Well, I just ran 720,000 backtests over night. Need to go analyze the results. May be gone a while.
My first system lasted about 5 years and faded. The rest are going 5+ years now with no sign of slowing down. They back test well for 15+ years...
More evidence you have no idea how to backtest properly. A good system will test against a very very large set of parameters. Only inexperienced...
How do you know you are even close to "the best trader". What if you met a backtester who blows away your returns year after year? There are...
Obivously you have failed at backtesting, others havent. I have several kick ass systems, that are 100% mechanical, based on nothing more than...
Anyone who pooh-poohs backtesting is ignorant of good mechanical systems development methodologies. If you know proper backtest methodology,...
Every now and then someone comes along who makes it painfully clear for all the experienced traders to see, he doesnt know a damn thing about...
Greed is going to be burn these stubborn sellers who wont lower their prices. Its herd psychology at play. Imagine being in the position of...
These 2 sentences do not gel. 85% of home buyers in socal are using ARM+interest only loans and are leveraged 10:1. Imagine couples with 50K...
I run full auto every day, so I can post and dont like to watch my systems too closely, or im tempted to mess with them. Im sporadic in my...
Internet infrastructure is over in the short term due to massive over building in the 2000 bubble. But think about india, china, and the huge...
Many people will try their entire lives in this game and still fail. Telling them to go home, for many, will save them from many years of...
Good post. Most people completely underestimate what it takes. They try "real hard". At least what they think is trying real hard. In the...
Of course there are arbitrate opportunies left. Who do you think causes people to say "there are no arb opps left?" THE ARB GUYS!!! :)...
The nail in the coffin of this thread, is the giant graphic that makes it impossible to read the thread :mad:
And you know this how???? You dont. You have no basis for such a statement. I monitor my systems closely every month, I can detect system...
He has already basically admitted he has not done any real amount of backtesting. So I think its clear why he is not profitable. I have over 5...
100% false. Since my account goes up nicely every single year. I make more trading than my broker does from my commish. A lot more. Thats a fact.
When was the last time the government did any efficiently or well? You really think the government can do anything better than a private...
Ill repeat, ***SOMEONE*** is making the futures markets "impossible and too efficient", and ***THAT*** someone is making money in the futures...
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