It is interesting that your elitetrader campaign begins on the day that online gambling is pretty much going to get a lot more difficult. Care to...
We might never begin for fear of all the potential pitfalls, eh LT? Let's not hijack Chabah's thread, he actually sounds interesting so far.
It is pretty obvious from the very beginning of Education of a Speculator. He's either gunslinging or wants the public to think he's gunslinging....
Yeah, americans are as entitled to fight by putting up artificial barriers to entry as the south was when they were fighting for segregation, and...
The reason foreigners hate americans is exactly because of this attitude. Do you think you are entitled to your middle class jobs because you're...
When you are running through 10,000+ different variations and system combinations, you can't look at every equity and drawdown chart, so what...
I look at how each system contributes to the modified sharpe of a basket of systems. If it improves the overall modified sharpe of the basket,...
For my systems, I use the "modified sharpe ratio" mentioned by Acrary in his system development thread. The formula is: modified sharpe = mean...
Here's a simple way you can find out how your account correlates to the S&P 500 (or another market) in excel. You will need the equity balance...
Cool idea. I could make one but Im lazy.
Most of my watch list comes from stocks that have hit the new 52 week high list in the last few months. Check out the "stock scans" tab at...
"The American Way" on Legion of Boom hits the spot for sure. "Trip Like I Do" is probably the smoothest beat ever. Also psy/goa (Juno Reactor,...
Check out this position trading risk management technique: http://fickletrader.blogspot.com/2006/08/breaking-off-piece-part-1.html The idea...
I run a blog where I identify Zanger style trading setups each week using software I've written, and discuss the context of the current market...
I was laughing my ass off when I read that thing from HolyGrail.
That's what I thought.
LOL you're posting this like I'm saying it isn't true. I'm not saying that at all. What you posted is true, but it doesn't disprove what I...
Because the profits on the long side of TZOO began closer to $10 than $100, and the profits on the short side began closer to $100 than $10. Why...
That is exactly my point.
Here's why position capitalization matters when dealing with profit targets: ---------- Trader 1: short 1000 TZOO @ $100 1000 x $100 =...
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