I couldn't have said it better myself.

The best Times of day to trade - or Not trade

No more?

LeonLorenzo Breaks the rules.

LOL, yeah, I posted some links somewhere else on this, what a shocker. I could never understand how he made so much $$ with seemingly no edge, now we know he didn't!

Trading hardware: pictures of gr8 looking Trading rooms

"With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk" - John von Neumann as quoted by Freeman Dyson.

over optimization should be 50% of the holy grail

First, please forgive me if I'm coming across as negative, but I'm only trying to be helpful. First realize that 99.99% of all posting on all forums is complete crap written by idiots, the first job will be to separate the diamonds from the crap. ...

Need some direction

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ranging ? trending ? markets

Well I wish you'd just tell me rather than try to engage my enthusiasm. - Marvin, the Paranoid Android

ROBOTS

Another great post from topherhk88, his approach to quantifying edges is a variation on what I currently do.

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

It not reasonable and Tjpld is funny.

Is 5% profit per day unreasonable?

He actually right, there are more opportunities in stocks, simply because there are more markets. He is also right about the lack of 'filter' for entry into forex, open an account for $10, next thing we know we are being subjected to another '$10 to ...

Stock market is better

I wasn't having a go at you, sorry If I gave that impression. Just wanted to comment on position 2.

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

This position makes no sense to me, why do we equate edges coming and going to luck? Markets change, the job of the trader is to find a new edges when the old ones become ineffective, luck has nothing to do with this from my point of view. The only ...

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

LOL

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

I've seen the same type of thing happen right in front of my eyes, so you're probably not mistaken.

Stop hunted?

The basic forex trading account is 10k minimum, IRA is explained on their site url .

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

My trades are all executed via black box, so long, short, fast, slow, green...makes no impact on my personal time. But as usual here we are getting vastly off track.

What would you prefer - many or few trades !!!

Given that it is a winning strategy, more trades smooths out the equity curve and reduces risk.

What would you prefer - many or few trades !!!

Interactive Brokers. MB Trading.

Forex broker with VB.net compatible interface / API?

Longtobefree's response is not untypical of somebody who is trying to find their way (albeit he seems to be unhindered by any form of false modesty), he is right about some things and not about others. What it reminds me of however, is the amount of ...

Systematic Trading vs. Discretionary Trading

You couldn't be more wrong. Another fallacy. I'd like to see that, some systems will work across different timeframes and markets, but all??

There's no such thing as a trading system - discuss!