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  1. trendfollower: what is new to your market list?

    Exchange Traded Funds. New ones appearing daily. If you develop rule-based trading algorithms on historical data for the first 50 or so ETF's...
    Post by: horribilicus, Jan 11, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  2. Buying on the way down, selling on the way up

    In physical commodities this is called "Scale Trading" and is quite popular. The gurus of the approach are Wiest (link to book1), Namrevo (link...
    Post by: horribilicus, Jan 11, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  3. Whats the fastest way to lose your money?

    Baccarat. High rollers bet $1M on a single hand of baccarat; in roulette you can't bet more than $500 on a number, $10K on red or black.
    Post by: horribilicus, Jan 11, 2006 in forum: Trading

  4. Multiple Strategy vs. Single Strat

    Your friend will have difficulties obtaining and using historical data on options prices, even equity index options prices. The problem with...
    Post by: horribilicus, Jan 10, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  5. Chaos Awesome Oscillator

    You have to ask yourself "How important is this to me?" If it is Very Important, then follow these steps:Buy this book from Amazon Read the...
    Post by: horribilicus, Jan 7, 2006 in forum: Technical Analysis

  6. stradles vs. strangles

    I prefer to sell DOTM strangles (naked). These require a very liquid option chain, or else you'll get killed by the bid-ask spread. In my...
    Post by: horribilicus, Jan 7, 2006 in forum: Options

  7. Exponential growth

    Here's a futures fund that made a compound annual growth rate of 49.2% per year, for the last six years (link1). Here's another fund whose...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 31, 2005 in forum: Options

  8. Exponential growth

    The very best professionals investors (EXAMPLE) who exclusively trade options, don't achieve 50% returns every 3 months. But heck, you might be...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 31, 2005 in forum: Options

  9. Seven Karmic Actions To Avoid

    There may be some Karmic Actions To Avoid in this post: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=919106
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 30, 2005 in forum: Psychology

  10. How to find rollover dates for several years back?

    1. Obtain daily data (1 bar == 1 trading day) which includes volume and open interest. CSI is one vendor who sells this, and I'm sure there are...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 30, 2005 in forum: Automated Trading

  11. Fading Indicators (Attenuation, etc.)

    I like to fade the overbought/oversold indicators. My favorite (most profitable) play is to fade the Larry Williams Percent R indicator. When it...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 29, 2005 in forum: Strategy Building

  12. stradles vs. strangles

    I found it was psychologically more difficult to complete the entire round-trip trade of selling a (naked) straddle. There were too many...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 27, 2005 in forum: Options

  13. The Trading Method That Can Make You Rich

    I have (this book). It's got the same title you mention, but a different author. How weird that two different writers would choose the exact...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 25, 2005 in forum: Trading

  14. Magic and the "subconscious"

    :p :) On the other hand, it's quite easy to find members of the International Brotherhood of Magicians who are multi-millionaires. What rhymes...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 20, 2005 in forum: Psychology

  15. Futures pit trading: which broker?

    I use an IB of Man Futures to trade futures in CBOT grains, CME meats, COMEX metals, NYBOT softs (coffee, sugar, cocoa, ojuice), NYMEX energies,...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 20, 2005 in forum: Retail Brokers

  16. The New Commodity Trading Systems and Methods by Perry Kaufman

    Unfortunately, Perry Kaufman (like all humans) makes mistakes, even when writing books. All four editions of his book Trading Systems and Methods...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 20, 2005 in forum: Educational Resources

  17. when it ain't feeling interesting any more

    If your trading is sufficiently* profitable, but it bores you, you can consider encapsulating your trading approach as a 100% mechanical trading...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 19, 2005 in forum: Psychology

  18. Magic and the "subconscious"

    I'm a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. You know us: we are the people who make coins appear and disappear, pull rabbits out...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 16, 2005 in forum: Psychology

  19. where did u all learn how to trade?

    I learned in Mountain View, California. http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=&csz=Mountain+View%2C+CA&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 16, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading

  20. advice: futures: trade 10 yr notes or brent crude on ice

    I'm a position trader with an average trade duration of 3 to 6 months. I trade a big portfolio of futures markets, including the two mentioned...
    Post by: horribilicus, Dec 16, 2005 in forum: Commodity Futures
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