The WTSUG meeting on Monday, December 8, 2008 was held from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Potomac Libary of Montgomery County, 10101 Glenolden Drive, Potomac, MD 20854.

Agenda:

7:00pm – 7:15pm Introductions and Opening
The group will give brief introductions of the organizers for any new attendees. Time will be made available for dealing with membership dues and any other minor administration items, but not to exceed 15 minutes in total.

7:15pm – 8:15pm Ward Systems – Chaos Hunter
Guest Presenter: Steve Ward of Ward Systems
Steve Ward with Ward Systems will give a software demo of their new product, Chaos Hunter (www.chaoshunter.com) which automates rule exploration for trading systems.
From the website: ChaosHunter^TM is a software tool designed to produce readable formulas to help understand and model data. It creates a mathematical definition of numeric data that lack any apparent order. You don’t need a Ph.D. to model many types of systems, including multivariate, nonlinear, dynamical systems, even those that seem to demonstrate dynamical instability, or an inherent lack of predictability. Applications include sales, scientific, trading, and business data mining. ChaosHunter^TM formulas can be used in spreadsheets or other programs. ChaosHunter^TM is especially useful in finding chaos or chaotic relationships in market data, including historical data for stocks, forex, options and futures, where traditional methods of modeling have failed. The models thus obtained can be coded or inserted into many available trading platforms (ChaosHunter^TM is supplied with a pre-built run-time interface for NeuroShell® Trader Professional. We also have Easy Language® code available for our functions so you can assemble models with Easy Language in TradeStation®)

8:15pm – 8:30pm Break

8:30pm – Q & A on Strategy Automation
Presenter: Bob G.
Bob G. will follow up on his presentation from October on specific strategy automation techniques for TradeStation platform by answering questions from the audience on topics of interest. Be sure to bring your questions!

The WTSUG meeting on Wednesday, November 10, 2008 was held from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Potomac Libary of Montgomery County, 10101 Glenolden Drive, Potomac, MD 20854.

Agenda:

7:00pm – 7:15pm Introductions and Opening
The group will give brief introductions of the organizers for any new attendees. Time will be made available for dealing with membership dues and any other minor administration items, but not to exceed 15 minutes in total.

7:15pm – Round-table Discussion on System Development.
Group leaders will moderate a round-table / “ask the experts” discussion on topics related to trading system development. This session is intended to follow up on Bob’s excellent presentation last month on TradeStation specific automated trading techniques by discussing more general aspects of trading system development, including trend identification, entry filters, exit strategies, and more. Rather than a single presenter, we’ll be inviting group members (including several experts) to share their thoughts on topics of interest – please come prepared to talk about your experiences with system development and with questions for the group to discuss!

The WTSUG meeting on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 was held from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Potomac Libary of Montgomery County, 10101 Glenolden Drive, Potomac, MD 20854.

Agenda:

7:00pm – 7:15pm Introductions and Opening
The group will give brief introductions of the organizers for any new attendees. Time will be made available for dealing with membership dues and any other minor administration items, but not to exceed 15 minutes in total.

7:15pm – 8:15pm TradeStation Autotrading 101
Presenter: Bob G.
TradeStation expert and longtime WTSUG member Bob G. will discuss the basic considerations of building strategies to auto-trade on the TradeStation platform. This is one of the most requested subjects in each year’s topic survey, so be sure not to miss this one!

8:15pm – 8:30pm Break

8:30pm – Group Q & A on TradeStation
Presenter: Bob G.
Bob G. will talk with the group about the new release of TradeStation 8.4, and host an open TradeStation troubleshooting and question & answer session, so bring your EasyLanguage and TradeStation questions! Plenty of time will be made available to answer everyone’s questions about how to get the most from TradeStation, whether it’s through EasyLanguage programming, platform configuration, operating system, networking or hardware.

The WTSUG meeting on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 was held from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Potomac Libary of Montgomery County, 10101 Glenolden Drive, Potomac, MD 20854.

Agenda:

7:00pm – 7:15pm Introductions and Opening
The group will give brief introductions of the organizers for any new attendees. Time will be made available for dealing with membership dues and any other minor administration items, but not to exceed 15 minutes in total.

7:15pm – 9:00pm Forex: Three Strategy Concepts
Presenter: Bruce D.
In September 2007 we provided a broad overview of TradeStation’s new features for Forex in 8.3. In this follow-up session a year after the introduction of TS Forex automation, we’ll example three types of Forex trading strategies as they apply to timeframes from long-term to split-second, and then look at a specific example for an intraday Forex strategy as implemented in EasyLanguage code. A short film clip may also help illustrate the concept of how interest rates drive long term Forex trading.

9:00pm – Open Discussion / Question & Answer Period
Ample time will be made available for group discussion of current issues with TradeStation or other platforms, and for new users to draw on the group’s extensive collective experience with how to solve practical problems.

The WTSUG meeting on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 was held from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Potomac Libary of Montgomery County, 10101 Glenolden Drive, Potomac, MD 20854.

Agenda:

7:00pm – 7:15pm Introductions and Opening
The group will give brief introductions of the organizers for any new attendees. Time will be made available for dealing with membership dues and any other minor administration items, but not to exceed 15 minutes in total.

7:15pm – Time/Tick/Volume Bar Relationships for Best Trading Time-Frames
Suri D.
Long-time WTSUG member Suri D. will discuss the usage of time, tick and volume bars to detect the best trading timeframes for intraday traders.

Intrabar Execution Tools
Suri D.
Suri will also discuss how to use specific intrabar execution tools (BarStrength and BarTime Plot) to enter into trades selectively and avoid Chop and Hesitation Trading Zones (from his article in Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, July 2008).

A Favorite ABC Pattern Setup
Suri D.
In the final section of the day’s presentation, Suri will cover how he detects one of his favorite ABC pattern setups with potential reversal zones and target zones – including material from part of his interview with Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, September 2008.

Open Discussion / Question & Answer Period
Time will be made available for group discussion of current issues with TradeStation or other platforms, and for new users to draw on the group’s extensive collective experience with how to solve practical problems.

The WTSUG meeting on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 was held from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Davis Libary, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Agenda:

7:00pm – 7:15pm Introductions and Opening
The group will give brief introductions of the organizers for any new attendees. Time will be made available for dealing with membership dues and any other minor administration items, but not to exceed 15 minutes in total.

7:15pm – 7:45pm Using Volume Principles in Intraday Trading
Suzanne H.
Suzanne H. will present her recent research on volume principles first discovered by Wyckoff and Ord. She will also show how she used two webinars plus the TradeStation forums to code a new volume indicator that she now uses as an integral part of all of her trade setups.

7:45pm – 8:00pm Break

8:00pm – 8:45pm Using Macros To Set A Catastrophic Stop Loss on TradeStation Servers
Bob G.
TradeStation expert Bob G. will discuss how to use macros to set a catastrophic stop loss for intraday trading strategies in order to meet TradeStation’s day trading margin requirements. Bob will also be glad to field any TradeStation platform related questions, and is an excellent resource, so bring your issues to discuss!

8:45pm – Open Discussion / Question & Answer Period
Ample time will be made available for group discussion of current issues with TradeStation or other platforms, and for new users to draw on the group’s extensive collective experience with how to solve practical problems.

The WTSUG meeting on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 was held from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Davis Libary, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Agenda:

7:00pm – 7:15pm Introductions and Opening
The group will give brief introductions of the organizers for any new attendees. Time will be made available for dealing with membership dues and any other minor administration items, but not to exceed 15 minutes in total.

7:15pm – 8:15pm Upcoming TradeStation Developments
Bob G.
Bob G. (aka Goose) will brief the group on upcoming TradeStation platform developments, including exciting new features in TradeStation 8.4 which has just been released to Beta testers. Bob will also be glad to field any TradeStation platform related questions, and is an excellent resource, so bring your issues to discuss!

8:15pm – 8:30pm Break

8:30pm – Training for Traders
Group Discussion
Many group members have attended training seminars or training sessions over the years, with varying results. One question that comes up frequently is what are mentoring, training seminars, or classes really worth? Which ones helped the most, and how do they fit into a good plan for training as a trader?
In this part of the meeting, we’ll discuss what group members have gotten out of past training sessions, what’s helped, and suggestions for those new to trading regarding outside educational resources, including seminars, books, and websites.
Bring your questions or issues to discuss!

The WTSUG meeting on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 was held from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Davis Libary, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Agenda:

7:00pm – 7:15pm Introductions and Opening
The group will give brief introductions of the organizers for any new attendees. Time will be made available for dealing with membership dues and any other minor administration items, but not to exceed 15 minutes in total.

7:15pm – Hawkeye Roadkill Trading Methodology
Gail with Hawkeye Traders
Gail with Hawkeye Traders (www.hawkeyetraders.com) will give an in-person presentation on the Hawkeye Roadkill trading methodology to enter trades. Hawkeye has lots of online videos at their main website as well as on YouTube (www.youtube.com/hawkeyetraders) describing their indicators, free trading sessions and seminars. They also conduct free live trading sessions at http://hawkeyetraders.ivocalize.net/. We’ll include more details with the May meeting announcement.

Here’s some quick information on Hawkeye from their website if you’re not yet familiar with them:

“The Hawkeye Tool Kit is a complete set of seven powerful indicators based on volume spread analysis, standard deviation, momentum, and price pattern recognition. The Hawkeye trading indicators gives traders a comprehensive insight into market direction and trend duration while minimizing drawdowns.

We also offer the Hawkeye Levels, a unique support and resistance indicator based on W. D. Gann’s natural numbers to take profits out of the markets.
Additionally, for TradeStation users, we offer the Hawkeye Tools for TradeStation Radarscreen. These powerful and extraordinary indicators identify potential entries and are a must for any stock, future, commodity, or forex trader.

The Hawkeye indicators works on all Stocks, Futures, Indices, and Forex markets, as well as monthly, weekly, daily, minutes time frames, tick charts and volume bar data. The Hawkeye tools are available for the TradeStation, eSignal and Multicharts platforms.”

Group Follow-up / Discussion
After the presentation, plenty of time will be made available for group discussion on topics of interest to the membership. Please bring your questions and comments!

The WTSUG meeting on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 was held from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Potomac Libary of Montgomery County, 10101 Glenolden Drive, Potomac, MD 20854.

Agenda:

7:00pm – 7:15pm Introductions and Opening
The group will give brief introductions of the organizers for any new attendees. Time will be made available for dealing with membership dues and any other minor administration items, but not to exceed 15 minutes in total.

7:15pm – 8:15pm Introduction to System Trading
Video Presentation by Ron Roth
We’ve received special permission to re-air a recorded video presentation by Ron Roth of RBC Capital Markets called A Primer in Auto Strategy Trading – a presentation originally given December 10, 2007 to the New York chapter of the Market Technicians Association. We’ll use this as guidance for topics to discuss within the group after the break.

8:15pm – 8:30pm Break

8:30pm – Group Follow-up / Discussion
After the video presentation, we’ll have a group discussion on approaches to systematic trading, and about the material in the presentation video. Feel free to bring your system trading questions and issues! The video will raise lots of possible points for discussion, but bring your own if there are things you would like the group to discuss!

The WTSUG meeting on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 was held from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Davis Libary, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Agenda:

7:00pm – 7:15pm Introductions and Opening
The group will give brief introductions of the organizers for any new attendees. Time will be made available for dealing with membership dues and any other minor administration items, but not to exceed 15 minutes in total.

7:15pm – 8:00pm KwikPop Approach to Trading
Remote Presenter: Wayne Harrison
The original developer of the KwikPop set of discretionary trading indicators (www.kwikpop.com), will give a talk with a few quick demonstrations regarding how he trades and how he uses his proprietary indicator set to synthesize different types of information about market conditions. Wayne moderates live trading rooms and conducts regular training sessions, and has been trading and helping members of the public to benefit from his approaches for many years. The KwikPop indicators are available for TradeStation, eSignal, NinjaTrader, Sierra Charts and Infinity Charts, and a free trial is available.

8:00pm – 8:15pm Break

8:15pm – 9:00pm Group Follow-up / Discussion
We’ll go over the results from the membership survey at the last meeting regarding possible topics, and discuss some possible topics for the coming few meetings.
Also, we’ll set aside time to discuss how group members are doing with their own trading and how the group can best help with this, either through group discussions and interaction in future meetings or in putting together future presentations.

9:00pm – Open Discussion / Question & Answer Period
Ample time will be made available for group discussion of current issues with TradeStation or other platforms, and for new users to draw on the group’s extensive collective experience with how to solve practical problems.