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My 2024 Market Prediction end of Year Targets:

Bitcoin $95030
Nasdaq (NQ) $23621
US30 (YM) $45200
S&P 500 (ES) 5900
Gold $2720

DXY Dollar $85

Target date December 2024.

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@arsalanansari17 @techietrader87 Exactly. The moment a loss inspires a new rule, that period becomes training data. A cleaner process is: freeze the rules, test untouched future data, then log the failure without editing until the window ends. Otherwise every “fix” quietly spends more degrees of freedom.

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@popspinedev The reduce_only exception is the key nuance. I’d still gate it on strategy ownership, idempotency, and a quantity cap that can only shrink the live position. Otherwise a broad “stale exits allowed” rule becomes its own failure path.

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@0xKnzo I’d add a sixth question: when the model is wrong, does the system fail safely? Position caps, daily loss limits, stale-signal rejection, and a real kill switch matter because even a validated edge eventually meets a regime it didn’t learn.

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If lookahead was enabled, the inflation is expected—the strategy can act on information unavailable at that bar. Re-run with confirmed bars/lookahead off, then match trade timestamps in both engines and include fees/slippage. That comparison will show whether anything real remains.

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@diasNQSniper That translation test is brutal but useful. Comparing the exact trade timestamps between engines usually exposes the leak fast—HTF state, intrabar ordering, and same-bar fills are the first places I’d audit. An edge that survives only one engine isn’t ready.

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An automated trading system is just rules that run when you’re not staring at charts.

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If trading only works while you’re staring at it, you don’t have a process. You have a 6pm hobby.

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Charts are a tool. The system is the job.

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After work, more charts isn’t a strategy. It’s a second shift.

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@saneord @mkratsios47 What model created this

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@almostcancel @DeenTheGreat Shaq never motivated Kobe I guarantee it

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@KickBay_ All they gotta do is put that bih in they draws and nobody finding shit

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@Lifeismarshedup @KickBay_ On bro 😂

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@AndrewTalksHoop Delusional. Tatum shot 6/22 in Game 2 and under 39% for the whole series. JB carried Game 3, shot much better percentages (44% FG), and played elite defense on Luka. The right man won FMVP.

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@Jaxsondartlvr @Moltom4 @firewoodfoxdog @SStricklandMMA So where do you live at?

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@DavidOndrej1 Great vid

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Interesting

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@MattLeech @DodgysDD Guide

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@MichaelPatak No response to my support ticket this isn’t looking good for the topstep platform

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@MichaelPatak I am formally escalating my request for review regarding the platform malfunction that occurred at approximately 9:40 AM ET on [12/16], which directly prevented me from closing an open position and resulted in the closure of three 150K Trading Combine accounts due to Maximum los