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    Tradewin (not to be confused with...)

    According to the website www.tradewin.co.uk the stake (money risk) was set at £100 for the £2000 bank at the start of 2002 and then moved in units of £50 for each £1000 change in the bank. When the bank reached £25,000 at the end of 2003, the stake was capped at £1250, so the £/Point leverage...
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    Tradewin (not to be confused with...)

    I believe that the MAR ratio is the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) divided by Maximum Draw Down (MDD%). For the 5 years from 2002 to end 2006 the compound annual growth rate for Tradewin was an impressive 132.23%pa. There have been two major draw downs in that period. In 2002 Q4 the...
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    Trading the Easy Way - Ian Williams

    Scaddaye. I back tested TTEW and it worked OK on some mid-cap shares but only about 50% of trades were profitable. It did not perform well on the majority of large cap stocks which I tested. Most shares trend for only about 30% of the time, the remaining 70% is spent in non-trending fairly...
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    Jack Milton Fixed Odds Financial Betting Service?

    The Jack Milton Fixed Odds Financial Betting Service is marketed by Streetwise Publications for £999+vat per year. They predict 2-3 tips per week with between 55-70% win rate. With normal trading, you will lose a percentage of your stake if you are wrong, but with Fixed Odds Trading you will...
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    Technical Indicators - 90% Accurate

    As you say trendie …’every little helps’. What Mark Larson is presenting are his personal favourite 12 indicators. He has back tested hundreds and these are the ones which work for him. He is not just looking at any single indicator in isolation – what he wants is a bunch of indicators to...
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    Technical Indicators - 90% Accurate

    You are correct RhinO – price is always king. But, indicators can allow you to see subtle changes in the price action which are not immediately detected by a visual inspection of price movements. Normally the indicators should confirm the price movements but if a divergence occurs this can be...
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    Technical Indicators - 90% Accurate

    It would not be right to just give out details of Mark Larson's research – he has spent years working on this!! However, just to give you a flavour … 1) The first is a particular set-up using price and 3 moving averages which nearly always precedes a strong price move. 2) The second is a...
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    Technical Indicators - 90% Accurate

    No. I am selling because I have watched the DVD (twice) and picked up loads of great profitable tips. I am unlikely to watch it again in the near future, so rather than just leave it sitting on a shelf, I would rather pass it on to someone else who may benefit from it. “If you think education...
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    Technical Indicators - 90% Accurate

    Thanks - I have removed the "available to US only" item on postage section. I will post to anywhere in the world. I am based in UK and the DVD works fine for me.
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    Technical Indicators - 90% Accurate

    Trading DVD for sale on eBay : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6002157442&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:UK:31 12 Simple Technical Indicators That Really Work By: Larson, Mark. This is a DVD!!! SUPER SUPER SEMINAR .... AFTER YEARS OF RESEARCH & BACK-TESTING - AUTHOR REVEALS SOME...
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    Trading the Easy Way - Ian Williams

    Yes it works well with the FT250 index which has longer trend runs than the FT100. I haven't tested it with the other major indexes such as Dow, SPX DAX etc. :eek: If you are 'trading' within an ISA/PEP, The best way to 'buy' the FT250 index is via the iShares ETF FT250 tracker (symbol=...
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    Trading the Easy Way - Ian Williams

    Some sample back test results from Long & Short trades using data 2002->current showing total %return, number of long trades & winning long trades, number of short trades & winning short trades : FCCN = +145% Long = 6, Win = 6 / Short = 10, Win = 3 ISYS = +362 % Long = 8, Win = 3 / Short =...
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    Ian Williams - "Trading the Easy Way" course for sale

    Ian Williams - "Trading the Easy Way" << SOLD >> I bought ‘Trading the Easy Way’ (TTEW) about a year ago. The course does what it says on the label – it describes an ‘easy’ way to trade shares. The approach focuses on price action. All opinion, predictions, news and fundamentals are...
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    Trading the Easy Way - Ian Williams

    I bought ‘Trading the Easy Way’ (TTEW) about a year ago. The course does what it says on the label – it describes an ‘easy’ way to trade shares. The approach focuses on price action. All opinion, predictions, news and fundamentals are ignored. The course defines a clear set of rules about...
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    Champion Trader

    Champion Trader << SOLD >> I bought Champion Trader a few years ago and since then I have seen many reviews and comments - some positive but the majority negative. The CT manual covers basic trade entry, trading with the trend, risk control, and stop loss exits but the section on when to exit...
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