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Re:????Rules for closing market???



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http://www.cme.com/market/riskman/pricelmt.html ---mitch ryder wrote: > > Rt'ers > > could someone post the tules for closint the makrets for today...is the max > 30% or something ....what number is that? > > Thenks > Mitch > > > > > > I have been developing a trading system now for a long time. It uses > > > volatility and breakouts to enter and exit the market. Many trades are > > > profitable in many different markets. However, it tended to trade against > > > the trend giving a lot of loosing trades and in order to stop that I > > > incorporated a simple MA filter that makes the system only give sell orders > > > if the MA x days ago is higher that todays MA. This works fine, but in very > > > short ranging markets the system gets really whipsawed, especially on the > > > S&P. The enclosed JPG file clearly shows this. In a clear trend the signals > > > are good, but it gets totally whipsawed in other periods. > > > I know this is probably the most common problem for a system, but does > > > anyone have any good advice about indicators that can be used in limit the > > > number of whipsaw trades? I tried using ADX, however I found it to exclude > > > to many profitable trades. However, I used a simple ADX rule which I first > > > read in the old classic "Technical Analysis of the futures markets" by > > > Murphy (I think that was the title) where I programmed my system only to do > > > trades if the ADX was above a certain number. There may be other better > > > ways of using the ADX? > > > > > > Any comments welcome. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > Attachment: whipex.gif > > MIME Type: application/octet-stream > > --------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------- > > Attachment: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > MIME Type: text/plain > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > Mitch Ryder > Ynos@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > ____________________________________________________________________ > More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail > DO YOU YAHOO!?Get your free @yahoo.com address at Yahoo! Mail.