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Outstanding post!!!!
Thank you.

--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, superfragalist <no_reply@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Someone asked about a system recently and said it seemed to work 
well 
> when the markets were trending upward, but not so good when they 
> weren't. 
> 
> No surprise there. Most newbie's don't understand how the 
> trend really works, and how it impacts systems, both for trading 
and 
> for development, so I thought I would share a little experience and 
> opinion.
> 
> I'm very sure there are some of you who won't believe what I 
> write, and that's fine. You're free to do things anyway you
> want. After all it's your money. 
> 
> I don't want to write a book in order to educate the one or two 
> people who will read this so I'm going to be as brief as I can
> and then you'll have to figure out the rest based on what I say in
> here. Also, I'm not going to put any lace on what I have to say. I
> usually don't anyway, but from now on I'm going to post a disclaimer
> saying you need to pay attention to information and not the style. 
If 
> you are easily irritated by the style stop reading now, and don't
> waste your time (or mine ) with posts or emails about being 
> politically correct.  So here we go.
> 
> Newbie's are very concerned about finding a system that works 
> across a long time frame, etc. They are especially concerned about 
> entries. They want to hit the entry as close to the turning point 
of 
> a trend as possible. Both of those issues are a complete waste of 
> time. The reality of it is when a market is trending either up or 
> down, it really doesn't matter much what you are using for
> entries as long as you are entering in the direction of the trend.  
> (Yes, this is true. Later I'll give you some more facts you can 
> research on this.)
> 
> A few simple trend indicators are all you need to see when to enter 
a 
> trade. Entries during trends require almost no brain cells. You can 
> see this from the nineties when everybody was a wizard trader, and 
> then got wiped out in 2000 on. They just didn't pay attention to
> what I'm explaining to you in this post. 
> 
> Once we have our entry, the problem becomes one of exit strategy 
and 
> money management. 
> 
> You should develop an exit strategy that works separately 
> from the entry indicator. If you don't know how to do this, you
> can read many good systems development books by Chande, LeBeau and 
> Kaufman. They discuss exits in great detail. They will also educate 
> you on money management. 
> 
> Exit strategies are too numerous to discuss in a post. 
> However, there is not such thing as the BEST exit. There are exits 
> that work for your style of trading. 
> 
> To start the process of systems development, throw a few 
> trend indicators on template and look at some charts. The do a few 
> tests WHEN THE MARKET IS IN AN UPTREND. Most newbie's test
> everything across a broad range of all kinds of market conditions. 
> That's doing things the hard way. They've heard this is a good way 
to 
> test systems. Wrong! The only people who need to test a system that 
> way are the people who are trying to get you to pay $3000 to 
$10,000 
> for one. They want it work at least a little when the market is not 
> cooperating so they don't have hear a lot of complaints. (If you
> want to read an interesting history of trading systems and the 
people 
> who sold them, Bruce Babcock has a history section in his book The 
> (Dow Jones) Irwin Guide to Trading Systems. After you read that you 
> want ever consider buying one. It's got all your old favorites in
> there Gann, Wilder, etc)
> 
> Since you're an individual trader and you've studied the 
> systems development books I've recommended, educated your mind
> and finally understand how trading actually works, you can change 
> what you are doing according to market conditions. When that's the
> case, there is an easier and more profitable way.
> 
> First figure out the trend. There are several ways to do this 
> and they're all easy. On a weekly chart you can use a 10 and 40
> week moving average. When the index of choice is above the 10 week 
> moving average the market is in an uptrend. When the index is in 
> between the 10 and 40 week moving average, it's whipping around,
> consolidating, and screwing you out of money. That's what it's 
doing 
> in there. When it's below the 40 week moving average it's in a down 
> trend. That's the easiest way to define things. 
> 
> You can also look at some set of moving averages on a daily 
> basis, like the 4, 9, and 18 triple MA or something else close like 
a 
> 5 and 20 EMA or SMA. It doesn't matter that much. Pick one.
> 
> The dailies will tell you when a correction is taking place 
> in an up trend or down trend market. If the long term market bias 
is 
> up, but there's a correction going on, you will want to take
> shorts only and expect to hold them for a very limited period of 
> time. This means use tight stops and don't let things run just to 
see 
> where they're going to go. You only do that when the daily trend 
> agrees with the long term trend.
> 
> Okay, now we know how to determine the trend, what comes 
> next? As I said, stick a couple of trend indicators on a
> chart—your choice of which ones—they all work about the same. 
There's 
> no BEST one.
> 
> See how they look on a chart with a few symbols---during a 
> period of time WHEN THE MARKET IS IN A DEFINITIVE UP TREND.  Then 
put 
> them in your systems tester and test them on a bunch of stocks like 
> the S&P 500. Use the same trend indicator formula for entries and 
> exits—reverse the entry please—don't worry about exits at
> first. If the trend indicator returns a reasonable amount of money, 
> has a rational number of trades, etc then you're in business. 
> 
> Next develop your exits. Exits need to fit your personality 
> more than entries. What I mean by that is too many people look at 
> what makes the most money and then they can't trade it because
> the draw downs, trade frequency or other problems cause them 
hysteria 
> in the knickers. Pick exit strategies that you are comfortable 
with. 
> Look at them on a chart. If you feel good about what you are 
seeing, 
> put them in the tester. If the tester gives you reasonable results--
-
> even if they're less profitable than some other set of
> conditions—you're in business. 
> 
> One of the first steps to becoming a pretty good trader is to 
> understand that you don't, shouldn't and can't maximize
> everything. Don't even try. If it fits and you can trade it, you'll 
> learn to improve it over time. However, you won't throw it out 
> because you hate the way the system messes with your emotions. 
> 
> Now run the system over all the time frames that show the 
> market is in an up trend and that you have data for. Break the 
> periods into subparts and see how the system performs. If it does 
> pretty good during all the up trends, then you've got your up
> trend system. 
> 
> Reverse the process for down trends. Most decent trend 
> indicators identify down trends just a good as they do up trends. 
> Remember to test your down trend system WHEN THE MARKET IS IN A 
> DOWNTREND.  Seems obvious, doesn't it. Okay!
> 
> If you test you're up trend system when the markets are in a 
> down trend, guess what—it will perform poorly. Now why would you 
> trade it during a down trend. Well, here's a clue---don't
> trade it during a down trend unless you have a death wish, and some 
> of you do.
> 
> If you don't like shorting, then stay out of the market when 
> it's not in an up trend. Let me repeat that, STAY OUT OF THE
> MARKET WHEN IT IS NOT IN AN UP TREND IF YOU DON'T LIKE SHORTING.
> 
> Well, you've read that the markets only trend 30% to 40% of 
> the time. So how is this good systems development?
> 
> If you test your system during up trends and it has 6 winners 
> for every 4 losers and it makes 3X the profit for each 1X the loss, 
> if you run the tests when the market is in a sideways pattern, the 
> systems test results are going to go down. Now it produces 4 
winners 
> for every 6 losers and only 1.5X the profit for 1X the losses. You 
> can trade the system during sideways markets but get ready for more 
> losers with smaller profits on your winners. In addition, you
> won't be able to hold the trades for as long. Sideways markets may 
> require tighter stops, and different exit conditions. Do you know 
how 
> you figure that out?  Well, it involves using those market bias 
> charts I talked about earlier when the market is in the sideways 
> pattern. 
> 
> You may find that of three up trend systems, one works better 
> in sideways markets. However, it's not going to work much better. 
> Nothing will because sideways markets baffle everybody. Up two 
days, 
> down three days is hard to trade, period. 
> 
> You may want to stop trading in sideways markets. A lot of 
> people do. You may want to consider a sort of market neutral 
strategy 
> where you are taking longs and shorts at the same time. Just
> don't expect to make as much money. It ain't going to happen. 
> 
> In a sideways market if you violate the rules of good money 
> management and exit strategies, you are going to pay, and pay and 
> pay. This is the time when money management and exit strategy is 
> everything. 
> 
> Now you're thinking that can't be true, he's saying
> entries mean little, and that I can use almost anything when the 
> market is in an up trend or down trend. Yes, that is what I'm 
saying. 
> LeBeau, Van Tharp and others have tested all kinds of random entry 
> strategies and random exit strategies and guess what. During the 
> trending markets they made money with all kinds of dart throwing 
> crap. 
> 
> In the sideways markets, very few strategies made money. You 
> have to scratch out profits where ever and when ever you can find 
> them. 
> 
> These are all the secrets you need to know to be successful.  
> Okay, there's one more success factor worth repeating. Quit
> trying to maximize everything, Stop it, stop it, stop it. 
Maximizing 
> will kill you. There is no one best method, strategy, theory, etc. 
> There are one or more strategies that fit you and that will allow 
you 
> to trade with enough success to make money. If you try to find the 
> maximal money making strategy, it will wrap itself around your neck 
> like a boa and choke the life out of you as punishment for 
violating 
> the common sense rule that maximization only works in theoretical 
> mathematics and engineering classes. In real life, it is going to 
eat 
> your fruits and nuts until you starve to death. 
> 
> If you take your up trend system and run it when the market 
> is in a down trend, it's going to look very, very bad, and it
> should. If it didn't it wouldn't work worth a crap in an up trend. 
So
> don't struggle trying to fix it so it finds the one long trade out 
of 
> the hundreds of short trades that are there. 
> 
> Let's summarize. You have two systems—one for up trends' 
> which is long only' and one for down trends, which is short only.
> You use them according to the market bias derived from the weekly 
and 
> daily charts that I mentioned. You learn that almost any half 
decent 
> trend indicator will work when the market is trending, so you
> don't worry about the perfect setup, etc. You simply take the 
trades 
> when the trend indicator tells you to take them. You spend some 
time 
> finding both a money management and exit strategy that fits your 
> personality but is not the optimal strategy for making the most 
> money. When the market is moving sideways you use your up and down 
> trend system, but you recognize that trades are going to be quick 
and 
> you're only going to make a little money. You will not fall in
> love with semi-meaningless words like over bought and over sold 
> because you understand there really is not way to determine that. 
You 
> will, however, recognize that almost every indicator is right part 
of 
> the time. Your job is to figure out which ones you LIKE and when 
they 
> are likely to be right.  You will understand which market 
conditions 
> cause your favorite indicator to decline in its predictive 
abilities, 
> and you will adjust as need be using the market bias trend 
detection 
> system. And finally, you will erase from your mind the thoughts 
that 
> it is possible to maximize or minimize any thing for any reason 
> regardless of your educational back ground, profession or belief in 
> higher powers. 
> 
> I think I'm going to write a detailed article on how to make 
> all of this work for Roy's newsletter. In it I'll explain
> what the better trend indicators are and how to use them, and I 
think 
> I'll give more detail on testing and trading these systems. 
> 
> 	Sign up, I think you'll find it very enlightening. 
> 
> 	www.metastocktips.co.nz
> 
> No, I don't work for Roy. I don't get paid for writing 
> anything in the newsletter. Roy lives halfway around the world from 
> me. So why do I recommend his newsletter all the time. For the same 
> reason I recommend system development books. 
> 
> Because the newsletter is directly on point with a whole lot of the 
> questions I read on the boards. If you won't spend $120 a year to
> get your questions answered, improve your trading systems 
> dramatically and learn how to code your own stuff, then why should 
I 
> spend my time answering your pleas for help on the boards. If you 
> won't help yourself why should anyone else bother with you. 
> 
> You'll notice I mostly recommend systems development books rather 
> than trading books. Systems development books tell you what works 
and 
> what doesn't. Most trading books talk about somebody's
> personal trading system, or a system that newbie's can't seem to get
> enough of. Ninety nine percent of the time, after you've spent a 
lot 
> of money and time learning some guru's pet system, you'll wind
> up giving it up and doing what I'm telling you to do. You never 
hear 
> the guru's tell you their system only works well when the market is 
> in an up trend. You know why they don't tell you that, because you
> wouldn't buy their system. 
> 
> Do you know how many of the guru's trade from a large capital
> account—almost none of them.  At least a few of them admit it. Most 
> of their money is in mutual funds. They move it in and out of the 
> mutual funds using the trend identification methods I've told you 
> about. They don't trade with their serious money. 
> 
> Rather than follow the guru's, develop your own simple methods.
> It will serve you much, much better as will learning how to see the 
> market bias without Gann or Elliot or some other complex as hell 
> method. 
> 
> Have fun!








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