Hi Bernie No one can predict the Future. " Or did you look at a chart of Dell and determine your settings after the fact?" That is how they do it they fit the indicators to the chart and then they trade into the right side of the chart with those settings.It can be done without AIM or xdev and the best picks have always been those with Strong Fundamentals not Technical's. Your imput this year with your stock picks was welcomed. xdev is better than AIM at curve fitting the data from the past price action and adjusting position size that's what the computer was made for but predicting the future is best left to the tea leaf readers.