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----- Original Message -----
From: "sebastiandanconia" <sebastiandanconia@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 12:39 PM
Subject: [amibroker] (OT) Re: Has anybody made any money???
> Mark, my trading now is along similar lines: Focus on strong stocks
> (my preference is small- and micro-cap growth) but ONLY when the whole
> market is strong.
>
> The main difference between our methods seems to be that you're
> deliberately buying on dips and I would only do that
> unintentionally.:) The practical outcome is that your returns are 2-3
> times what I can reasonably expect, but with higher drawdowns. One of
> the "market wizards" (I don't remember which one) once said that if
> you expect to double your money you have to be willing to lose 1/3 of
> it. Sounds like you're right in there.:)
>
> Thanks for the idea about the 5-8 day time-stops. It might only be
> applicable for buying on dips instead of buying into strength, but
> I'll look into it anyway.
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> Luck,
>
> Sebastian
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> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mark H" <amibroker@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Dr Gaine$
>>
>> My strategy is dip buying. When the market is bullish, buy strong
> stocks when they dip steeply and sell them when they rise.
>> The secret is to use time stops (5-8 days) to let your capital work
> harder for you.
>> The most difficult part is to sit tight when market is not good and
> also stomach the drawdown up to 40%.
>> Backtest helps a lot to pull the trigger when you are down 40%.
>>
>> - Mark
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: richard gaines
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 9:40 AM
>> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Has anybody made any money???
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>> Share your strategy with us Mark.
>>
>> Dr Gaine$
>>
>> Mark H <amibroker@xxx> wrote:
>> Absolutely. Average 126% for the last three years.
>> But you should know that software are just tools and not money
> printing machines. It is what between your ears matters.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: tom_katch
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 7:04 AM
>> Subject: [amibroker] Has anybody made any money???
>>
>>
>> I own Amibroker software, and have the latest version
> (standard). I
>> also have Metastock, Vectorvest and some other software. But I am
>> sorry to say that Amibroker is the only software I ever bought
> that I
>> did not study up on. I understand that most of the users are very
>> pleased with it from looking at this forum. Most of the
> postings are
>> of a technical nature, with questions as how to understand and
> use the
>> software. But I don't recall seeing postings from people
> noting their
>> success in using the software. Have any of you had
> great/good/fair
>> success in using it? Have you made a lot/some/little money
> with it?
>> Maybe some of your positive comments will give me a kick in
> the ass,
>> and I'll start on the 800 page manual.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>
>>
>>
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