do you worry your method will stop working?

Quote from wave:

Your mean reversion system should have a 90% hit rate and your trend following around 50%.
If you have a 90% hit rate on one system, why o why would you need another system?
 
Quote from wave:

To mitigate risk.
I wouldn't call 90% risky. I don't even call 50% risky. If half my trades were profitable.........wow, I would be on a yacht with an entourage of fine ass. And if 90% were winners.........holy shi!t..........I would fly to the moon.

I think my winning percentage is a little above 30%.
 
Quote from buylo:

If half my trades were profitable.........wow, I would be on a yacht with an entourage of fine ass.

You crude animal! How can you think of women in such ways? /sarcasm

Get a yacht with TWO suites, and make sure the shower is 7 feet tall.
 
I don't worry about my methods no longer working. I think (worry is definately not the right word) about more traders using the same methods, and therefore the methods losing their edge. And in the event methods become mainstream, the question are the methods actually useful or are they merely self-fulfilling becomes forefront.

Osorico
 
Quote from chipmunk:

No matter how I make money I always wory tomorrow it wil lall stop..then what?

Mr Munk,

With all respect, if there is a corner of your mind that has cause for concern then either it is fear (in which case you must work through it) or it is an alarm bell, because a part of you knows that you do not know what you are doing, in which case all things will come to an end.

This I believe is your first decision....fear or warning

regards
f9
 
Quote from stevegee58:

You probably need at least 2 kinds of systems: a trend following system and a mean reversion system.

At least you'd be covered for the 2 main market conditions: trending and chop.

The problem is knowing which one to use ahead of time.

If you can tell me how to do that I will give you 10% of my profit.
 
Quote from stevegee58:

You probably need at least 2 kinds of systems: a trend following system and a mean reversion system.

Right. And sometimes neither one will work on any given day. In which case you step away from the PC for the day and go do something fun or unhealthy, or both.
 
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