I'm looking to buy the GMAC 7.375% bonds today (GOM). At 35% yield-to-maturity I've got to put a few bucks in the bonds. Reminds me of the NYC...
If trading is your passion noone can stand between you and a trading career. If you've spent all your free time working on trading and preparing...
For all interested in system development I've opened a blog at: acrary.wordpress.com Nothing there yet, just starting to figure out how to do...
This is the definition of expectation.
Risk/return in the work I've done is the expected return divided by the expected maximum drawdown. My work has indicated that using a diverse set...
You'd have to use intraday data for classification.
I know this will sound redundant, but if you had classified all the different market conditions you would see the answer. If model A is trend...
I shouldn't be included as a mechanical trader since I've never traded that way. I've done research to create "straw men" trading models. Then...
In the original post I said there was a drag because the discussion was on a closed set of trades. Within that set there certainly is a drag...
You asked me to reply to your thread. I recieve similar PM's all the time, so here is my reply. What you seem to be asking for is a mentor with...
Edge is simply taking advantage of the non-random nature of a market. They are quantifiable and persistent through time. A simple example of a...
I predict this is my last post on ET forever. Moving into my wife's fantasy compound next week. I have other plans than the internet after today....
Lets say a market has two primary characteristics; trend and bounce off support/resistance on a daytrading basis. The market opens and starts to...
Don't use a bias. Trade both. Keep capital allocations per-trade small and let the more frequent trading compound the account.
No, what I'm saying is in case 2 all you need to do is determine the themes, apply normal trade management skills, and diversify in time,...
If you accept the first case you have to believe there is a high signal to noise ratio. Because of this, the opportunities for consistent...
Yes, I've fooled myself with the "perception is reality" argument. My work with my model on immunologic response has forced me to completely...
With the info I have now, I would've done things very differently. I would trade 100% strategic and 0% tactical. By this, I mean I would...
My own experience with trading groups is the traders with less complete knowledge will fill in their gaps from the better traders and then take...
Haven't met a retail trader yet that has much trading depth. I've asked this question to many people. Only ones that knew the answer were...
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