Just curious if you tried multiple exits in your strategy. So combine 2-3 different types of exits. fixed profit target,time based, trailing...
Thank you guys for all your replies. Starting this thread helped me make good inroads in fixing this issue. All the best.
Following basic strategy is boring, much like good trading is boring. most people look for excitment from black jack and from trading. I...
It sounds like you are doing a free 30 day trial? There is no historical backfill using zen fire.
damn, we don't have HBO. It will take forever for Netflix to get it. As a kid I idealized Bobby Fischer. When Fischer was 9 years old, he would...
right, so looking to make that extra tick. If I get slippage on both entry and exit. no good. system is hosed. I am a small retail trader. I...
Yes. I think, maybe I should have opened this thread in strategy design or in automation forum. It is really part of system design to make sure...
I think it is OK to fall asleep, as long as you wake up and continue! That autobiograpy book is a classic. but you are right. It never does get...
Thank you guys for your replies. I think hitting the bid/ask is probably the best. stop limit unfortunatly has the same issue as limit...
jas, if I may ask what type of meditation do you do?
Thanks for your reply. I think I understand what you are saying about limit orders at bid/ask vs mkt orders. What about favorable mkt...
As everyone knows, it is hard to fill limit orders in the ES mkt. Is anyone aware of any studies done in this area. so subject area ES order...
I believe having a joint account w/ wros should solve this problem. upon death the spouse just calls the order desk to close out all positions....
-- what I don't understand is, as one other poster said, why would don johnson get barred? I would think if he just got 'lucky' the casinos would...
Great thread and insightful posts. From my experience, no amount of hypnotherapy will help a trader if there are unresolved root issues. There...
+1 good post jrlvnv, thank you for sharing your experience. I posted this earlier about martingale betting systems...sooner to later the math...
A ploy to negotiate a better tax deal. This is like UBS in Stamford, CT. after building the worlds largest trading floor, they want to return...
for us pedestrian traders, walk forward testing is as good as it gets. honestly, i wouldn't even know what questions to ask of the system....
genetic optimization and walk forward testing. for a 'free' platform it is not bad. the icons, graphics and 'colors' are greatly enhanced....
It would be fair to say, that TradeStation is very different product today than it was three years ago in summer of 2008. You must have spent >...
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