mister ed

Yes I have that pre-fetch option turned off, was probably a great benefit before faster internet speeds but now like you say its a bandwidth thief!

Thanks so much James, really great stuff. Your 'personal' comments around the 20 minute mark gave a good insight into how you developed your approach, much appreciated.

Hi Minetoo - thanks for that, so its that one tweak that makes the difference ... and here's me spending ages doing all the other stuff!

Thanks James!

Once you are familiar with the procedures for changing these settings to optimise Firefox, go to this site for even more detailed modifications. The guy here shows how to optimise Firefox depending on your connection speed and computer speed. The site is at http://codebetter.com/blogs/darrell.norton/archive/2005/01/28/48720.aspx He provides specific settings depending on whether you have: A Fast Computer & Fast Connection; a Fast Computer & Slower Connection; a Fast Computer & Slow Connection; or a Slow Computer & Fast Connection.

There is plenty you can do to speed up Firefox. I found this tutorial on a Linux site, but the tweaks are relevant to the browser not to the OS so go ahead and use them in Windows as well. http://www.ubuntugeek.com/speed-up-firefox-web-browser.html The tutorial is written, not in video format but it is much more detailed with many more methods of optimising Firefox for speed and efficiency. I have implemented all of them and the difference is incredible.

There is plenty more you can do to speed up Firefox. I found this tutorial on a Linux site, but the tweaks are relevant to the browser not to the OS so go ahead and use them in Windows as well. http://www.ubuntugeek.com/speed-up-firefox-web-browser.html The tutorial is written, not in video format but it is much more detailed with many more methods of optimising Firefox for speed and efficiency. I have implemented all of them and the difference is incredible. Actualyl, I will reproduce this in a new thread also ... I nearly didn't read this one as I don't need a new router!

There are plenty of RAM management software tools out there, available for free download. I personally use FreeRam XP Pro which does a good job. BUT - sometimes I find my RAM has diminished and I don't know why and using the FreeRAM tool doesn't free it up...so what I do is I start up an .swf movie and let it run for a minute or so (or longer). While it is running it sucks up more RAM but when I then close the .swf file I notice, most of the time, a huge increase in available RAM, to levels beyond that which was available before running the .swf movie. I know plenty of participants on this site contribute video tutorials in the .swf format ... so now they know that I find these tutorials useful in more ways than one!

Hi Januson ... I am not really a user of Fibonacci retracements/extensions but plenty of people are. There are some good threads on Fibos, try the ones listed here to start with and they should give you some good ideas: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/search.php?searchid=133324 Maybe try this thread first, the opening post talks about plotting Fibos between swing highs and lows: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f34/fibonacci-pullback-strategies-1057.html

Hi Taz - sorry I should have been more specific. As far as I know DbP does not have a website, to contact him send a PM at Traders Lab or at the Trade2Win site (address below). DbP has two great threads on the Trade2Win forum, one at http://www.trade2win.com/boards/price-volume/29313-springboard.html and another at http://www.trade2win.com/boards/price-volume/29082-price-volume-support-resistance-demand-supply-abridged.html From either of those thread you can send him a PM. As Blowfish has said the T2W board is down at present so maybe send a PM from this site, the Traders Laboratory site.

Hi Taz - it is an ebook ... from my researches as far as I know the only way to buy it is to contact dbphoenix directly (PM him now he is on this site or PM him through the T2W forum).

Db - firstly welcome, I am sure your contributions will be enormously appreciated here at TL. Now a questiom, would using a Point and Figure chart with a smallish box size serve the same purpose in 'opening up the bar'? Advantage would be you don't have to specify a time-period for the bar the price will continue up or reverse depending on buying/selling pressure alone?

Actually, it is the weekend here ... so here is what I have ... ES 08 Jan 08 http://www.traderslaboratory.com/fileshare/502450 ES 11 Dec 07 (swf file, all the others are WMV) http://www.traderslaboratory.com/fileshare/37762 ES 14 Dec 07 http://www.traderslaboratory.com/fileshare/678724 ES 13 Dec 07 http://www.traderslaboratory.com/fileshare/795527 ES 18 Jan 08 http://www.traderslaboratory.com/fileshare/736533 All these are hosted on the Traders Lab fileshare facility, big thanks to Soultrader for making this available (along with a great forum too of course!) Please note: How long will my files stay hosted here? Your files will be kept on our servers as long as it is downloaded every 90 days. So, if these files are no longer available its because they have not been downloaded for 90 days.

Hello Eiger - That's a good idea - I do have some of Seb's presentations stored on my PC, I will search them out on the weekend and post links to them ...

James that is soooo funny ... :rofl:

This is an interesting topic. I hope this input is not too far removed from it... I think if an indicator can show a certain aspect of price &/or volume &/or time behaviour that you believe is important then it should be used. If you can look at price &/or volume &/or time and trade/invest without the aid of any 'indicator' then that is right too. I actually believe that the better a trader gets the more likely it is she (or he) will use only price, volume and time. I suppose my point here is that there is no one right and wrong way. I say all this because up until recently I have been a 'no indicator' believer (not because I am one of those good traders - far from it). But I have recognised I need to see a relationship between price and volume that my price and volume charts were not showing me clearly, and so now I use an indicator to help me see that relationship. I think the key to using an indicator is to fully understand what it is showing, fully understand the mathematics of its calculation (most indicators are simple enough for me to understand the maths...so anyone can!) and fully understand it limitations and constraints. I would also add that my use of the indicator does not extend to it being the buy/sell trigger - I would be interested if anyone does use an indicator in this way as I believe the entry and exit decisions comes from price alone. Another point - what is an indicator? I use the volume at ask minus the volume at bid on my charts - is this an indicator? I think of it as data generated by the market, it only becomes an indicator if I do something like apply a moving average to it.

Good thread all - Investor R/T has playback too at normal speed or fast speeds (2x up to 60x). I think a few packages allow it.

Hello ahad - "part 1" was a live webinar conducted on February 7, 2008. Joel requested no recording be made of his webinars. If you did not attend part 1 it will still be fine to attend the webinar on Feb. 20.

The last few bars of the week in FX are often characterised by a squaring of positions into the weekend so it appears the market was weak and shortish - on the basis of the info in this chart you would still be bearish but I think you may well have to wait until European open to see further selling. US exchanges closed on Monday too.

Hi Sledge - OK - here are my interpretations. Please note this is all with the benefit of hindsight ... very hard to get it wrong using this... Don't show this answer to BrownsFan OK? Some of these bars are so obvious in candlestick terms ... LOL 1. Well it tried to go up didn't it, 'close' is very weak, on high volume too - failed badly. This is not a bullish bar. Very bearish almost a 'gravestone doji'. 2. Higher volume, tried to go down and closed back on highs - not a bearish bar at all. Bars 1 and 2 represent a very volatile movement - over the course of these two bars there is a big range and huge volume and tests of breakouts on both sides, both of which have been rejected and net over these two bars there is no change! Bar 3 - another huge volume attempt to go up, weak close. Not a bullish bar again. The market has established that there is big supply above, and on the other hand there is still demand on the downside - the range in the bars preceding 1 and 2 still holds. Looks like soon after bar 3 it enters the Asian timezone given the dramatic fall in volumes. Bar 4 expands its range and volume,. but it is still stuck in the range with no test of either side. The bar after 4 is a clear impulsive move - basically a Marubozu candle out of the range - huge jump in volume, close on the low. Clear sign of strong selling entering and a move below the recent demand area. Bar 5 looks to be a climax bar after the wave of selling that came in from 4 down. The next bar and bar 6 show declining volume but volume is still good. On the face of it bar 6 appears bearish - and if it appeared after an upswing it would be,but it must be viewed in context of the recent action, which is a big down move. It looks like there is continued selling but it is not manageing to go any lower is it? Lots of effort, not much of a result. Bar 7 is a weak close, huge volume, after an upswing - bearish again.

Received a confirmation email with logon details today. 10 AM EST Mon 18 Feb 08. :missy:

I second what Hal said Good luck and hurry back James

I will leave the final word on the question to the company, but this is what I think is correct. You need tick data to get the correct VB numbers (it tracks which side of the price each trade hits on). I don't know if you could save these numbers so that after a period of time you get a long-term chart (daily say) with correct VB figures on it, but you cannot just call up a daily chart now for a year andget the correct VB numbers. Looks like I was a bit slow with the answer...

Good stuff JJ thanks a lot - big difference in download size will make it easier for those on less reliable/slower connections. JJ - the file you prepared must have been crushed under all that snow right?

See attachment - put all 3 of these in the one pane