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Would be interested but currently working in Texas. Should be back by September. Not much use for February

Thanks sidinuk I will be very interested to see those spreadsheets, to see how you have used VBA.

This is a great article. It has inspired me to look again at systems trading which I have tried and failed at over the last 4/5 years. One question - what software are you using to test your theories? So far I have done everything on Excel but having attempted to replicate what you did I...

I have found it. The answer was nothing to do with Microsoft, My Track or Sierra Chart. My Internet Service Provider decided to get some nice new software in October consisting of a firewall. This firewall excluded port 9983 which is required for My track. They have now opened this port =...

My Track problems I tried Chartman's tip but unfortunately it did not work. I run Windows XP with Windows firewall (which I have disabled to test). Everything used to work fine until the middle of October and now I just get the Unable to Connect Message. I am close to giving up and loking...

I am not a Tax Lawyer. I think the difference is in terminology rather than practicality. Spread Bet is a game of chance and therefore not taxable so ideal for countries like UK where betting is allowed. I live in Texas, USA, where betting is strictly forbidden (OK to shoot people though)...

Looking very much forward to this ChartMan.

Looks like that solved it - thanks again.

Thanks for the info. I have downloaded paintshop pro and save the file as a .gif so here goes.

Mmmm! The green colour hasn't come out too well. I could only save as a jpg or bitmap, I didn't get the option of saving as a .gif in "paint". Any assistance greatly appreciated.

Chart Test Just trying out the posting of a chart for the first time

Dave I have a postcode of AB. Unfortunately I have been living in Texas for the last year. Still within 14,000 miles though. Why don't you pop round for a beer?

Currently long on the FTSE 250 after it reversed near it's March low a few days ago and made two higher highs. A little concerned that it would copy the March pattern and reverse at 6,108 but it has today gone through that level. It will be interesting to see if it can close above it. I...

MFI and OBV are also rising (NB I am a beginner at this). Can you explain what a "volatility scan" is? Many Thanks Gary

Where should the stop loss be? I guess there isn't a definitive answer on this. Here's my scenario which happened earlier this week. I was short on the FTSE 250 (my first CFD trade) and was 50 points to the good when I set my stop loss to about 5% of the index (35 points). On Monday and...