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- CarlC replied Aug 16, 2019
You're conflating a candle with a pattern. FerruFX was correct, a bullish candle is one that closes higher than the open. A bullish pattern, however, can be interpreted many ways, depending on the previous candle(s), trend, etc. Steve Nison's books ...
- CarlC replied Oct 15, 2018
"Let we begin with XAUUSD chart below (past price action) .I had marked on that chart with few symbols. Based on that chart, what can we conclude?What trading method can we extract"? 20 guesses...not a very good way to start a thread. "Anyone, ...
- CarlC replied Jan 15, 2015
Disagree...Patience IS an action. A somewhat favorite song line of mine is "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice". (anyone)? You're waiting for the conditions that history has proved the results most in your favor. Do you swing ...
- CarlC replied Jun 14, 2014
Udine, you mentioned that you keep a log of every trade. Do you have a breakdown of the percentage of trades at the New York open, and if they're any more or less profitable than say the Frankfurt or London opening sessions? CarlC
- CarlC replied Feb 3, 2010
image NO wonder I can't catch any mice....
- CarlC replied Nov 9, 2008
webforex, You never mentioned what time frame these events are taking place. Are we talking seconds, minutes, or hours? You never mentioned what currency pair your're trading. Is this happening against all pairs? If it's illiquid, you can certainly ...
- CarlC replied Aug 25, 2008
Peacelover, If I interpreted the mq4 file correctly, the parameters are as follows: 8 period EMA of the opening price 5 period EMA of the closing price 4 hour time period. If the 5 period EMA crosses above the 8 period EMA, buy on the open of the ...
- CarlC replied Aug 25, 2008
I agree with the previous poster that the raw numbers for the indicators should have been posted in the opening thread. Shouldn't have to look behind doors to understand a "simple" system. And no, I couldn't find any of the indicators or charts ...
- CarlC replied May 13, 2008
Thank you for correcting my oversight. carlc
- CarlC replied May 13, 2008
Argo, are you currently a TS user? Are you just going to scalp Fx? Speaking as a former TS user who traded mainly in futures (never traded Forex, though I did have active Fx charts running as a cash market indicator), TS did have lots of ...
- CarlC replied Jan 17, 2008
Nomask, nice post! Can you tell me what time (your chart time) the daily pivot plot changes? It looks like 0:00 (midnight) your local chart time, which should be 2:00 am GMT and 7:00 pm ET (Eastern time, NY time). I think those times also line up ...
- CarlC replied Dec 7, 2007
Define swing trade... — I think you'll find that most traders define a swing trade as one lasting 2-5 days, yet you're defining your profit target on a daily basis. If you do that you may be adverse to intra-day downturns that swing trading ...
- CarlC replied Oct 25, 2007
Bill, If I understand this issue about the reference time period, we're looking at setting the hi-low range from 2:00 in the afternoon till 10:00 at night Eastern time (or 1:00pm to 9:00 pm if Nicotina is an hour off, as you've observed). Is that ...
- CarlC replied Oct 18, 2007
Ematrader, Can you post a higher res snapshot, or post the text with the setup information separately. Thanks CarlC
- CarlC replied Jul 9, 2007
JJ, Do you put on only one trade a day, win, lose, or draw?
- CarlC replied Jul 5, 2007
Wiz, Aside from the ego problems others have highlighted and expanded upon, have you done a self check on some basic trading principles. Here's a link to an article by Doug Zalesky, "The 25 Point Discipline for Day Trading", a 20+ year veteran of ...
- CarlC replied Jul 4, 2007
jj, thanks for sharing the methodology. At lease now I can follow along. I looked at some of your ideas and they've spawned some of my own. I'll get back to you after I try them. (Basically, do away with the PP and stochastoic, add something like a ...
- CarlC replied Jul 3, 2007
jj7000, What purpose does your posting of trades and charts serve if you don't explain your setups or methodology? If you had said from the start "Ive created a system that's been back tested and achieves and average of X pips a day over Y time ...
- CarlC replied Jun 28, 2007
TS 8.3 has started rolling out... — I got my upgrade a few days ago. Thats the good news. The bad news is TS can take weeks to rollout the upgrade to all users. I'd imagine that since 8.3 is so focused on forex integration, it will probably go ...
- CarlC replied Jun 28, 2007
Groove, Pivots work very well with all of the US futures markets, like the ES, ER, NQ, etc. I do use them on the EC and JY as well, but they aren't as accurate. The reason may be because the forex markets and their derivatives trade pretty much 24 ...