It's tough to "prove" or "disprove" a system in such a short time. I'm not saying it shouldn't be tweaked, but if you are constantly fiddling with...
Since you know that the buy and hold method doesn't work on this product, I would venture that a reasonable benchmark might just be buy and hold...
Assume you purchased the entity in question at the open on the initial date of your system test and sold at the close of the last day. Since no...
I think it does when you consider how Forex is typically marketed: 1) Leverage is huge. 2) Account minimums are ridiculously low. 3)...
I would seriously, seriously re-consider this approach for many reasons: 1) They have "ZERO" skin in the game when trading your account. This...
I'm assuming that you have this IRA through Vanguard itself rather than self-directed at a brokerage? You may want to see how their ETF compare...
Excellent advice, especially on the mutual funds. For dividend stocks, I suggest you use Dividata.com as an easy way to research dividend paying...
You may also want to check out Trade-Log for help in generation of your tax returns.
There are a bunch of ETF at TDA that trade commission free, so you can be 1 share at a time.
I'm not sure what strike I would have used. Long a 560 or long a 600 would each have given about a 100% return, but obviously the capital outlay...
This is arm-chair quarterbacking on my part, but aren't both of you giving up a lot of upside potential when you play the spread vs. the straight...
I assume you mean off-planet?
Since you've been trading futures, why not stick with index ETF, and more specifically, the leveraged (and inverse leveraged) SSO, SDS, TZA, etc?...
What is a pozzie scam?
Come on guys, we're almost to 10 pages! You can do it, you've just got to want it! [EDIT: Woo-hoo, Pushed over the edge!]
Also, if open source is more your thing, you may want to check out TradeLink (I'm surprised he hasn't chimed in yet). It looks fairly flexible and...
IB won't accept my order because it is saying my stop/limt is more than 3% away from the current price. I'm assuming this is IB and not an...
A few observations: 1) I would start first with C# and see if you can get what you need with NinjaTrader. It's free until you trade live, and...
I'm sure the tech boom of the late 90's capped a few wallets before it popped, but I'm guessing that you are talking about more unexpected events...
What source are you quoting to make this estimate?
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