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Here, it turns out they write to me in private messages, and also some emails got into email somehow, I didn't even notice, as I rarely check. Therefore, I will try to answer some questions here., especially since many questions are repeated.

what literature on the topic was studied and what from read, in your opinion, deserves special attention;

I read a lot of literature, especially in the beginning — almost everything that came across, some literature, Really, diagonally or just flipped. But one of the first from which I learned what markets are like and how it all happens — Parshikov and Tvardovsky & quot; Secrets of stock trading" — just got caught one of the first, quite informative and to the point. Think, for beginners, all the books that describe the initial information deserve attention. But the books, where the guaranteed income is declared after reading, I think, can harm and create false illusions for beginners.

I dug a small system (true in Ami but the code is flawlessly simple), wrote under the Russian futures, but it would be interesting to see the results on the bourgeois futures. Could you, if there is time and desire of course, look at this case, how would it work there

Not, I didn't manage to make friends with Amibroker, that's why I already forgot how to do what there. And I never knew the syntax of the language, therefore I will hardly help in this matter. Try to ask on the spider — there a whole section is reserved for the Amibroker.

Are you related to the broker JCTradinggroup?

Not, никакого. I was surprised at this coincidence when they appeared here.. Сначала думал, maybe joking. But no.. :)

– did they trade on the Russian FR (MICEX, FORTS),And, if not, then why;

Yes, certainly. I started with forex and a month later I went to Guta-bank (now VTB-24) draw up documents for opening an account on the Russian stock exchanges. But since I was a non-resident, then quite high taxes were — 33%. I also did not like that every month I had to carry a signed piece of paper confirming transactions to the bank. As soon as you don't bring a piece of paper — chopping off trade and portfolio. I got tired of it quickly and became a long-term investor, who I still am. :)

– where did you start trading: selection of markets, tools, system, deposit amount;

I started with forex at the end 2004 of the year, then a month later the MICEX, and almost simultaneously opened the first account in the USA and gradually the focus shifted to American stocks. Initially had no idea about markets at all, did not know how a stock differs from a bond, but I'm very glad that there weren't even then seminars and videos for day traders, so I just didn't know about this trading style, а то бы, чувствую, I would lose a lot of money. Having opened an account in the USA, I began to search on the Internet for what kind of companies there are in the USA — I knew one — Microsoft and bought it right away. Then I found Bank of America — well I think, if the bank is cool — also bought. In general, I bought according to this principle. Kept losses and cut profits. It was lucky that it was not a bear market and ended the first year in positive territory, but this year has already more or less figured out with shares, but still did not understand what futures and options are. I studied everything that could be studied and tried to trade everything that could be traded and in the second year of trading I got a huge minus in grain futures, but forex and stocks gave a common plus. Then it so happened that I stumbled upon the right path that changed everything. — specialized programs for creating trading systems. From that moment on, a completely new stage began..

what is your algorithm for creating a trading system;

Differently every time, but more often by inspiration. Sometimes ideas come, when I read literature, forums. Sometimes you can just test other people's systems, since I have no illusions about my exclusivity and I am sure that there are systems better than mine, why not use. I just bought systems a couple of times, which seemed to me worthy of attention. So there is no algorithm — by inspiration :)

at the moment you have some kind of off-line employment, well, let's say a company on those or other shares?where do you go to work for a salary??well, or completely and completely went into trading?

Not, there is no other employment for a long time, for years 6. That is, I am fully engaged only in speculation on stock exchanges.. True, in the summer, roller skates take a lot of time when the weather is good.

in general, if not a secret, give yourself some help about how you came into this business?In principle, you are already normal, you could have found the 90s in their most interesting climax))

Yes, 90-e years I found. Then he lived in Lithuania. Just in 91, he quit his job in his specialty after college and went to trade, first changed the currency, then various little things. When did the internet appear (approximately at 97 year), began to earn there with affiliate programs — first for clicks on banners, then with a percentage of sales on American sites. Littered the whole Internet with commercial sites in English, every day I sculpted a few pieces on free servers, then I began to buy my domains too — for many queries in search engines, sites appeared on the first pages, which brought a lot of traffic for several years. Then something changed and the search engines banned the sites, considering it spam or just their algorithm has changed, but by this time I had already moved on to speculate on the stock exchanges. That's how it came :)

here you go, the main questions were. If you haven't answered anyone, write to blog, otherwise I may not even notice in the mail among the daily spam.

OLCHI. First tryout pancake…

…as you know it can be lumpy. The portfolio has lost a bit of weight today, Longs postponed from Friday affected, which did not close, as well as a serious drawdown of Sberbank. The situation was not saved by the growth of shares of InterRAO, nor VTB scalp shorts. However, last year's tournament did not start very well for me either, yes and the last few days i have been slow, but was growing up faithfully. The yield and portfolio structure can be viewed here http://www.invest-liga.ru/portfolio/maximpr/ferdinand-2010

Fixation.

Looks like, players take profit. And rightly so. I keep some of the longs, and opened up the hedge shorts (nornickel, VTB). Shorts horizon is small.

Portfolio in OnlineBroker VTB.

For a long time I have not looked into my forgotten and abandoned portfolio on the MICEX. Decided to open VTB OnlineBroker, look. Well, what can you understand from this plate?, completely stupid, non-informative solution. Can not understand anything, which stocks are in the black, which are in the red, how much are, how much have changed over the entire period, per day. Could at least copy a ready-made solution from any Western broker, rather than doing amateur performances.
Even the password cannot be changed — for this you need to personally arrive at the bank.

Alpha-Direct, distinguished themselves again.

Applications for the MICEX do not pass half a day – account blocked, tech support phone is constantly busy, ICQ responds, what solve the problem. Everything is fine at VTB in the meantime. I understand, there was some kind of forex kitchen…

Evening commentary

Hello. Missed you! ))
As I see, nothing special is happening on international markets besides the growth of natural gas and a slight rebound in oil.. In turn, the growth of gas had an impact on the growth of Gazprom, which, together with VTB, promoted Russian indices.

I will paraphrase the words of comrade Ogurtsov.
" For the actions of the frostbitten( in view of the cold) I am not personally responsible on the Russian market " :)))))))))

ALCHI, week seven…

Well, everybody is alive, hope :)?
Promised a bear day – here he is – please. But not on Mamba, but in America. In Russia, bears fell into a bull ambush :)
This week was not easy for me, did not quite understand the market, afraid to hold positions for a long time. Three trades were unprofitable. Nevertheless, I close it in positive territory (fifth in a row). Total account on ALCHI +16,16%
To date, according to the competitive portfolio I have a Sber short, Sber-p, nornickel, Lukoil, VTB. A bit less, than half the deposit. I will decide whether to close them or not on support on Monday.

S&P fizzles out?

If we close below yesterday's close, a bearish signal may form on the daily charts. Let's wait a little….
By the way, left the shorts by Sber, Collect-p and Norilsk Nickel. Closed short Rosneft (~ 1.5% of positions), VTB (about a percent) We are waiting for the continuation of the banquet?

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