Thanks for the suggestion. No, I haven't tried it on anything else. I don't have the historical data to test other markets. All I wanted from...
I hadn't tried other time frames. The 5 min. time frame just felt right. The only time that the time frame matters is when the trailing stop...
Thank you for the link to the article. I printed it out and read it. I wish I had seen it before I started working on my 300+ line easylanguage...
No papertrading today. Yesterday's range was larger than the day before. Slept in and woke up very tired. I had a dream I went back to my old...
I could display the daily statement, take a screen snapshot, and block out the stuff I don't want to display. I think this would just bring out...
It's a volatility breakout system. It measures the range for the past 5 days. Then it figures out the lowest of the 5 ranges and adds/subtracts a...
I guess I've just been lucky. My setup works fine as has since last year.
Last night I was leading my family to ruin. Today I'm out to rip everybody off with a new can't lose system. Yes folks, I have this can't lose...
One trade today. Short from 878.50 exit at 871.75. It looks like the parabolic factor used was .04. The trailing stop triggered a exit as soon as...
As far as I know, the Emini didn't exist before 1997. I don't have the ability to make continuous futures contracts, so that's another limitation....
I view successful systems as successful traders that allow you to look over their shoulder in realtime trading. I suppose some people buy them to...
From what I could see in his realtime posts it looked like he was stressed out while trading. I was stressed out the first week of papertrading....
No, I haven't traded with REAL money. I've invested a year of my time and about $12,000 buying an education before I place my first trade. I...
Yes, I have thought about the psychological components long and hard. I use a Appian multi monitor card with two monitors. Here's a screenshot of...
Here's the equity curve for the backtest and forward test period from 1/1/1994 - 6/30/2001. The smoothness is caused by varying the number of...
Here's another one from last week. This time the first breakout didn't work. The market reversed and the second trade extended the range for the...
Here's a chart with the entry/exits for Friday and Today. My method is fairly simple. Buy breakouts and follow with a trailing stop. It's based...
I'm sorry if I've offended some of you with my life choices. At one time my income was probably in the top 5% of working people in the US. If I...
Thanks for all the advice. I probably should have asked for it over a year ago when I was starting out. From the pm and posting's I haven't seen...
I didn't finish it over the weekend. I was doing testing and didn't get to it. As soon as I finish it, I''ll convert it to a pdf file and zip it....
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