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- Fri Sep 17, 2004 10:30 pm
- Forum: Money Management
- Topic: Black Swans
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15374
someone recently wrote that it's the articles on page 16 in the paper that migrate to page 1 that can make you money...speaking fundamentally of course :) I was pointing out that there is truth to that wrt black swans. The small story on page 16 becomes the Big Story on page 1. Today, if I were to g...
- Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:19 pm
- Forum: Money Management
- Topic: Black Swans
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15374
Re: Black Swan
The page 16 articles that are on their way to migrating to page 1Ghostrider wrote:Would you explain how you see Black Swan events ahead of time?shakyamuni wrote:On a jovial note...
One good way to avoid Black Swan events is to see them coming ahead of time and get out of the market.
- Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:53 am
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Yahoo finance data
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9795
- Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:06 pm
- Forum: Futures Markets
- Topic: share your most hair-raising pit trading stories
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4315
share your most hair-raising pit trading stories
We all know that trading pit-traded futures has its issues with bad fills and so forth. I would like to start a thread on your experiences with trading pit-traded futures -- especially the horror stories. I have more success trading open outcry markets than I do electronic markets, so I put up with ...
- Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:50 pm
- Forum: Futures Markets
- Topic: A swan strikes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15109
- Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:55 pm
- Forum: Futures Markets
- Topic: A swan strikes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15109
- Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:46 am
- Forum: Data Providers and other non testing software
- Topic: Whats happened to Troy (oowdg)??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25505
I have been using Norgate, Premium Data, in Australia for EOD futures and US equity data. Their service has been impeccable so far. They answer emails promptly and are helpful. I have never spoken to them but did a trial and decided to sign up after every thing worked perfectly. They offer a pre-mad...
- Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:34 am
- Forum: Futures Markets
- Topic: A swan strikes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15109
- Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:13 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Dealing with a drawdown
- Replies: 29
- Views: 51774
- Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:40 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Dealing with a drawdown
- Replies: 29
- Views: 51774
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:37 pm
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Cost of Production
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11473
There is such a strong bias to the Long side that I simply do not Sell Short equities and their derivatives with my LTTF system. This may be true over the long run from 1982 - the present, but have you tested for periods prior to 1982? That is the start of the Great Bull Market. If you tested betwe...
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:40 pm
- Forum: Brokers
- Topic: One broker for Futures and Stocks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6922
I like Interactive Brokers IF you ... 1. don't mind dealing strictly on the web (the phone support falls short) and 2. trade only electronically traded financial futures (e-minis, etc. but no pit traded futures) Their commissions are reasonable, their windows application (a Java app) is good, their ...
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:37 am
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Dealing with a drawdown
- Replies: 29
- Views: 51774
all I can say is that if it were me, my confidence would be very shaken and I would want to stop and regroup for awhile. This is what the traders almost to a person said they did in The Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards including the trend following adherents. All of them had limits where if...
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:51 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Toby Crabel's methodology
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14430
it sounds similar to an approach discussed by Larry Connors and Linda Raschke, with some twists credited to someone named Gipson. Take the ratio of 6 day to 100 day historical volatility. If it falls below 50%, and today is either an inside range day or the lowest volatility day of the last 4 days, ...
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:38 am
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Dealing with a drawdown
- Replies: 29
- Views: 51774
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:11 am
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: goal setting.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9042
- Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:03 am
- Forum: Testing and Simulation
- Topic: Toby Crabel's methodology
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14430
- Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:38 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: Meditation
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40506
I've used the Silva Method for many years. I highly recommend the tapes by Robert Stone, that's how I learned
link to the tapes from Nightingale-Conant
Before Silva I had done self-hypnosis since I was 13. Silva is more fun and I still sometimes practice it to this day.
link to the tapes from Nightingale-Conant
Before Silva I had done self-hypnosis since I was 13. Silva is more fun and I still sometimes practice it to this day.
- Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:08 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: reading fine book in trading psychology by Brett Steenbarger
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7876
reading fine book in trading psychology by Brett Steenbarger
The Psychology of Trading is one of those books where you will make a lot of discoveries about yourself and about your life, if you are paying attention, that all tie into trading. Steebarger is a psychologist specializing in "brief therapy" and also an active trader. The book has chapter...
- Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:33 pm
- Forum: Trader Psychology
- Topic: trading myths.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25107
Re: k
this was in fact the thought that made me think of this thread, that i forgot to put into the post. I have heard it said, " a new trader should 'expect' to lose money for at least a year, maybe more". In my view, this is a horrible attitude. No, I actually think this is very healthy. If y...