Recent Content by horribilicus

  1. ElectricSavant

    The poor guy doesn't appear to know the difference between plurals and possessives: Bright Idea's ... Turning the Light's on Over the years...
    Post by: horribilicus, Jul 8, 2008 in forum: Chit Chat

  2. Mark Boucher's Science of Trading

    I saw a copy on alibris for $175 but didn't want to spend that kind of money on a flyer.
    Post by: horribilicus, Jul 6, 2008 in forum: Trading

  3. Series 7 Exam Material - Practice Tests

    Securities Research Corp's books and CD's helped me a great deal.
    Post by: horribilicus, Jul 6, 2008 in forum: Trading

  4. Don't shorter term strategies have lower drawdowns?

    "Don't shorter term strategies have lower drawdowns?" Seems like a perfect hypothesis to be studied via backtesting. Why ask random strangers...
    Post by: horribilicus, Apr 2, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  5. Why do I see "Trends" in Randomly Generated Data?

    Don't forget the fact that the government of South Africa shut down the platinum mines, leading to a shortage of supply, leading to an imbalance...
    Post by: horribilicus, Feb 29, 2008 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  6. A good trading system

    It's commercial software. The company who sold it to me (and would be happy to sell it to you) is named at the top of the first page and the...
    Post by: horribilicus, Feb 19, 2008 in forum: Trading

  7. A good trading system

    In my opinion, "winkb" is a good trading system. Its performance was detailed in this post:...
    Post by: horribilicus, Feb 18, 2008 in forum: Trading

  8. CFTC control of trader competitions

    Your letter will not have much influence because your English grammar is very bad. If your concern about this issue is genuine, and if you hope...
    Post by: horribilicus, Feb 6, 2008 in forum: Index Futures

  9. Jim Sloman Ocean Plus

    OceanIndex(N) is just the natural log of (Rate_Of_Change(N)), divided by sqrt(N). See picture: [IMG]
    Post by: horribilicus, Nov 27, 2007 in forum: Trading Software

  10. What method gives best chance for profit?

    If "best chance of success" means "largest probability of winning trades", just make sure your stop loss is 10 times farther away than your profit...
    Post by: horribilicus, Oct 31, 2007 in forum: Automated Trading

  11. POLL: If not profitable yourself, what would you pay monthly for a profitable system

    I would pay One-And-Ten. A hedge fund or a CTA would charge me Two-And-Twenty. Some of that is a fee for access to their super miraculous...
    Post by: horribilicus, Oct 31, 2007 in forum: Professional Trading

  12. "Scaling out" is inferior behavior

    Hook N, the comparison you're trying to make is just plain retarded. (90 futures symbols, 418 months, 1300 trades) vs. (1 stock symbol,...
    Post by: horribilicus, Oct 19, 2007 in forum: Strategy Building

  13. Did Niederhoffer Lie To Baron?

    Here's something pretty funny. Do a google advanced search for the phrase "fixed systems" on the ET website. You'll find two posts that match,...
    Post by: horribilicus, Oct 8, 2007 in forum: Chit Chat

  14. How much longer should I wait?

    To each his own; I find your ($totalprofits / $totalcommissions) ratio completely unacceptable. I think it indicates your trading advantage, your...
    Post by: horribilicus, Sep 29, 2007 in forum: Professional Trading

  15. M.A. crossovers

    That's simply not true. If you use MA1 = 1/2 cycle moving average, MA2 = full cycle moving average, MA3 = 1.5 cycle moving average, you will be...
    Post by: horribilicus, Sep 22, 2007 in forum: Strategy Building