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Re: Bollinger Bands & Formula Monkeys



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In a message dated 08/09/2000 11:30:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< Nothing beats the old moving average approach when you have a trending
 market.  Unfortunately we never get enough of these types of markets to
 consistently make a buck or two.  I guess that's why all of us spend so much
 time developing other methodologies.  :)
 
 Personally, one of our worst years in recent memories was that trending
 market a few years ago.  We spent unbeliveable amounts of time trying to
 figure out how to trade it, and after all of that work, managed to
 break-even for the year.  Everybody else made the big bucks.
 
 Guy >>

Guy,
    I'm with you on the "unbelievable amounts of time" quote. But I wouldn't 
do it if I didn't enjoy the battle - Lenny