Recent content by Bradtex

Every strategys will have different win% - does not make a high winning % systems better than one with a lower winning %. In my experience shorter timeframe systems will look for higher winning % and vice versa.

Options is just as hard as any other type of trading.

Don't do what this guys did, don't waste time developing your own software - there is plenty of retail software which can be used and if you want complex functions they can be created with .NET version of Multicharts or even NinjaTrader. These guys who want to create their own software do not...

You can draw many lines on your chart, based on the nature of markets some of those lines will work, this can give you confirmation bias.

Dole money as capital, that sound about right :cheesy::cheesy:

Is that your blog?

Annual returns is important, very few people are willing to sit through multiple losing years.

I have seen some good systems developed solely around news announcements, however, they did require excellent latency and hardware cost was quite high for average retail trader.

Might have been a couple years early but no doubt there is a chance of $90 in 2018

Day trading i was always impulsive which lead to poor results. When i switched to longer holding times my performance improved dramatically, making a trade and holding it for days or weeks led to less emotion attached to the trade. It also allowed me to clear my mind and think clearly. I think...

Profit factor is not the only metric but the results he posted were mostly worthless. Some had very little trades. It seems like completely different styles and trading systems were used so comparing is silly. Profit factor will decrease as the number of trades increases but with less than a...

Tries again, can't stand it. Don't know how people don't see it as anything but noise. If you want breaking news there are plenty of good feeds out there

I have traded US markets then Asian markets and then European markets in the morning in my day trading years - regret that now - seems more like gambling looking back with hindsight.

Live trading with real money is probably the best experience. In terms of books it is the same as forums, there is always something good out there. A simple idea or post can often lead you in the right direction. A friend of mine says on any subject he will read 10 different books, often with...

Can't go wrong with Interactive Brokers