I'm actually anxious to do

    ERX/XLE swing system

    Posted by matt on 21st of Nov 2012 at 01:03 pm

    I'm actually anxious to do the same thing with the S&P 500 or SPY into a swing system like ERX based on the same indicators and methodology of course the BPSPX would be used in place of the BPENER, however all the other indicators and settings would be the same like MACD, Bollinger Bands, RSI 14 and 2, Stochasic 5, 34, and 60, 

    Matt -ERY

    Posted by lamb on 21st of Nov 2012 at 04:10 pm

    Can we trade ERY when system goes short?

    or just short ERX, I

    Posted by matt on 21st of Nov 2012 at 04:50 pm

    or just short ERX, I prefer the short the Inverse ETF's since they can degrade some thus you get an extra boost.

    Some of the trades can last 3 months, with one trade that lasted 9 months and I don't like holding those leveraged ETF's for that long because of degradation, a short time is fine, but I would rather be short ERX for 9 months than holding ERY 

    And guys PLEASE PLEASEI can't stress enough, when I do release this system, do NOT go crazy overboard on margin, especially on the 3X ETF's, for example there is one 11% losing trade (which was in the last bear market before Mar 2009 so it's understandable because of the huge volatility at that time) however that would be a 33% losing trader with ERX or ERY, how many of you could emotionally handle that if put a large portion of your capital into the trade?  

    Again the vast majority of losing trades are very small like only a few percentage points and there are not many of them, but some can be 5% or 7% (a 7% losing trade for example would be roughly -21% for ERX/ERY, that's large number for you guys to emotionally handle).  Also avoid buying options because when in a trade we don't know how long the trade will last, and options have a time decay.  

    The point is, don't put your whole account into a trade, don't use margin, don't buy Options because of their time decay and since we dont' know how long a trade will last (could last days to weeks to months), use proper money management.  If a trade goes bad and you are on margin in ERX/ERY or have options, do NOT complain to us about a bad trade, that's on end for using too much leverage.

    Personally I'll be trading XLE, as I don't need all that margin

    system trading - talking my language now

    Posted by roger on 21st of Nov 2012 at 08:41 pm

    Roll it out - cant wait to see it.  Just now put one together that I haven't thought of before, based on your general idea.   ie ERX,ERY, XLE, SPY. 

    No worries from me!  Trading

    Posted by frtaylor on 21st of Nov 2012 at 05:27 pm

    No worries from me!  Trading very conservatively these days (not that I ever did swing for the fences).

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