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Jan,
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hah, you couldn't anyway because ever since I bought
a couple of warrants (calls) on the Nasdaq & the Neue Markt I never
eat bread anymore, just souffle <font size=-2>(which as every cook will
tell you has a nasty habit of suddenly collapsing when taken out of the
oven & put in the cold ;-)</font></blockquote>
Kinda like a bull trap, or some breakouts I've observed. The action
is hot, you think price is serious about rising, only to be disappointed
and left standing in the cold. I'd be happy if I could just master
some bread and butter trades, let alone "Salzburger Nockerl." <font size=-1>
(group: a very rich Austrian soufflé)</font>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>>So short term trends are your cup of tea.
<br>Not quite. I guess I've really two strategies (a souffle-kind of word):
<br>1. I follow the mid term trend by counter trading the short term trend.
<br>2. I try to profit by bull/bear traps whenever I can.</blockquote>
Have you developed any criteria to evaluate <i>bull traps</i>, as opposed
to real <i>bull moves</i>? Do you use volatility? Price patterns?
Both? Not that one could ever really say for certain, but do you
have a way of judging when a move looks fishy, and pleasantly fade-able?
Say, some little dance at a former support/resistance level?
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I do this by following/scrutinying just a few issues
I (think to) know well & feel comfortable with.
<p>Tactics? I'm a linear regression fan (the line study in MS);</blockquote>
That's something I need to investigate. It's come to my attention
a couple of times recently. I have homework to do here. Thanks
for pointing it out.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I use the open of today vs. the yesterday's open
as the trigger; I start out with a very, very narrow stop (if the trade
doesn't immediately show a profit I've made a mistake in my market evaluation
& I'm out like a scalded (hopefully only by my whiskers) cat) which
I gradually widen to something like two to three ATRs from the lates peak/trough
(<b>never ever</b> lowering/raising it).</blockquote>
I understand. Do you also require a certain show of strength/weakness
for your entries? For example, as I study along and click through
charts, I've been requiring that price move a certain ATR-amount in order
to trigger an entry. Just starting with this, but it seems like it
would help keep me out of lame-assed trades that aren't really going to
take off. So on the entry end it would be: "love me or leave
me" and on the stop end of the trade, same deal.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>If you are or anyone else is interested in a description
(aka narrative) of my trading style I'd be happy to write a few words about
it - as long as I don't get too much flak about being a long winded old
fart ... sorry, I meant chart<font size=-2>ist</font>.</blockquote>
Speaking only for myself, of course, by all means become a long-winded
old chartist -- now that you've raised the issue, nothing less than a major
megilla will do! <VBG> If you get flak, which I doubt, there's
always email. But I have a strong hunch that there are a lot of folks
"out there" would would not exactly be bored to tears.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Finally here's a - at least in this group I think
- heretic statement:
<br><b><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>I've never seen </font><font size=-1>or
been able myself to design</font><font size=+1> a purely mechanical system
that</font></font></b>
<br><b><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>earns real money under real
world conditions.</font></font></b></blockquote>
You know, they used to burn heretics! Of course, formal apologies
have now been offered.
<br>Philip</html>
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Subject: Re: 6.52 crashes very often on Windows 2000
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The problem may be Win95. You may have to update to Win98 2nd edition.
Lionel Issen
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----- Original Message -----
From: Al Taglavore <altag@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: 6.52 crashes very often on Windows 2000
> If anyone could offer assistance on the identical problem with 6.52 using
> Windows '95, I would appreciate it also.
>
> Al Taglavore
>
> ----------
> > From: rosewood_island <rosewood_island@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: 6.52 crashes very often on Windows 2000
> > Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 10:32 AM
> >
> > Does any one experince problems with MS 6.52 on Windows 2000?
> >
> > When I scroll through securities using the arrow buttons at the lower
> > right-hand corner, sometimes I get a messgae
> > "Insufficient data sources to fulfill request".
> > Then Metastock just crashes and terminated.
> > It happens once every 10-20 securites. I didn't have this problem with
> > M.S. 6.5 on Windows 2000. After using 6.52 for a few months, I'm
> > tierd of this problem.
> >
> > Could someone kindly offer some hints? Thank you very much.
> >
> > R. I.
> >
> >
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