dispenses...

Couple books to investigate http://www.traderspress.com/detail.php?PKey=163 http://www.traderspress.com/detail.php?PKey=142 http://www.surinotes.com/index.cfm?CSEL=8004

You can study the data and make your own judgement about whether Van Tharp's random entry strategy, found on page # 253 of his book Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, does or does not "work". Someone posted source code to perform the tests, and a bunch of test results, on Curtis Faiths...

As I understand it, someone told you thatTrending=yes when ADX(14) is greater than 25and you believed them. Now you want to know how to compute the function f(N) in this second statementTrending=yes when ADX(N) is greater than f(N) Why not go talk to the person who told you the first...

Suppose you got hold of backtesting software that lets you simulate your trading system, operating on a portfolio of numerous markets. Suppose you varied the number of days used in the Averaging of (Average True Range). Suppose you ran backtests of your system with 59 different values of #days...

but wait! That is trend following, which I read here on ET is "delusional" and which has "nails in its coffin". My cognitive is dissonancing.

What really makes money in real life? Alimony. It's just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one; and if the marriage ends, the payoff is much greater.

Syswizard, it appears you haven't ever invested with a commodity fund ("CPO") or hedgefund. If you had, you would have received offering documents and disclosure documents which present these numbers in detail. Their purpose is to allow prospective investors to judge whether or not the...

Who's Chasing Copper At Nosebleed Levels? Momentum traders like me. I bought LME 3-month forwards for 75 tonnes of copper on 23 March 2007 -- entering a long trade well after the first uptick on 02 Feb, which is symptomatic of momentum trading. Whether I exit the trade at a profit or a loss...

"Ever ask the question: is it robust?" My answer: definitely! However I have my own ideas about what "robust" means, and my own opinions about what is crucial vs. what is trivial. They diverge from yours ... and that's okay ... it takes a difference of opinion to make a market after all...

The cheapest backtesting software is an unauthorized copy (piratejob) of a commercial program; a tautological statement which merits a large size Duh. Among backtesting software, TS2000i is probably the most popular with buccaneers and the one you are most likely to find an unauthorized copy...

You ask for a kindness but you offer nothing in return. Why?

Just got it, have only begun reading. Seems like an excellent book so far. Here is a little piece, sorry for the lousy quality, I used super compression. To divide minor sections from one another, they used a turtle silhouette :) as seen after the word "relevant".

You're in luck! If you post a message asking for help and don't receive at least 4 replies within 4 hours, you are automatically entitled to Compensation Dollars from the ET administrator. Just send a PM to "CD admin" with subject line "I am a victim" and put a hyperlink to your thread in the...

Theoretically anyway, this isn't true. Some indicators (for example, MESA) are cycle based. They purport to tell you the period of the cycle and where you are within the cycle (what is your "phase angle") at the current moment. IF (a big if) the indicator gets this correct, it allows you to...

I've used the "Search" facility of ET and couldn't find any references in this thread to the HISTORY of the idea called the teleological argument, also known as "the watchmaker analogy", also known as "intelligent design". So here is a beginning. 1268: St. Thomas Aquinas writes "Summa...

This software will definitely let you do it. It's the most flexible program for trading system testing and evaluation, anywhere!

Please give an example of a system that is right on the borderline between "properly optimised" and "improperly optimised".

After viewing venn_for_two_paradigms.gif, two words emerge: mental illness Dude, get some therapy.