UPDATE-EOD-10/29/2009 Two short positions stopped today (KFT, WMB) as the bulls pile back in to the market. RESULTS: KFT = -0.22R WMB = -1.22R...
SO, when you say the GDP numbers would have taken you off of the short side and on to the sidelines, does that mean you would have closed...
It's creating jobs alright...job accounting jobs.
SYSTEM: REVERSAL EXAMPLE: Here's how the NOK one might have played out if the market was showing weakness today. The close below the 20-period...
Tharp's book had a pretty decent section on position sizing (I found it informative, anyway). I think the Turtle method also had a very simple way...
I wonder if you can code an indicator to respond to Cramer's sound effects? When your program hears that Bull a-roaring, you can automatically...
SYSTEM: PYRAMIDING A common theme among successful traders such as Jesse Livermore and Richard Dennis (The Turtles) is that of maximizing a...
SYSTEM: MONEY MANAGEMENT & POSITION SIZING Money management is the system component which allows you to weather a storm of losses and preventing...
SYSTEM: STOPS Stop losses in my system come in 3 flavors:INITIAL: Placed at 2*ATR(14) above/below the entry price (above for short, below for...
SETUPS: 10/29/2009 NOK will stop out and reverse short below 12.77
FILLS: 10/28/2009 NOK gave a reversal setup, so it will be a short tomorrow below 12.77 (closed at 12.8). SPY has major support at 102,99,98,96....
I believe Ninjatrader will let you spit out emails using their Ninjascript programming language (basically C#). Their documentation is pretty...
Although I haven't actually placed live orders with Ninja, I have dug in to the API aspect of IB alot for my own trading system. IB basically...
UPDATE: BOT +1 WMB 100 JAN 10 20 PUT @2.40 ISE, WMB MARK 18.38 This is a bit of a late update (actually filled an hour ago), but them's the...
UPDATE: BOT +1 GME 100 JAN 10 24 CALL @2.46 CBOE, GME MARK 24.68 Other Longs de-activated by OCO Added to WMB BOT +1 WMB 100 JAN 10 20 PUT...
UPDATE: BOT +1 FFIV 100 JAN 10 45 PUT @2.90 ISE, FFIV MARK 45.64 Other shorts are de-activated.
SETUPS: 10/28/2009 Using OCO to fill one each of long/short.
While low cost commissions are certainly important, ease of use in the platform plays is a big part as well. In TOS, the option analyzer feature...
UPDATE: BOT +1 MCD 100 JAN 10 60 PUT @3.20 ISE, MCD MARK 58.61 Adding to MCD position
Comment: It doesn't look like UNP or OVTI will be triggered today, but I've got my orders in anyway. To keep spreads within my limits, I'm using...
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