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EarlyBird was originally released and traded in April, 1999. EarlyBird II, released on August, 2002, added a sub-system that captures an additional trading time & price pattern. EarlyBird III, released on January 9, 2003, added two more trading sub-systems, for a total of five integrated components. (For background information on the development of EarlyBird, please click here.) Although originally created to trade the S&P (full-size and e-mini), EarlyBird III also performs very well on two additional out-of-sample markets--the e-mini Russell and the DAX--using the same logic. This is the mark of a robust system, that it performs on multiple markets, in addition to performing in real-time.In over 10 years of out-of-sample performance, EarlyBird--without any changes to its logic-has successfully navigated a variety of market conditions, one of the few day trading systems to do so, and one of the longest-lived of the day trading systems available to the public. EarlyBird looks for a particular type of volatility, market strength, and directionality that is very predictive of days likely to have strong swings. Rather than indicators, time and price patterns determine these tradable days. By being selective, EarlyBird reduces risk by not overtrading and by participating on days when volume propels price, increasing the likelihood of profitable trades. EarlyBird has the honor of being named one of Futures Truth Magazine's all-time Top Ten Daytrading Systems.What makes EarlyBird III unique is that it is composed of five separate but integrated subsystems--trend, trend failure, trend retracement, countertrend, & countertrend failure--each designed to capture a distinct and reliable market pattern. These five subsystems work together to create a smoother equity curve by capturing the dominant modes of the market.