Let me offer several observations in defense of
@VSTscalper:
1. He has been an ET user since 2006, not a fly by nighter or a one timer.
2. He is not selling anything, simply showing us his Sim algo with outstanding results and kind enough to invite us to observe how the algo works in real time. I am going to assume he is sincere & genuine until proven otherwise. No different than I assume all other posters here, including you are sincere and genuine until proven otherwise. It is called Trust but Verify.
3. Why is he offering to us to observe his trades? Many reasons not related to money: I post to seek help, look for fresh ideas, others to show off, others to pass time while trading, others to troll.... to each his own.
4. We all know that back test results are always better than Sim, Sim better than small size live, small size live better than full size live and finally full size life better than super full size live.... No surprise if live trade of
@VSTscalper's algo is not as good.
5. Let's give credit where credit is due: A great Sim result is a great starting point.
6. After I am done with my trend following trial, I am going to find time to take a look at the concept, not just his algo, and see if and why it should work, perhaps create my own algo to improve on the concept?
A few more comments:
1. Often it is not the poster that counts, it is the ideas of the post that count.
2. I sometimes made fun of
@padutrader,
@murray t turtle and
@SimpleMeLike not because I don't respect them but because I enjoyed reading their posts, giving out ideas left and right.
3. Why I enjoyed reading them? They made me think really hard and some ideas actually worked.
Whether they are good traders or bad traders are immaterial to me.
Peace and best wishes to all.
