Replies to post #1591 on Cap's Trading Diary

[Toofuzzy]

Hi Cap

>>>I have found several methods that work well, and they are mainly based on the statistical idea that gaining a small edge on each trade generates a steady expected return over a long period of time<<<

Soooooo why not use them?

Personally I have found that anytime I try to "do better" I end up doing worse, because I am making an emmotional decision at just the wrong time. Such as switching the AIM settings to tighten up the hold zone.

I thought LD-AIM was a good idea but after using it it seems to make more sence to me for "new" accounts than switching existing running AIM acounts to it.

I wasn't trying to be insulting. If you can't succeed in finding something reasonably successful between having worked in the industry and your annilitical skills why should most of us?

On the Motly Fool there is a Mechanical Investing board. People there developed a continuing stream of stock screens that got higher and higher returns........ at least till January of 2000 when the most agressive crashed and burned because they were all based on momentum investing.

AIM works because you are not trying to predict anything. It reacts to what has already happened instead.

Toofuzzy