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Old Feb 1, 2009, 3:42pm   #1
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Hi,

I've been programming for about two months in VB6 trying to get a mechanical strategy up and running, but its hard just to break even. So, two questions, have you seen succesful mechanical trading ? Have you noticed that just buying and selling immediately 90% of the time results in a loss ?

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Old Feb 2, 2009, 10:07pm   #2
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...you buy after the bottom of the cycle has hit and sell when the top of the cycle has been reached....

...time..
....price...
.....cycles...

the E-mini market is designed to prevent 100% mechanical systems from consistently making profits in the short term.
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Old Feb 3, 2009, 6:12am   #3
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sirviente started this thread Hello mechanicaldaytrader,

Yes, i have noticed this very clearly in the eminis. When you speak about short term, are you talking about days, weeks, months ?

Its just pathetic that we are forced to be watching charts all day to make our money in the market... Specially because of high levels of stress.

What is the best 100% mechanical systems results you have seen in emini ?

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Ulises
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Old Feb 3, 2009, 6:45am   #4
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Hello mechanicaldaytrader,

Yes, i have noticed this very clearly in the eminis. When you speak about short term, are you talking about days, weeks, months ?

Its just pathetic that we are forced to be watching charts all day to make our money in the market... Specially because of high levels of stress.

What is the best 100% mechanical systems results you have seen in emini ?

Thanks,
Ulises
Hi Sirviente,

Visit this website:
Discover trading systems automatically with APS Automatic Pattern Search trading software
Also type "Michael Harris" on the keywords window at the top, and read the threads on this forum.
You might you find what you are looking for.
Eduardo.
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Old Feb 3, 2009, 7:51am   #5
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Hello mechanicaldaytrader,

Yes, i have noticed this very clearly in the eminis. When you speak about short term, are you talking about days, weeks, months ?

Its just pathetic that we are forced to be watching charts all day to make our money in the market... Specially because of high levels of stress.

What is the best 100% mechanical systems results you have seen in emini ?

Thanks,
Ulises

Sorry to burst your bubble, but 100% mechanical systems don't exist for daytrading in the emini's imo. Most all my clients have thrown thousands of dollars away buying such poppycock and they choose to follow a methodology that is 70% mechanical. Check out
this thread for a current discussion about what I teach about daytrading. It's not something that you just jump into; only some people with the right attitude and aptitude can do it, imo.

Regards,

The Mechanical Day Trader / Stuart
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Old Feb 3, 2009, 8:08am   #6
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sirviente started this thread Hello mechanicaltrader,

Thank you for your comments, what do other traders have to say about 100% mech systems ?

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Old Feb 4, 2009, 6:27am   #7
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Hi Sirviente,

Visit this website:
Discover trading systems automatically with APS Automatic Pattern Search trading software
Also type "Michael Harris" on the keywords window at the top, and read the threads on this forum.
You might you find what you are looking for.
Eduardo.
Does the APS program actually do what they claim in that website? I have great reservations.
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Old Feb 4, 2009, 1:13pm   #8
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Does the APS program actually do what they claim in that website? I have great reservations.
It does - visit this thread for more info:
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/soft...rn-search.html

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