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- SliverB replied Feb 15, 2009
Some things to think about: Exibit A: DJI 60s + 70s Exibit B: Nikki 90s Things don't always go up. It's worth noting while the Nikki was flapping around, the US had a boom and 2 bubbles. So if world number 1 can be decoupled from world number 2 ...
- SliverB replied Feb 15, 2009
Yes, but if you are looking to play the lottery you can get a better value lottery ticket. If you are wanting to cash in a disaster, buy very out of the money options. Calls on gold and oil, Puts on equity indexes. Even if you not trying to "cash in ...
- SliverB replied Feb 15, 2009
1. Leverage is often necessary for fixed fractional (or similar) money managment. 2. It is irrelevant whether something can go to zero or not, if one uses margin for leverage. 3. Long options are the only way to gain leverage without exposing one to ...
- SliverB replied Feb 12, 2009
Long Options — In mathematics of money managment Ralph Vince states the only financial instrument with risk limited to purchase price is long options.
- SliverB replied Aug 18, 2008
Its based on the European Currency Unit url
- SliverB replied Jul 15, 2008
Virtualization technology — I have worked with some the VMWare based farms for non trading activity and I have to say they are fanatasic. You can turn computers off but your VM still keeps on ticking as another picks up control. Try that at ...
- SliverB replied Apr 8, 2008
I don't know - back test it. See my comments above about how taking early profits limits profitability / increases risk. Another idea is to trade the system as you would a monthy ORB system, but rather than using the first day of the month use the ...
- SliverB replied Nov 25, 2007
I don't want go into detail, maybe a write about when I have more time, but just to say I like to think of the movement of price in statistical terms rather than absolute. This keeps me from concerning myself about being right all the time. A system ...
- SliverB replied Nov 25, 2007
Binomial distribution — Theoretically price will random walk and price will be distributed in the fashion of the binomial distribution at some time in the future. If you add support/resistance (technical or fundamental) or momentum or trend, ...
- SliverB replied Sep 3, 2007
10 x improvment in results — Based on the spreadsheet, using fixed risk one can improve the results by 10x ($4M) with no major increase in drawdown, simply by removing the trade which takes a quick 50 pips out of the system. Only trade the ...
- SliverB replied Aug 7, 2007
Mongoose, thanks a lot for this. I really appreciate you giving specifics. What you wrote triggered some of my own ideas which I need to think through. This is really valuable. I found this today in the Trading Game by Ryan Jones "I do not like to ...
- SliverB replied Aug 4, 2007
Thanks for your answer. If your happy to discuss it, I am curious to what 'specific measures' you've found useful. Most of the advise I've seen around the forums is non quantitative when discussing the issue of when to terminate a system. I've been ...
- SliverB replied Jul 17, 2007
How did you choose your stops — Hi Mongoose thanks for actually posting your code. Its embarrassingly simple. I like how during trends price avoids the MAs, thus not trading during times not suited to a ranging strategy. Can I ask how you ...
- SliverB replied Feb 7, 2007
e-signal definiatly doesn't qualify as free. Its > $1000 per year. Regards,
- SliverB replied Feb 7, 2007
Amibroker — I'm playing with Amibroker at the moment, while not free it's extremly cheap compared to what's out there. You need to provide it with data, which you can export out of metatrader. It has portfolio testing, and is very fast. I know ...
- SliverB replied Feb 6, 2007
I don't understand what the statement "it made money 100% of the time" means Regards,
- SliverB replied Feb 2, 2007
Casino's make a lot of money with out knowing the future — I'm not a pro but this has really affected the way I think about everything. I read it in Trading in the Zone - Casinos make an enourmous amount of money without knowing the result of ...
- SliverB replied Dec 13, 2006
A couple of options Metatrader - Alpari and North Finance - Major Stocks Metals Softs Futures Prorealtime - any market you can think of for free - daily bars, you have to pay for intraday. Has some nice tools, including scanners.
- SliverB replied Dec 11, 2006
The trend is your friend on the higher timeframe. The countertrend is your friend on the lower timeframe. Combined you get to trade with the trend, with low risk entries.
- SliverB replied Dec 7, 2006
Start working on your next EA — Get another EA. The more EA's you have which aren't dependant on the same market action, and trade at different times, the smoother your equity curve will be.