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Hi Steve,
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Just curious if you would give me a simple insight
to what u mean by your method of trading that people ignores. I trade interest
rates contracts.

<P>Steve Karnish wrote:
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>List,</FONT></FONT>&nbsp;<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Alexander
wrote:</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>"Here is the most
important consideration why the winning system would never</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>be sold. The goal of the market is
to defeat all predictions (or market</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>would cease to exist). So every knowledge
discovered about the market</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>either has to be kept "secret" (and
used on very small scale and in very</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>conning manner as to not attract an
attention of other market participants,</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>remember old times pool manipulators?)
or when known it is "negated" by the</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>market."</FONT></FONT>&nbsp;<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>I
agree with Richard Dennis.&nbsp; He once was quoted that he could publish
his "Turtle" rules in the Chicago Tribune and absolutely nobody would pay
any attention to it.&nbsp; I've tried to give away my most guarded secrets
and people ignore the offer.&nbsp; I've also traded for many clients, using
time tested mechanical systems, when after accruing 6 or 7 winning trades
in a row, the system incurs a small loss ... only to hear them comment:
"Gee, I guess the "system" isn't working any more".</FONT></FONT>&nbsp;<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>I'm
always amazed and amused that 90% of all traders are looking for the "holy
grail" and yet, less than 5% (wildly high estimate) of those have the discipline
or patience to perpetrate any mechanical plan.&nbsp; Argue the point if
you must; this is my simple, subjective view, formulated after "way too
many years" observing self-destruction by the Amerikan trading public.</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Steve
Karnish</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Cedar Creek Trading</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.abbracadabra.com/cybercast/</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Subject: Re: Gann Swings and Intraday Trading
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 09:47:36 -0600
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Adam,

Is the Drummond Geometry the system with the PL dot?

Rick.

----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Hefner <vonhef@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: Gann Swings and Intraday Trading


> Glen,
>    Thanks for the kind words about the "Gann Swing" code. I haven't worked
> on
> it much lately.......mainly because I kept finding myself using it to
> analyze the
> market rather than trading (I still like using it for analyzing though). I
> just couldn't
> devise a good trigger system to enter with......but I still saw great
merit
> in the
> multiple time frames. That's when I was introduced (by a very kind fella)
to
> a
> different method that also uses time frames. When I first read their
> literature
> and saw all the garbage about "Natures energy" I thought, what kind of
cult
> is this?  It was like reading lines from a Star Wars movie or
> something.......
> "May the Force be with you"......... anywise, I almost didn't pursue it.
> But
> now I am excited about what I am learning! The mechanics of this method
> has opened my eyes to trading opportunities. I am still learning and am
not
> sure
> if all of it works....but the definitions they use for trend and
congestion
> are
> something I can use with MANY systems.....in fact I have so many new
> Idea's to test with these 2 definitions, I don't have enough hours in the
> day!
>    Now your asking.....what is it?  I am almost afraid to say, because of
> the obvious marketing hype, but I cant argue with the mechanics of how it
> works so here it is:  "Drummond Geometry"   If anyone on this list uses
> any of the Drummond stuff, please contact me.....I would really like to
> converse with you.
>
> Adam Hefner
> vonhef@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> P.S.  I have never been a Gann astrologer, nor a cult follower............
>         I just go with the math.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen Wallace" <gcwallace@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "MetaStock listserver" <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:51 AM
> Subject: Gann Swings and Intraday Trading
>
>
> > I recall someone asking a while ago if anyone had written the MetaStock
> code
> > for the Oct99 TASC article "Gann Swings and Intraday Trading."
> >
> > I was poking around Daryl Guppy's site today and came across Adam
Hefner's
>
> > HiLo, Swing and Trend indicators and expert.  You can find the code at
> > http://www.nt-tech.com.au/guppy/gup96.htm
> >
> > Looks like a lot of thought went into it.  Adam deserves yet another pat
> on
> > the back.
> >
> >
>
>