In looking over your Skyscraper and Bottom feeder programs, I see that you scran for certain stocks that have made large moves for 3 straight...
AA; my point exactly, that's why I use log normal returns. Pretzel: I use the 8 day standard deviation of the daily price changes, based on...
Sorry; I should have mentioned that the returns were the natural log returns. Vhehn and Easyrider; the return of buying at 5 and selling at...
Wwatson1: Don't get upset, 75% of Elite Trader members are day traders. They have to be in something. Often wrong but never without an...
Pretzel: In this strategy one is always long or short the market. ufo12: 1. That's correct; but only going back a couple years is not long...
I've develpoed a simple system for mecanicaly trading the QQQ's. Here it is: This is based on the opening price of the NASDAQ 100. Buy at...
I assume that all who have responded negatively are day traders or scalpers. What do you think of this tool for position or swing traders? JJ
Gene: That's a good site, but it looks like it's on a monthly basis. I need like a 20 years vo, something more stable. Sterling: I'll try those...
Does anybody know of a site where I can can get the historic volatility for the 500 stocks in the SP500 index? Thanks JJ
Do all type of traders use IB or are they mostly short term traders? JJ
Check the Eminis all night if you want, but close to opening they are pretty accurate to where the Index will be at arround 9:35 am. JJ
Interesting that this poll shows 75% of day traders here make money. An SEC study reported that 77% of day traders lose. Why the big...
Dmac; I have a similar system, but i use opening prices. I also have looked at volume and found that it has no influence on the results. I found...
So far about 2 to 1 in profit vs loss.
A bit confusing, I meant the DJI INDEX, not the futures. I have data feeds from DTN and YAHOO, they are the same numbers, but I don't think they...
The results of my last poll regarding length of trade were: 50% In minutes or less. 25% in hours. 25% in days or more. I'm wondering how...
I've been doing a study using the opening price vs the previous close for the DJI. I thought that the opening value was the average of the...
What is your holding period? The time frame of our investments speaks allot about your interest in the forum topics. JJ 1. seconds 2. minutes...
I've found two other methods to beat "buy and hold": 1. Hold the QQQ or SPY until the two week Volitility is greater than the average then...
What is the best source for trading the QQQ's? jj
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