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Strategies & Market Trends : Trading the SPOOs with Patrick Slevin! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: fut_trade who wrote (6875)	10/4/2001 8:44:30 AM
From: Doo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7434

I've enjoyed your discussions about systems and discretionary traders. Since I think most traders are discretionary --- and certainly what you are describing in this note suggest that you are/will be as well --- here are a couple of books I read recently that speak more to the head game that may be at the root of all difficulties in trading. Certainly, the first in the list might be more to your liking and interest because it has a solid base in system building, choosing one, etc. However, for me, the real tale for discretionary traders is told in the second book, which I think is one of the best books I've ever read (setting aside some almost ethereal notions that I have a hard time with). I hope they are of some interest to you, if you've not already read them: amazon.com amazon.com

To: fut_trade who wrote (6875)	10/4/2001 7:28:13 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Respond to of 7434

It's tough to start from 1982, I think the best systems trader here might have been Tom Trader, Member 657121 but I think even Tom might agree that going back so far is a mistake. I like going back to 1991 as a max, although I know others that go to 1988. Anyway that is why I think taking various time frames smoothes the analysis out better. Perhaps if you try to take the longest, the 1982, and then combine it with two, perhaps three shorter intervals it might give you better signals. The real problem with such a time frame is that the period is so bullish. I would think the system might have a predetermination to go Long rather than Short.