Interesting thread with lot's of interesting viewpoints. From my personal viewpoint, I personally think the key to successful trading is to firstly understand what you are dealing with in respect to price action on a short time frame versus price ...

Why Can't I Trade?!

Hey Sis. I suspected things may have been difficult for other trend traders. Thanks for the heads up . To give me a bit of much needed confidence during these times I refer back to the long term performance results of the CTAs where you find a bad ...

ETMA_The Evolution

April was a negative month for me Bass and May so far isn't reversing the fortunes. The key for me is to avoid over trading during these times and remain patient. It sounds like may deliver good results for you Bass. Well done.

ETMA_The Evolution

Thanks Bass. April was a poor month for the trend followers. Only Saxon made it into positive territory. :-)

ETMA_The Evolution

Monthly Summary - April 2015 Results Here is the state of the trend for the various approaches used by this thread. Rather than just wax lyrical, the following graphs and analysis speak for themselves. Note that the graphs are a new inclusion to the ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

It's ageing as every good wine should :-) Speaking of wine. video

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Over here in Aus, they would be nailed by insider trading provisions of the Corporations Act which is federally implemented. I am not sure whether there are any HFT traders domiciled over here in Aus. Most would use VPN's linked to servers in close ...

Why The F@#k is this legal!?

No matter how you cut it, HFT is insider trading. To be able to jump in front of the order queue with perfect knowledge based on an algorithms speed in execution and use of extremely low latency is no different to a Director of a company making a ...

Why The F@#k is this legal!?

Nice B They will keep the Mrs B happy.

ETMA_The Evolution

It's very quiet on the trend front for my portfolio Bass. It is one of those months where it actually pays to keep away to avoid over-trading. How is your watchlist going. Anything of interest? :-)

ETMA_The Evolution

Thanks for the heads up on that book Bass. My head was nodding off my shoulders as I stepped through each of the points. It looks like a purchase is in order :-)

ETMA_The Evolution

There are many reasons to consider. Here are just a few of them.

A question to all you indicator traders

I just reckon you have been enlightened a bit earlier than most Sis. It helps to learn from the school of hard knocks provided that final 'knock' is not just around the corner preventing you from cashing in on all that experience.

The Art of Coin Tossing

So true mate. If anything has the ability to put you in a deep dark place it is this fickle market. It has this unerring ability to raise the demons in you and make you question everyhting. Sis is totally right in that the right mindset is essential ...

The Art of Coin Tossing

Morning Sis I am having a buzz at the moment with your challenging proposition that you simply do the opposite of what the herd is doing from your intro. I had a really challenging period of life as a trader trying to overcome this inherent ...

The Art of Coin Tossing

Hey Ja I agree with you on the critical need for an edge but what I have found in relation to an entry is simply the need to commit to a trade and thereby not miss the trade opportunity if your chosen approach tells you that you need to be in the ...

The Art of Coin Tossing

Hi Ja This approach and yours sounds similar to Van Tharpe's random entry system which demonstrates pretty categorically that entries simply do not matter and may as well simply be a coin flip. Provided the market is liquid and displays volatility ...

The Art of Coin Tossing

Interesting results you are getting Sys. If it keeps going like this, there will be a central message popping out from it which I will be very interested to hear. :-)

The Art of Coin Tossing

An Interesting Research Paper on why behavioural bias influences price fluctuation. Why Do Markets Crash ? Bitcoin Data Offers Unprecedented Insights by Jonathan Donier and Jean-Philippe Bouchaud "Why do market prices move? This simple question has ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

No probs aud :-)

Diversified Trend Trading Approach