Food for thought — Returning to post #6, I want to hit on this point a little harder, as it is the foundation of my trading. I realize that all methods an EA trades should periodically fail miserably. Drawdown will happen to the best of us ...

How to build a successful EA from scratch

Well this thread got buried quickly, and I'm resurrecting it one more time to hear what you have to say. I am adamently against trading without stops.... so this technique is a happy medium. The method described above will give your trades some ...

To Trailing Stop or Not To Trailing Stop....

Well I am clearly distraught now. My EA is opening trades against my rules, even with 90% modeling quality. It does so even if I remove all M1 data. I have a rule that clearly states to enter a trade only if the last 10 H1 candles O-C is less than ...

Candle aggregation inaccuracies....

You can find out more about another swap basket here: url There is also a company called "freedom rocks" that implements a USDCHF EURUSD basket. The idea is to collect the positive rollover premium differential, while offsetting the volality ...

EUR/USD and USD/CHF Hedging Strategy

Case and point.... Alpari. Just aggregated M1 back to 2004, and my results went up 100%s when the MQ went to 90%. Now I am using the Alpari MT4, and the H1 they provided did far worse without the aggregation. The thing is, my EA trades only H1 bars, ...

Candle aggregation inaccuracies....

You have downloaded M1 data, correct? And you then used the Data Center to import the file to the M1 table of the downloaded currency. So next, you will open an M1 chart "offline" and use the period converter (set to 60, 30, etc) to populate the ...

Importing Alpari Historical Data

Excellent post, Mike. I don't know how often these broker spikes occur, but have read several complaints about them throughout the years. The technique was just an idea, and I was just trying to be helpful.

Sophisticated "anti-stop hunting" technique

Bah. The technique would have saved a few trades. url url url

Sophisticated "anti-stop hunting" technique

I have respect for you, Phil, but let's not start a fight. Phil makes a good point about "market noise" in post #3. In this link, we see about a 17 pip spike before news: url Now I believe that applying the technique described in post #1 could ...

Sophisticated "anti-stop hunting" technique

Thanks for your insight, Phil. Phil and I have disagreed in the past, but he has more than proven his validity to me w/ posts like this: url url Keep them coming.

Sophisticated "anti-stop hunting" technique

Tell that to the guy that has a 50 pip spike go against him. This is more for people that use tight stops (say, 30 or 40)

Sophisticated "anti-stop hunting" technique

Hey gang, Let me describe my newest idea. It goes against my philosophy a little, but darned if it isn't effective. Here is the rule: If the price reaches 70% of my target, I double my SL. THAT'S RIGHT. I don't trail it.... instead I widen it. The ...

To Trailing Stop or Not To Trailing Stop....

Moe you hit the nail on the head. I talked to Robert Gray, president of FXLQ, and it was like pulling teeth to get him to admit that you can trade with FXLQ directly. I was like "Why do I want to use an IB and introduce an extra company into my ...

FXLQ

If you are a FF member trading w/ FXLQ, please say "hello" on this thread. Moe, how do you like them so far? At this time, FXLQ is like a black box sitting out in California. (very secretive) If anyone can offer information on the ECNs they use (or ...

FXLQ

Because this system is designed to identify long term trends, I wonder if using Jacko's Anti-Hedging would improve the results.

NFP System - Backtest data provided

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What is your favourite EA?

I have considered in investing in this news release. However, if it is nearly 100% probably that the rate will change, the banks will start moving the dollar pairs in that direction already. All the financial reporters say that a rate change is ...

Do you see a rate cut this month?

Similar thread here.... Thread starter is advocating trading against the speculator faction of the CBOT futures for certain pairs.... Might be worth a look. url

Trading against the majority

Hello I have a specific question. "Commercials" are trades made by corporate accounts (excluding LARGE funds,) while "speculator" trades made by individual investors? I'm trying to understand what those words mean in the CBOT context. Interesting ...

Another way to trade PA profitably