fiji fiji fiji, only you would see that the true depth of that statement i probably shouldnt have even posted that, because it digs deep into my secrets but since you called me on it, i will do a little explaining without giving away to much ...

questions from a future quant

thinking back to when i was a beginner i remember this being such a hard concpet to grasp. maybe this will help... a limit entry order can be one of two things: 1. a buy order below the current price 2. a sell order above the current price. a stop ...

Basic Questions about Limit Orders

i like recover factor, but i like ROMAD better because its more practical to look at the avg. annual return as the "return" part of risk/return, as opposed to net profit being the "return". because net profit doesnt tell you anything about the ...

the most important system statistic > ROMAD

nader, can you post the formula you are using? i will see if we can get it to work without volume.

Calculating Acc/Dist

glad you like it i got that idea from Richard Dennis.

questions from a future quant

to make what dialist has so impressively answered from the top of his head easier to digest, think of it like this... > the range is the high minus the low of a particular bar (the "size" of the bar) > the average range is the average size of each ...

Average True Range

sounds like a nice relaxing trip jim. have a good time. we will miss you until then.

james16 Chart Thread

thanks for the info Red. this looks interesting. i agree that the martingale betting is a scary proposition, but i bet you can rework that part to use anti-. also if you combine this system with a half decent trading system i bet you can really beef ...

Profiting from interest rate differentials.

hi mat and welcome to the factory. you have some great questions, many of them you may never find the answer to. but let me see if i can add insight to a few of them... 1) I seem to get much better results when I simply draw trend lines rather than ...

questions from a future quant

man im just an old school programmer, i wouldnt know what to do with two monitors! it may not be the key to success but ive heard a lot of traders say the dual setup helps them quite a bit, especially very active traders..

Show your workstation!

only one. ALT+TAB baby! yeah you can rig your current computer to do as many monitors as you would like. you first need to get a dual monitor graphics card for your computer. maybe someone else can suggest a good one..

Show your workstation!

this is an area that i really think you can make money. james can you give me some insight into his methods? how do you know him?

Profiting from interest rate differentials.

they are switching from RJ to GAIN Capital...

Tradestation soon to be offering automated Forex trading

no i dont look at seasonal stuff, i am strictly working with the deltas. and prices dont really get "out of whack" these days, a least not long enough for me to profit from it.

GBPJPY

glad you like it buddy!!!!!!

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yeah if you hover your mouse over the symbol it will tell you what it means... basically yellow means "low impact", orange means "medium impact", and red means "high impact". do you think we need to have that on the calendar? i was trying to keep it ...

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yup!!! the beta is live here... http://www.forexfactory.com/index.php?page=calendar (youll have to click on last week to see any events) on sunday this will be fully functional, with all of the events for next week. all events will have an impact ...

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i should say that the arb i am doing is really "risk arb." its not guaranteed that the spread will close as i plan when i initiate the trade. the methods in this arena are math intensive and you have to be really good with deltas (and all the greeks ...

GBPJPY

wow man i tip my hat to you. until you just told me that i didnt know anyone who traded more markets than me. and if i wasnt such a mechanical trader there is no way i would be able to trade a quarter of the markets i i trade now. you must dedicate ...

james16 Chart Thread

here is a little secret, and it will be very usefull if you know what to do with it... dont take a breakout unless it follows a false breakout.

(False) Breakout & Trend Reversal Strategies??