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Forum: Psychology and Money Management September 28th, 2011, 05:09 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 30,527
Posted By Baseheadz
yeah I know. lol. I've just been trying to...

yeah I know. lol.

I've just been trying to figure out a way in which I can "comfortably" put on positions and not get stopped out. I've tried martingale's on my robotic futures systems and I could...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management September 28th, 2011, 03:55 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 30,527
Posted By Baseheadz
I did go ahead and open a demo account at Nadex...

I did go ahead and open a demo account at Nadex and I can confirm that this is super cool. Perfect example of taking advantage of a big short opportunity into the close today on the NQ and TF in the...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management September 26th, 2011, 04:26 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 30,527
Posted By Baseheadz
I'm not affiliated with NADEX. Nadex is an...

I'm not affiliated with NADEX. Nadex is an exchange. It's no different than somebody saying to trade binary options on the S&P 500.
Forum: Psychology and Money Management September 26th, 2011, 04:18 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 30,527
Posted By Baseheadz
Ever try position/swing trading on fewer...

Ever try position/swing trading on fewer contracts with bigger stops? Perhaps consider quitting the "grind" of day trading?

You may want to checkout Nadex.com as well. You can do binaries and...
Forum: Brokers September 14th, 2011, 01:03 PM
Replies: 116
Views: 112,526
Posted By Baseheadz
You can use a slight variation of Black-Scholes...

You can use a slight variation of Black-Scholes or a binomial model to price binary options.

Also, when it comes to binaries, if you have really great futures trading system, think about all of...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management August 25th, 2011, 08:37 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 30,527
Posted By Baseheadz
Some traders are mandated to use stops, usually...

Some traders are mandated to use stops, usually in the case of a bank proprietary trader. Some traders do not have such a mandate.

For reversion systems, I always found it most comfortable to...
Forum: NinjaTrader August 22nd, 2011, 02:44 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,524
Posted By Baseheadz
NT Optimizer crashes

is anybody else experiencing crashes all of the time with the optimizer in NT?
Forum: NinjaTrader August 21st, 2011, 03:30 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,611
Posted By Baseheadz
Stable ATM Strategies?

Are there any stable ATM strategies available for download? By stable I mean, they cancel orders properly and make sure that overfilling of entries is reduced as much as possible?
Forum: NinjaTrader August 19th, 2011, 02:54 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,399
Posted By Baseheadz
Kind of figured this one out as per NT support...

Kind of figured this one out as per NT support staff:

Ninja Trader is protecting my strategy from an overfill. It is possible that if I cancel my SetTrailStop generated order, my reversal order...
Forum: NinjaTrader August 19th, 2011, 02:27 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,399
Posted By Baseheadz
SetTrailStop and Reversals

Hi,

I'm noticing that when my strategies simply reverse from either long to short or short to long, everything looks good and is calculated correctly. For my entries, I'm using EnterShortStopLimit...
Forum: NinjaTrader August 19th, 2011, 01:38 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 6,294
Posted By Baseheadz
I got a solution I did it a little differently. ...

I got a solution I did it a little differently.

if (TickSize == 0.1)
Rounding=1;
else if(TickSize == 0.01)
Rounding=2;
else if (TickSize == 0.25)
Rounding=2;
else if (TickSize == 0.005)...
Forum: NinjaTrader August 19th, 2011, 12:37 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 6,294
Posted By Baseheadz
Decimals in TickSize

Is there a way in NT to return the number of decimals in the TickSize of a futures contract?

Thanks
Forum: MultiCharts August 19th, 2011, 11:45 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 8,264
Posted By Baseheadz
Custom bars would be more fun. This can be done...

Custom bars would be more fun. This can be done synthetically in an indicator to an extent, right?
Forum: Traders Hideout August 17th, 2011, 07:49 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 19,141
Posted By Baseheadz
Tim Sykes has a trading challenge now. I haven't...

Tim Sykes has a trading challenge now. I haven't researched the trading challenge but it looks cool

Timothy Sykes 2011 Trading Challenge - (http://www.timtradingchallenge.com/b.html)
Forum: Traders Hideout August 17th, 2011, 10:53 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 19,141
Posted By Baseheadz
This is the one where people have made history....

This is the one where people have made history. This is the only long-running trading competition that I know of.

World Cup Championship of Futures Trading from the Robbins Trading Company. Which...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management August 16th, 2011, 10:52 AM
Replies: 273
Views: 86,564
Posted By Baseheadz
“Never believe that body is permanent. Body is...

“Never believe that body is permanent. Body is like a water bubble. Mind is like a mad monkey.”
- Sri Sathya Sai Baba

May I remind us to give ourselves and each other approval today.
Forum: NinjaTrader August 15th, 2011, 04:49 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,624
Posted By Baseheadz
Thanks Bukkan, I'm using these strings so...

Thanks Bukkan,

I'm using these strings so that I can have a long and short ATM strategy. How would I check these?

private string atmStrategyIdLong = string.Empty;
private string orderIdLong =...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management August 15th, 2011, 04:21 PM
Replies: 273
Views: 86,564
Posted By Baseheadz
I don't recommend that every trader goes to...

I don't recommend that every trader goes to Gamblers Anonymous, BUT I do recommend that almost every daytrader goes to Gambler's anonymous at least for a couple of times to hear stories about how...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management August 15th, 2011, 04:11 PM
Replies: 273
Views: 86,564
Posted By Baseheadz
If you are successful and consistently...

If you are successful and consistently profitable, take TRADING and send the girlfriend to get help to deal with her own internal issues.

If you are not making money trading, perhaps quit trading,...
Forum: NinjaTrader August 15th, 2011, 01:57 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,624
Posted By Baseheadz
ATM Order Cancel Project

Hi Guys,

Does anybody know why this ATM strategy is outputting these types of errors?
**NT** GetAtmStrategyMarketPosition() method error: Missing atmStrategyId parameter
**NT**...
Forum: NinjaTrader August 13th, 2011, 10:45 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,885
Posted By Baseheadz
Fat Tails, How would you know when 8 bars...

Fat Tails,

How would you know when 8 bars has passed on the zigzag indicator after a high has occurred?

This is the overload for the zigzag:
ZigZag(DeviationType.Percent, 0.3,...
Forum: NinjaTrader August 13th, 2011, 10:28 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,885
Posted By Baseheadz
Thanks Fat Tails. I'm gonna try the zigzag...

Thanks Fat Tails. I'm gonna try the zigzag method. Sounds awesome!
Forum: NinjaTrader August 11th, 2011, 07:19 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,885
Posted By Baseheadz
Bars Since Pivot

I'm attempting to make a filter for identifying a number of bars since a pivot high or low. I have provided the code below. The issue is that currently I have not figured out the logic that properly...
Forum: NinjaTrader July 29th, 2011, 03:05 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,878
Posted By Baseheadz
Silvester, Which indicator do you have shown...

Silvester,

Which indicator do you have shown above?
Forum: NinjaTrader July 29th, 2011, 03:03 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,878
Posted By Baseheadz
You're so money and you don't even know it

You're so money and you don't even know it
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