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Re: Re[2]: Which holds best promise?



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It's very hard to backtest instinct to tell if it makes money over time.(I
wish I could)
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Brown <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: Re[2]: Which holds best promise?


> Hello  Bob,
>
> BH>  For one it's a lot more fun as I like making my own decisions. It
> BH>  is  also  much  more  satisfying.
>
> good for you.. Bob
>
> BH> Systems  are also subject to drawdowns, and sometimes severe ones,
> BH> I am unwilling to accept those.
>
> are you saying you have no drawdowns? i think thats what your implying
> after reading below that you expect to never have a loosing day!
>
> BH>  If  you  can read the price action and execute there is no reason
> BH> to have a losing day (barring order entry errors).
>
> GET REAL! what planet do you live on?
>
> BH>  And  any  system  has to be based upon somebody's opinion. I have
> BH> already learned that my opinion s-cks and the market couldn't care
> BH> less  about  it, so I am unwilling to trade someone else's opinion
> BH> or my own. There is more than one way to trade successfully, so in
> BH> the end we just have to find what works for us.
>
> Then  Bob how is it that you are going to teach your students to trade
> if  each  has  to  find  their  own  way? Your web site makes for very
> interesting reading.
>
> BH> Bob
>
> Mark
>