How to Evaluate Backtesting Programs

I came across this request for information on my Twitter tube: “Evaluating backtesting programs: MetaStock, Traders Studio, Ami Broker, Strata Searc, Ninja Trader, Trade Ideas. Any thoughts?”, @milktrader Source: http://twitter.com/milktrader/status/1456777201 Each of these applications and even others not on this list, like WealthLab Pro or DIY Excel, will have advantages over the other.  Some major, some…

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Disinfect Your Connectivity Virus with This Fix

This morning we received a couple of calls and IMs about a lack of connectivity to our site and through Trade-Ideas PRO.  This was the first time something like this has happened in over 3 years, so it got our attention. It turns out it has nothing to do with Trade-Ideas, thankfully. A Plot Right…

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Get Experimental. Trade-Ideas Releases Beta of its Latest Version

“It’s the book to end all books. Until I write another one” – Stephen Colbert on the publication of his book , I Am America, And So Can You. We’d say it alternatively, “It’s the upgrade to end all upgrades. Until we release another one“. Exactly. Announcing v2.3.5 in beta release.  Here is the link to…

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Help Us Choose the New Makeover Design for Trade-Ideas.com

Some exciting changes are coming to Trade-Ideas – specifically this blog and our entire site.  It’s a makeover that promises to: Easily allow people to navigate to information they need on the site Explain what we do with more clarity to new visitors I’ve already shown the set of 4 makeover designs from which we…

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Following This Bear Swing Set-Up Netted a 84% Win Rate

Improved OddsMaker Models Swing Trades Noticed anything?  We changed The OddsMaker by expanding the range of the backtest and introducing longer hold times with which to model trading rules.  The details of the enhancements are in the User’s Guide.  This post demonstrates via an example strategy how the changes improve the universe of possible trading…

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Scans that Feed the Bulls & Bears on FOX Biz

This post is for @TALENTED BLONDE who posted on Twitter this morning,  http://twitter.com/TALENTEDBLONDE/status/1300271000 I decided to feed her a possible storyline for this afternoon, developed by interacting with the StockTwits crowd the last couple of days. It goes like this version of a Harper’s Index: (Data as of 1:50pm EST, Mar. 9, 2009) Number of…

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Your Trading Plan Benefits from My Visit to the NYC Traders Expo

Our news is your news.  What’s happened over the past week at Trade-Ideas can impact your trading plan, how you use Trade-Ideas PRO and its tools, or at least give you a new place from which to gather great market insight and a continuing trader’s education.   NYC Traders EXPO: 2 Surprises I came away…

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Add a Service: Who to Bring into the Fold

At the San Diego meetings I pitched that Trade-Ideas could add a partner’s service that would appear as an additional alert offering within Trade-Ideas PRO. This got a positive reception and now it’s something I want to pursue. However as partnerships go, some partners start and stop themselves, so in an effort to keep the…

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How to Short $BAC All Over Again. Watch History Repeat.

The headlines sound an omnious alarm: “Bank of America tumbles on nationalization worries” (Reuters, February 4, 2009) BAC continues to take it on the chin: teetering on bankruptcy, government bail out yada yada yada.  If you shorted this ride – congratulations.  But is the ride over? Maybe there is more opportunity yet to find in…

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