It seems like you're just curve-fitting the signal just to get what you want to see.

Just a stupid question! What happens if I do the opposite?

Yes go ahead and do what you want. I will be looking for your money with a big red bow on it.

Just a stupid question! What happens if I do the opposite?

I saw a post here where the trader was using the RSI with a stop loss. Go back to the original RSI equation. It uses CLOSES so using a stop loss based on a previous high or low is financial suicide. It has nothing to do with equation. The other ...

Just a stupid question! What happens if I do the opposite?

There seems to be a lot going on in this thread. In my opinion, once you enter and exit a trade. It's done. It has its own stats (i.e. Average Win, Average Loss). Going the other way makes it a different trade and its stats will be unique. If you do ...

Just a stupid question! What happens if I do the opposite?

I don't know how many components of a trading system you are looking at but since you mentioned "losing equity line", I'm going to assume just one. Jumping to the conclusion of just doing the opposite of your original premise is not a good idea ...

Just a stupid question! What happens if I do the opposite?

It's all about the exit... — I would never criticize a trader for the number of indicators he uses. I do think there is a point of saturation but that is just my opinion. To me it all comes down to the exit anyway. I've been doing this a long ...

Price is everything

Easter and Easter Eggs — Passover takes place on the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox. This is based on the Jewish calendar which is probably the oldest in the world. Christianity came later but the Church had to tie Easter or The ...

USD/CAD

Tech as a Tool — I'm pretty good with Gann analysis, but I didn't become a good trader until I learned about reading order flow and size. I used to identify a Gann angle support cluster, put in a buy order and my stop. After learning to read ...

The Ultimate Fallacy in Technical Analysis

Thumbs up Heads Up To All USD/JPY FX Traders — It was a free comment posted on a free website. Obviously you have issues with technical analysis. image

USD/JPY Discussion

Find A Trend Indicator You are Comfortable With — I would suggest you settle in on a time frame to trade then experiment with trend indicators you are comfortable with. On the attached chart, the purple line is my weekly 2-Bar(Main Trend ...

Help with Trend

Weekly Resistance USDJPY — Gann Angle/Fib price at 105.16 - 105.19 is the weekly resistance cluster. We tried to stay long over this price just after the opening on Sunday night, but failed to hold. This area is likely to repel all sellers. ...

USD/JPY Discussion