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iqfeed + metaserver rocks! sherlock holmes edit: if you use minute based charts then you can use metaserver and interactive brokers

And once the Turtles system became public knowledge it got faded a lot, making it marginally profitable, if it is profitable at all. This is depending on the position sizing strategy. ( What do I know? I just happened to have had some discussions on this subject with one of the Turtles.) You...

I have seen it happen too. And if you stop more than a few seconds to think about it then you come to the conclusion that it cannot be any different. Given: The market is a zero sum game. Given: There is a "solid" system that pulls money out of the market in a consistent way. Result: More and...

Some examples of a few simple points that I would have loved to see were: the third pullback is often failing, do not take a trade against divergence, watch volume in a triangle etc. Chick's book is well written and is a good read. Try Alan Farley instead for size: after 5 pages in that book...

TGM I am not here to start a flaming war, hey it is holiday season. In another time, on another board I have had the same discussion. And got the same reactions. But I am not going to get into that again, thank you. It will only cause friction and destroy friendships. So let's agree to...

Hi MartinD Let me say that I have heard (and seen) it all before. After all Chick's method is nothing much more than an entry method on the 50 MA. Same as that the ZLR (in the CCI) is an entry method on the 34 EMA. And I know what happened to the CCI setup. No hard feelings, I am just urging...

Let us agree to disagree. No hard feelings there, after all it is just my 2 cents worth. May I suggest you take a look on how all the big funds have doing over the last few years who are fervent trend followers? Sherlock

Trading Day by Day review In contrast with all the glowing reports I urge caution. Here a contrasting view to those. This book is a "one note song", a single setup. Once the "masses" start "discovering" this "natural law method" then it will start getting faked out a lot. Have seen this with...