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Forum: Off-Topic April 28th, 2011, 08:51 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 11,120
Posted By fluxsmith
Why? Because he ended the wars Bush got us...

Why?

Because he ended the wars Bush got us into? Nope, didn't happen.
Because he didn't get us into another war? Oh, he did.
Because he improved the economy? Nope, he made it worse.
Because...
Forum: Off-Topic April 12th, 2011, 08:37 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,015
Posted By fluxsmith
I love my Oceanus watch. Probably more accurate...

I love my Oceanus watch. Probably more accurate than a Rolex (with a little help from Fort Collins).
Forum: NinjaTrader April 7th, 2011, 02:43 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 9,227
Posted By fluxsmith
Some version of this is a frequent theme here. I...

Some version of this is a frequent theme here. I think you could be saying any combination of 3 things:

1. Historical data feeds don't match real-time data feeds.
This is true, but they are...
Forum: NinjaTrader April 7th, 2011, 09:55 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 9,227
Posted By fluxsmith
The only way you can tell if it will work in the...

The only way you can tell if it will work in the future is to trade it in the future. But, since that's a fairly useless answer, there are characteristics which give us clues:

1. Profit factor...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators April 7th, 2011, 01:03 AM
Replies: 111
Views: 32,593
Posted By fluxsmith
Hi... I wish you were inclined to teach your...

Hi... I wish you were inclined to teach your method, as I have found some of your posts intriguing. And FWIW I disagree with an earlier comment, paraphrased... that your posts are a waste of time...
Forum: Sierra Chart April 6th, 2011, 07:53 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 24,541
Posted By fluxsmith
I can't. But I can give you the one reason that...

I can't. But I can give you the one reason that tempts me to switch from NT to SierraCharts, though I've never done so.... C++

I now have an experience and code base in NT I hesitate to give up....
Forum: Sierra Chart April 5th, 2011, 05:10 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 24,541
Posted By fluxsmith
FWIW when I read the support thread you linked to...

FWIW when I read the support thread you linked to I thought you looked like the one on the short fuse ;-), but this email response is pretty atrocious on their part. If I owned the company and...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators April 5th, 2011, 01:17 AM
Replies: 111
Views: 32,593
Posted By fluxsmith
Very interesting. BTW - I had one of those early...

Very interesting. BTW - I had one of those early cell phones in my car. Boy did I think I'd arrived.

Can you point us to any useful indicators which do not fall into this category?
Forum: NinjaTrader April 4th, 2011, 09:29 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,827
Posted By fluxsmith
Thanks for posting this. It's quite interesting....

Thanks for posting this. It's quite interesting. Other than the source code, do you know where we can learn more about it?
Forum: NinjaTrader April 4th, 2011, 01:25 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 16,050
Posted By fluxsmith
I can't really justify any of this scientifically...

I can't really justify any of this scientifically (I'm not much of a mathametician), but I prefer my SQN performance function for choosing parameters. I then use expectancy for ranking my many...
Forum: Off-Topic April 3rd, 2011, 11:51 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 13,437
Posted By fluxsmith
The first quoted post is correct. There is...

The first quoted post is correct. There is nothing special about heads. Assuming your calculation of .00097 to be correct (I haven't verified it), the odds of HHHHHHHHHH and the odds of HHTHHTTTHT...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 2nd, 2011, 01:02 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 64,659
Posted By fluxsmith
For those who believe in this 'string theory',...

For those who believe in this 'string theory', and that it's applicable to a coin toss...

The odds of four tosses coming out "HHHH" are .5 * .5 * .5 *.5 = .0625 = 1/16

So if I flip a fair...
Forum: Trading Journals April 2nd, 2011, 12:36 PM
Replies: 326
Views: 92,200
Posted By fluxsmith
The only reason I've been assuming Horst isn't...

The only reason I've been assuming Horst isn't just a shill is because he's been defended by bluemele, who has a much more reputable posting history on the forum than those discussed in the past few...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors April 1st, 2011, 09:31 AM
Replies: 118
Views: 47,501
Posted By fluxsmith
This is the first post I've seen about them in...

This is the first post I've seen about them in that vein, but now that it's out, I too found their website to be extremely corny and was put off by it.

There are a few members of this forum...
Forum: NinjaTrader March 27th, 2011, 12:01 PM
Replies: 1,059
Views: 361,600
Posted By fluxsmith
I think they failed to generate any interest...

I think they failed to generate any interest because they were a solution looking for a problem. They don't seem to serve any risk-shifting purpose that isn't already served by options.
Forum: NinjaTrader March 27th, 2011, 11:45 AM
Replies: 1,059
Views: 361,600
Posted By fluxsmith
If an instrument has never gained enough...

If an instrument has never gained enough popularity to be tradable, as FatTail's post shows, then NT is probably wise not to expend resources supporting it.
Forum: Traders Hideout March 27th, 2011, 11:13 AM
Replies: 368
Views: 232,720
Posted By fluxsmith
Go ahead, we're here to be bored with it. I want...

Go ahead, we're here to be bored with it. I want to learn to do the same thing if it works.
Forum: Trading Journals March 26th, 2011, 11:42 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,992
Posted By fluxsmith
Your attachment is a .bmp, I don't have the...

Your attachment is a .bmp, I don't have the patience to wait for it to load. Screen shots should be posted in a compressed format (.jpg or .png)
Forum: NinjaTrader March 26th, 2011, 02:21 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,483
Posted By fluxsmith
I'd say it all depends on your programming...

I'd say it all depends on your programming experience. Personally I wouldn't trade C++ (preferable) or C# for an "Easy" language. I have strategies programmed in NT which are running exactly as I...
Forum: NinjaTrader March 26th, 2011, 01:32 AM
Replies: 1,059
Views: 361,600
Posted By fluxsmith
I don't think so. This is a Windows limitation. ...

I don't think so. This is a Windows limitation. On 32 bit windows the addressable memory size is limited, and if more is needed by a single application the swap file does not help.
Forum: NinjaTrader March 26th, 2011, 01:25 AM
Replies: 1,059
Views: 361,600
Posted By fluxsmith
I currently just go back to 01/01/2010

I currently just go back to 01/01/2010
Forum: NinjaTrader March 23rd, 2011, 10:28 PM
Replies: 1,059
Views: 361,600
Posted By fluxsmith
I used to backtest with a tick dataseries but...

I used to backtest with a tick dataseries but gave up on that a long time ago. I never blamed Ninja, it's just more data than my computer had the memory to deal with. I now use a 1 tick range bar...
Forum: NinjaTrader March 23rd, 2011, 10:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,015
Posted By fluxsmith
For starters you have two "protected override...

For starters you have two "protected override void OnBarUpdate()" code blocks. You'll have to consolidate them into one function.
Forum: Psychology and Money Management March 19th, 2011, 12:43 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 10,582
Posted By fluxsmith
I was thinking more about this topic on the way...

I was thinking more about this topic on the way to breakfast...

I think one reason this tends to become a 'religous' argument stems from a failure to distinguish between two different kinds of...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management March 19th, 2011, 10:33 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 10,582
Posted By fluxsmith
I'm on the side of automation. If I haven't...

I'm on the side of automation. If I haven't automated it, I don't trade it. That said, I don't think HFT is valid as an argument by example, for the simple reason that the techniques the 'big boys'...
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