V, one of the strategies I used to trade, and no more, is a 2 hour open range breakout strategy, on USDJPY. the strategy was inspired by Toby Crabel, does have an edge and still is, but i could not make consistent money with it. Exit on opposite ...

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indeed; there are few of those AI generators. I find them useful to get some trading ideas. but to trade their EAs; it will drain your account. They have data mining bias. Those guys who developed those tools; hit a brick wall at the end of the day. ...

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hi V, I can't recall exactly how many strategies I retire; but quite a bit. On average; perhaps one strategy is dead every 3 months; or so. Most dead strategies was traded over a year or more. Some are not dead 100%; but need improving. Think of it ...

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This interview with Kevin Davey is related to this thread ideas. This audio interview is worth a thousand of pictures! video video

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Nice work PF, good to see this thread alive again.

My way to highway

I have udpated few guidelines on automated trading in the first post.

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if you want to do automated trading; it is better to learn programming yourself. It will be very hard for any trader to hire a programmer; because it will not end there. you need whole suite of pre-trade, execution, and post trade analysis to ...

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V, I can help backtest the edge that you are trying to test (Nik-NYC style). Just state your edge in simple english (no need to reveal your secrets); and I will run few tests in Forex. I will test the edge itself (without MM); then add few MM rules ...

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Everytime I go to Asia; the first thing I do is body massage, foot massage, hand massage, head massage, and even ear massage (in Shenzhen, China)

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lol, since V was in a cruise with the misses; only full body massage is allowed btw; long time ago; I and my Ex girl friend; had full body massages in Thailand; and boy; I did enjoy it; but the GF was constantly questioning the position of ...

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Vee, allocate small capital; something that you are willing to lose (I call it hawker money, or full body massage money). start trading live; and your psychology and confidence will change a lot. you will advance faster than you are with demo ...

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Edge(s) exist all over the place. Pick one; and execute it well; and you have a system.

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well done mate; I have ignored that imbecile a while ago. I rarely ignore ppl; but that fellow was sick. I am pretty sure he got a mental illness.

False Prophets

V, If you listen to Leda Braga video posted above, few times, you will get answers to your quests. in the attached screenshot, there is a big difference between systematic and discretionary styles. you have to choose one. CP for example, trades ...

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magnumfreak: well to the point. good to see more engineers here the key secret to automated trading is simplicity and the law of large numbers. also; you need to revise your target returns. your goal is not possible. if you want to live to ...

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by all means Hilmy, as a trader, you always have to verify ideas before you put money in it. what you are doing is the right thing. test it for yourself. being lazy in trading wont work. sometimes users share their findings, without providing ...

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DOM volume used to be useful before the algos conquered the markets. I trade forex based on the price movement. tried using number of ticks with no success. I also tried full market depth provided by LMAX api. no success too. volume can be a leading ...

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that's correct. I mean the DOM bid/ask sizes. Also, bear in mind that NQ is a secondary market. The price discovery is based on supply/demand; and also mainly based from the primary market; the Nasdaq stock index. meaning; the market makers on NQ ...

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my 2 cents on deltas, market depth, volume balance of bids/asks: been there, done that, spent huge amount of time and efforts; not worth it. market structure changed. there are algo trading going on to mask the real volume in play.

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coming soon comrades. plenty of ideas. listen to that video above few times, it has the principles we need for systematic trading. put on your seat belts.

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