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TASC articles ceased to be interesting as soon as I began a
subscription 6 years ago, I found the volumes before 2003 are most
inspiring.
Huanyan
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Howard B <howardbandy@xxx> wrote:
>
> Greetings --
>
> On Futures Truth --
>
> I have not subscribed to them for a few years, so someone may bring
my
> comments up to date if there have been changes.
>
> Futures Truth is run by John Hill, and assisted by George Pruitt.
Over the
> past many years they have reported performance of trading systems.
Most of
> the systems they tracked were for sale or lease in one form or
another and
> most trade futures rather than stocks, funds, or ETFs. The
newsletter (it
> was not a magazine when I used it) at that time was oriented toward
people
> who were looking for trading systems to buy or lease.
>
> In order to have performance tracked, the vendor supplied Futures
Truth with
> a copy of the program and instructions for running it. Futures
Truth ran
> the system, recorded the trades, and reported the results. When I
> subscribed to Futures Truth, their reports on systems for sale or
lease were
> pretty accurate. Note that most of those systems were in the $3000
range.
> Most were sold as black-boxes and most remained black-boxes even
after they
> had been purchased or licensed.
>
> John Hill, George Pruitt, and Lundy Hill (George's son, I believe),
> published "The Ultimate Trading Guide" in 2000. It talks a little
about
> developing trading systems, but contains pretty standard material
that can
> be found in many other sources and nothing I found to be new. The
last part
> of the book features some trading systems written in TradeStation
and tested
> using their proprietary Excalibur trading system development
platform. If
> you read the book, you will note that the authors make no
distinction
> between in-sample and out-of-sample. The results published are all
> in-sample -- which, in my opinion, have no value in predicting the
future
> profitability of the systems. So read their results and view their
> portfolio equity curves with large spoonsful of salt. Look
elsewhere for
> trading system ideas.
>
> On the other subject -- TASC reviews.
>
> TASC goes out of its way to avoid giving any useful information
about
> trading systems it tests. They are disappointing -- when there is
such an
> opportunity to be of value to their subscribers.
>
> I do not know of an unbiased publication that writes about and
reports
> results from open or even gray-box trading systems. Does anyone?
>
> Thanks,
> Howard
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:58 AM, a a <swptec@xxx> wrote:
>
> > What is Futures Truth like? They seem to be ranking various
trading
> > systems out there. TASC only publishes three page superficial
reviews.
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Mike <sfclimbers@xxx>
> > *To:* amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 25, 2009 7:11:46 AM
> > *Subject:* [amibroker] Re: Magazine recommendation?
> >
> > Thanks for the summary Howard.
> >
> > Interesting to see that I'm not the only one suffering from
destroyed
> > copies of Active Trader. I have yet to receive a single edition
that
> > has not had its cover torn to shreds :(
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com <amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>,
Howard B
> > <howardbandy@ ...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Richard --
> > >
> > >
> > > I regularly read several that sometimes have useful information:
> > >
> > > Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities
> > > TASC a regular magazine. There is a subscription fee of $49.95
per
> > year.
> > > Most of the articles are related to trading systems. Sometimes
> > there is a
> > > valuable idea. There is AFL code in every issue.
> > > They also publish a tabloid-style newspaper, Traders. It is
free,
> > but
> > > worthless.
> > > http://www.traders. com/ <http://www.traders.com/>
> > >
> > > Futures
> > > Futures had been free, but is trying to get subscribers to pay
$78
> > per
> > > year. You can still find free subscription offers occasionally.
> > Some of
> > > the articles are related to trading systems, and some are
> > valuable. There
> > > is sometimes code, but seldom for AFL.
> > > http://www.futuresm ag.com/cms/
futures/website<http://www.futuresmag.com/cms/futures/website>
> > > Try this URL for free subscription:
> > > http://dealsofameri ca.tradepub. com/free/
fum/<http://dealsofamerica.tradepub.com/free/fum/>
> > >
> > > Active Trader
> > > Active Trader is a regular magazine with a subscription fee of
> > $59.40 per
> > > year. For some reason, their magazines are destroyed in the
mailing
> > > process, but no other magazines are damaged. Most of the
articles
> > are
> > > related to trading systems. Trading systems are sometimes
> > described in
> > > detail, but never tested properly. There is occasionally AFL
code.
> > > http://www.activetr adermag.com/
<http://www.activetradermag.com/>
> > >
> > > Stocks, Futures, and Options
> > > SFO is a regular magazine with strong ties to PFG and Russell
> > Wasendorf. It
> > > is free. The quality of articles in SFO is quite good. There is
> > seldom
> > > detailed description of trading techniques.
> > > http://www.sfomag. com/ <http://www.sfomag.com/>
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Howard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:56 PM, richpach2 <richpach2@ ..>
wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am looking for the recommendation, what is the best Trading
> > > > ideas/systems/ strategy magazine or possibly newsletter.
> > > > I had a subscription of "Traders" and I was reading "S&C" on-
line.
> > > > I was told that, "Traders" is now changing from monthly to
> > quarterly
> > > > and will no longer be available in English (German only).
> > > > Any suggestions based on positive experience are appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Richard
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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