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US under Martial Law? – Not yet, but…

Some of you undoubtedly have seen the video posted on YouTube on September 28th, 2008 where Texas Republican Michael Burgess suggested that the US was under Martial Law.

This isn’t entirely true BUT it’s worth reading a follow up article by Ian Brockwell that provides some interesting insight on the situation.

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US under Martial Law? – Not yet, but…

Ian Brockwell
September 29, 2008

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Check Out The “Money Day Finder”

Our office received a direct mail piece today advertising the Money Day Finder by Copp Clark Professional that I thought was interesting.

It in essence is a trading and investment desk calendar geared to the North American markets and looks like this:

The site lists it as:

Ideal for investment/term deposit administration, treasury and cash management and financial planning. Our year-forward format provides day-counts and thirty-day periods from each businessday and ensures against interest losses due to unanticipated weekends and bank holidays.

It also includes:

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Check Out “Personal Stock Streamer” 9.2.1

If you’re a MetaStock user consider having a look Personal Stock Streamer to help manage all of your investment accounts, watchlists and holdings all in one place. This is free software download (when using select brokerage accounts).

According to http://softsia.blogspot.com/2008/09/personal-stock-streamer-921.html here is a a quick rundown of this nifty little program:

Personal Stock Streamer (PSS) is a complete stock streamer and trading platform for the active US investor.

With PSS, investors can:

  • Track hundreds of streaming stock tickers
  • Manage multiple accounts and portfolios
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Relative Strength Comparison (RSC) The Key Success Tool In Trading – Part 3

By David Jenyns

In Part 2, of Designing a Trading System in MetaStock I covered how to code the first two of the four major components of a mechanical entry system. I had explained the coding of price and liquidity. In this article, I will cover the steps for coding the remaining two components, trend and volatility, into MetaStock. In the end, you will have the complete codes for a mechanical entry system.

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Designing a Trading System in MetaStock- Part 2

In Part 1 of Designing a Trading System in MetaStock, I had discussed the major components you needed to be able to track to create a mechanical entry system. These were measures of price, liquidity, trend, and volatility. The question now is, how do we code this into MetaStock?

First, let me offer you the most valuable piece of knowledge I have acquired over the years about MetaStock formula writing. This one secret will turn you into a MetaStock master. Do you think I know all of MetaStock`s hundreds of pre-programmed formula and propriety indicators? Well, I`m good, but I`m not that good.

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Designing a Trading System in MetaStock – Part 1

By David Jenyns

In this three article series, I`m going to guide you through the process I use to design a [tag]trading system[/tag] using MetaStock. I’ll cover the four major components that every successful trading system has in common, and then I’ll show you how to code these components into the MetaStock program. Please note that this is by no means investment advice and any information I cover is purely for illustrative purposes.

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How To Loose Everything — The Worst Forex Trading Strategy Ever That You Might Be Using

You may be wondering, `Why would [tag]David Jenyns[/tag] write about the worst [tag]Forex trading strategy[/tag] around?`

There are a couple of reasons:

First, to warn you about the worst Forex trading strategy, because you really don`t want to end up using this system.

Second, because once you know the worst possible Forex trading strategy, the one that is designed to maximize your losses over the long run, then you can reverse it to craft a strategy which does the exact opposite.

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Important information for clients using MetaStock 8.0 and 9.0

To All Owners Of MetaStock:

In order to continue giving clients the best possible software and data experience, it is sometimes necessary to discontinue product support of older versions of MetaStock. For this purpose, as of December 31, 2007, [tag]Equis International[/tag] will no longer be providing product support for [tag]MetaStock[/tag] versions 8.0 and 9.0. Note: versions 9.1 and above will not be affected by this change.

Please review the following frequently asked questions to better understand the end-of-life cycle, how it will affect you, and what options are available:

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Scam Artist or Ethical Stock Broker? – How You Can Tell the Difference

The quickest way to tell if your stock broker is a scam artist, using your account for broker profits rather than yours, is to look for evidence of “churning.”

Say you have just opened a stock brokerage account and your broker puts you into Fast Buck Industries as your very first “investment.” You get your first statement and see that she has traded Fast Buck three times. You also note several stocks listed that you had not discussed.

It’s only unethical or illegal if you get caught, is often the rationale.

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David Jenyns – The Secret Art of Backtesting

Here’s a great article on back testing from our good friend [tag]David Jenyns[/tag], author of the [tag]MetaStock Programming Study Guide[/tag], available for purchase at: www.metastock.ca/training/metastock-programming.aspx

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Original Article: www.makeupblog.cn/real-estate/the-secret-art-of-backtesting.html

The Secret Art of [tag]Backtesting[/tag]

If you have not back tested your trading system, you might as well trade with your eyes close.

In fact, whatever technical analysis criterion you use to trade with, be it [tag]moving averages[/tag], [tag]candle sticks[/tag], [tag]volatility breakouts[/tag], [tag]fibonacci retracements[/tag] or any other [tag]trading system[/tag] you have devised you’re going to need to back test your trading system thoroughly and objectively in order to remove any possible doubt about it’s capability.

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