'Trading Systems that Work'

'Trading Systems that Work' is the title of a great book by Thomas Stridsman. He outlines how to 'Build and Evaluate Effective Trading Systems'. I have used his concepts extensively when building, testing and optimizing my 35+ Systemic Trading Models.

TradeStation, the platform I use to model and autotrade my Systems, offers online tutorials (for subscribers) on the following:

• Introduction to Strategy Trading
• Strategy Testing and Optimization
• Strategy Automation
• Introduction to EasyLanguage

Learning how to build robust trading models and then learning how to technically execute them takes a lot of time. And this is just the cognitive part. Learning how to emotionally trade them takes time as well. It doesn't matter if we are discretionary traders or system traders, pressing the buy or the sell button when we are supposed to is a skill set in and of itself.
For anyone interested in using TradeStation, Wealth-Lab or any other platform to build Systemic Trading Models, or even to just build an Indicator, please understand that these platforms are like rocket ships in their capabilities. Let us learn how to effectively use their functions before we take off. We don't need to crash and burn to learn a lesson!
Do your research and testing before putting your hard earned capital on the line. In my view, 'Trading Systems that Work' and the TradeStation online Tutorials are a good place to start.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stridsman
http://www.tradestation.com/default_2.shtm