Recent content by Dow-Boy

A Good Spread Betting Spreadsheet is available here; Might help you; :) Spread Betting Calculator Some interesting info available from the article also, worth a read Regards; DowBoy

Hello All. I just wanted to bring to the 'Trading Community's' attention a FREE Spread Betting Calculator that is now online. It's an excel 2010 trading spreadsheet. There's quite a nice post (article) that is related to the spread bet sheet that is a nice read & might be of some interest for...

Hello All. Just wanted to let everyone know I've just uploaded a FREE Trading Simulator. 3 versions; Monte Carlo Mersenne Twister & Random.ORG (Needs internet connection, as it imports random numbers from their website that are generated via atmospheric noise,, interesting :-)) Nothing really...

Bit of a circular argument really Hotch; Random Markets? Or,, can you predict future pricing? I think you have to assume a random independent formula here. So,, Larry Williams quotes: " after 3-4 loses, the chances of a winner next are greatly increased." Dangerous; though you can...

Oops! Seems I over did it on the screenshot! :-(

Here's a screenshot of the Mersenne Twister Simulation Version; Have a look at the VB code,, or read through the post/pdf Hotch. BruceZ wrote a piece describing how the code is implemented. All the best Dow-Boy

Just To add,, if anybody wished to have the article in PDF format, here's a direct link to a PDF regarding all the different versions of my Losing Streak Calculators.. Losing Streak Probability Calculator PDF Thanks for all your time. As always; "I Wish You Well In Your Journey & In Your...

Hello All. Just a quick post to make any trader aware of some spreadsheets I co-created regarding losing streak probabilities. Losing Streak Probability Spreadsheets I wanted some accurate calculator for losing streaks, pref in excel format. I found myself frustrated with misinformation on the...

Hello all, Just a quick post to share some FREE spreadsheets that calculate consecutive losing streaks. They are in excel format, 2003 & 2010. Here's the link; Losing Streak Probability Spreadsheets I hope they might be useful to some of the forum members here. Regards; Dow-Boy

MORE - Comment Codes Many Thanks for everyone's Replies. If anyone can give some more input into my 'Comment Codes' that I'll list below. It's for a excel order sheet I'm creating. I won't go into detail now about it,,, purely as that would be a different post, and a lot to type:).... but the...

"Forcing The Trade@ Many thanks for your reply HammerMan. Forcing the trade,,, seems emotional, (Impulsive?) I would like to try and compile a list of about 10, lets call them Events into 4 categories. So categories would be 1. TIME 2. POSITION SIZE (IE £/$ AMOUNT) 3. EMOTIONS 4. OTHER So...

Thank you for your reply Julian. Emotion plays a big part in many a bad trade. Entry & Exit. Sometimes a trader will trade on impulse, or not to plan, these are mistakes. If everyone could trade to pre-determined rules etc, they could/ should trade within a fully automated way. But, not many...

Hello All. Dow-Boy here. My 1st post ever, just joined today! :) I would like some feedback if possible regarding entries. I would like to list entries, be it if they are; Poor, Fair, Good, or Excellent. But was wondering what were the most common entry mistakes etc. IE. Lets say within a day...