keyword: "Reference Point". Pretty much everything is one way or another arbitrary, as you said. As much as I think, I always come back to the same conclusion: Everyone, no matter how simple or complex their approach is, no matter if its pure ...

A Million ways to make Money!

Originally Posted by CrucialPoint You cannot create a solid method without tearing down your limiting beliefs This I believe is the foundation to greatness, as there is only one way to view things from a different angle and that is by being open ...

A Million ways to make Money!

Question: Wouldnt focusing on the open be arbitrary and dependant on the brokers feed?

A Million ways to make Money!

Exactly. And this here is the reason why "genuine" mechanical systems are NOT shared. If too many new, the mechanical approach becomes "predictable" for others to exploit. Who in their right mind would do this? However! discretionary approached ...

A Million ways to make Money!

Systems and Discretion — I guess if one where to fully automate and test the systems on FF they would see if the "rules" that describe such systems do indeed make the profitable long term. If these "rules" bantered with abc system dont provide ...

A Million ways to make Money!

Cool, I'll look into that thread, cheers. I do believe its possible, yet if it is I personally find it hard that anyone would openly share it...i mean...all this "give and receive" stuff put to one side....that is pretty much the Forex Rambo of ...

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Quick question if I may... — Hi Oluwadare, May I ask if the 'sequence' of trades and pending orders is replicated in the same order as price moves from level to level? So when you go to place 'new' pending orders, depending on which 'system' ...

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Probably very silly but... — Has anyone ever considered how to develop an approach that can work simultaneously as the market goes up and down? keyword simultaneously. Ive got some testings going on but just curious if to see if anyone else ...

Thinking Outside the Box!?!

I agree 100% with you here. Im still struggling to clearly define the flaws. Could you expand on the flaws that you found, if possible? May I humbly ask what you personally consider to be the advantages of them "systems" please? (i.e. grid, ...

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Hi Dreamliner, No it isnt on FF and for now im keeping it private as I refine it gradually. The main reason I dont want to publicly discuss it is because frankly, as you know, many on the FF have nothing better to do than to argue and bicker. ...

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Withdrawing is a good thing for risk pursposes. Personally im not using an EA, it is 100% manual but there are EA's that do very well providing they are developed to adapt to market conditions. Im still working on it privately but yes, ...

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Thats interesting

Zero Net Loss Trading Strategies

No predicting, no anticipation, no bias, no trend, no ranges, no charts, no stops, no martingaling and low 1:1 leverage. Just numbers and risk management, like "real" businesses do PS: This is from this week alone. the nasty drop at the end is my ...

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Well said

What is your weekly return?

In the end the market is constantly presenting opportunities, irrelevant of 'conventional conditions' per se... I suppose its just a way of viewing the markets, a mindset. Its the difference between punters' gambling amongst each other meanwhile in ...

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Hi bluebulluk, 100% agree with you on this. Im working on developing something similar to this but I have a feeling it will only be possible by applying some kind of martingale/pseudo-martingale concept to it. Does this mean you will have 3 ...

Zero Net Loss Trading Strategies

Most books repeat the same info over and over again, nothing new or innovative will be found in them, why would it be? If someone develops (for example) a HFT approach that "consistently" worked,...why would they publish it so that ...

Who can you trust?

Trust no one until you yourself can verify their track record (which they wont show you) or you can verify it by thorough back/forward testing. Careful what you read and what you believe to be 'truth'. Dog eat dog world and 'truths' arent always ...

Who can you trust?

Theres patterns, and theres patterns. Anyone who uses a chart instantly trades of patterns. Life itself is a pattern: birth, growing, education, work, marriage(?), kids(?), death. So i guess the question is; are we trading the 'correct' patterns, ...

Lagging Indicators -vs- Leading Indicators

this is just getting pointless folks... im going back to my dart board and tight risk management

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