Dinosaur Technology and Trading

Today was an OK day, my first two trades today managed to catch my ideal signals in exactly opposite orientations. Unfortunately my setup is simply good at picking points at which a high rate of change will occur, and it is unable to determine price direction well. I am in the middle of three different books, and I am trying to learn the best possible optimization techniques. I will post some reviews once I get through them.

My first two trades were the large direction movement strategy, which caught the swing in the wrong direction both times. My last two trades were an oscillation strategy, which appeared to fair better. This will certainly guide which strategies I pursue.