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And lastly: I wrote a lot of that just as I was figuring things out, so I don't know how much of that I still stand by. But this morning, I wrote the one thing that I'd recommend t…

I use interactive brokers. The cost of a ES mini (SP500 mini future) trade is $2.40. Stocks trade for half a penny to a penny per share with a minimum of $1.00 per transaction. I t…

I've heard good things about http://www.prophet.net/ from other finance professionals. I've personally never used it. I just download raw pricing data then backtest it myself. You …

http://fattyfatfat.com/2008/10/automated-day-trader-most-tec... I still stand by my above claim that Tech Analysis (and especially LONG term trending) has no theoretical basis, exc…

Intelligent Investor: absolutely. My first investment book. My deep suspicion is that THIS book will be more important in the next few years as company valuations tank. Even now to…

on that note, i lost over 1000 bucks a day for 3 days straight, which is when i quit. and on having the "secret sauce" to beat the market. Read about Edward Thorpe. He's a badass. …

you're right. and i ran it until it started losing. I announced the day i quit running the basic moving average crossover algo. I still dabble with variations of it (made like 250 …

its quite true that a lot of people do it. Its not ACTUALLY a profitable venture in the sense that the risk-reward profile from a purely monetary standpoint is probably unjustified…

touche

Matt1, you're exactly right. its just a bunch of if then statements. I played with quite a few variations of a VERY simple, primitive strategy. I'm the first to admit that that day…

um well, hello. so thats my website. quite the site here. and quite the surprise to see that i'm getting any attention at all. a lot of very intelligent commentary.