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Re: Privately speaking


  • To: dpowell <dpowell@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Privately speaking
  • From: PPetersen <hotair003@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:10:11 -0500 (EST)
  • In-reply-to: <000401be7745$ba51e2d0$454ff2d0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Dear David:  Thanks for the input. My only problem  is he has never given me any
code??
I hvae been asking for solutions for months and Mark never volunteers a solution

to an EOD user???
dpowell wrote:

> Paula,
>
> Mark is the best friend you'll never meet.  He's here to help us.  What's in
> it for him ?  I have absolutely NO idea - no good deed goes unpunished.
> He's given away more code than all the rest put together.  I've got two
> files of perpetual data he gave away to the list once that is worth a lot of
> money.  Half the indicators on my charts are things he just threw out on the
> code list.
>
> Let me tell you about the code list.  If my machine crashes and I miss tick
> data, I can ask the list and be back in business in 5 minutes.  That is
> significant to a day trader.  There have been all kinds of incredibly
> complicated code posted to the list, like regression channels, triangle
> trend lines that are automatically drawn, pitch forks, and on and on and on
> ...
>
> I'm sure you've gotten many posts on how to join the code list
> http://www.markbrown.com/list-master.htm
> is the last way I had to get on it (three machines ago)
> it has some absolute genius programmers on it.  You want to create an
> indicator or system ?  Put the idea up there and it will likely get done.  I
> get fed up w/ the Omega list and can only take it for a few weeks at a time.
> The only reason I'm on it now is to see how the upgrade is going, and I've
> about had it for this go around.
>
> There are a lot of really good traders no one has ever heard of, or ever
> will.  They don't want the pub.  The people that are famous, the ones on the
> talk show-book selling circuit aren't really trading, they're living off of
> celebrity.
>
> If you don't believe me and want some code I've gotten off the code list,
> let me know what time of day you can receive a large file and I'll send you
> what I have handy.
>
> Oh, one other thing.  I recall a thread involving someone that bought a
> system from someone for $25,000.  Not only did it not work, it was a rip off
> of a $2500 system that I think Sadenberg or someone was selling.  The guy
> was sick.  I think Mark CC'd the NFA or CFTC and the guy got his money back,
> which made him happy.
>
> Sincerely,
> David