Its ability to trade in direction for enough time for my ATR-based trailing stop to catch some profit. That and not too high spreads.

what is your favorite pair?

GBP/CHF, seriously!

what is your favorite pair?

Copy it to /experts/ folder of your MT4 platform. Restart your platform. Run the EA from the Expert Advisors in Navigator window of your terminal.

Help running an EA

There are 3 types of drawdown in MetaTrader. They can all be equal but can also be different - depends on circumstances: 1. Absolute Drawdown - it's the max drop below your initial balance. E.g. you had 5k deposit, and the minimum level you've been ...

Confused about drawdown

If you know your stop-loss price, the amount of dollars you want to risk and the currency pair you want to trade, then the only thing you need to find out the order size, right? Try googling for position size calculator - there are plenty of them, ...

Help me place an order w/correct position size

Ma Baker, Some commentaries to your charts would be welcome.

Silver trade calls

What currency pair? What MetaQuotes server? Try de-installing the MetaTrader and installing it anew.

I have a gap in data!

I wouldn't recommend optimizing SL to the past data. ATR-based stop-loss looks much better. You should choose the ATR multiplier depending on how long-term your strategy is.

Ideal Stop Loss

Just add a trailing stop based on ATR if you aren't sure where to target your profit.

Gold Discussion

Pyramiding profitable positions - good. Pyramiding losing positions - bad.

In Forex, what is pyramiding and rules against it?

Try downloading directly from MetaQuotes here and updating immediately after the installation.

How to superimpose a MA onto an ATR window in MT4?

Maybe you should update your MT5? Or install it from some other source?

How to superimpose a MA onto an ATR window in MT4?

I use neither MT4 nor MT5 for real account trading currently. But I use both for my charting, analysis and backtesting. As far as I know, there's only one broker that offers real accounts with MT5 and plenty of those who offer demo accounts with MT5. ...

How to superimpose a MA onto an ATR window in MT4?

I do and I've already answered your question. You don't have to copy your indicators to "experts" folder in MT5.

How to superimpose a MA onto an ATR window in MT4?

Move it to /MQL/Indicators/

How to superimpose a MA onto an ATR window in MT4?

You'll need to create (or find) a custom indicator that calculates MA over ATR.

How to superimpose a MA onto an ATR window in MT4?

Maybe you've dragged it out of screen? Try looking at the edges of the screen when it should be on.

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That is not always right. I''d say the treasuries/dollar correlation is very soft and changes to often to rely on it.

treasuries, yields and the dollar?

Withdrawals are deducted from your balance. If you are sure that your broker adds swaps to your equity then you won't be able to withdraw the interest rate without messing up your margin.

Can I withdraw my carry trade interest daily?

If you have enough balance to let it drop to 0, then you can freely withdraw anything on top of that.

Can I withdraw my carry trade interest daily?