March 2015 Performance Results DTT, EDTT and EDTTI I was waiting for performance results from the Allegris 40 Index for last month before I posted March 2015 results but it has been delayed for some reason. Anyway, below are the results for March ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Weekly Outlook...the Finale USDCAD image USDCHF image USDJPY image USDSGD image XAGUSD image XAUUSD image video Well that's it for the week ahead. I will periodically pop in to post results but you should now be all well armed if you ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Weekly Outlook continued.... GBPSGD image GBPUSD image Nikkei image NZDCAD image NZDJPY image NZDUSD image .....more to come. C

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Weekly Outlook continued... DJI image EURAUD image EURCAD image EURJPY image EURUSD image FTSE image ...more to come. C

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Weekly Outlook Greetings all. There are signs that this thread is now past it's use by date so this will be my last Weekly Outlook. At least you can now see the routine process I undertake on a weekly basis and hopefully I have equipped you all wih ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Mate, have a great break :-)

Proof of Profitability

Points 1,4 and 5 are valid but points 2 and 3 simply transfer risk to your broker and inevitably it is us that pay for this risk transfer down the track with regulatory intervention, greater barriers to entry or simply higher spreads. These 2 points ...

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

It is not necessarily limited to these options. For example, keep a primary income source as you progressively scale into trading for a living but after going through the necessary routine of back-testing, forward testing, demo and then micro ...

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

That's great flinx. That's it in a nutshell. Chicky is no slouch and he is totally correct. There is inevitably a trade-off between risk and return. In achieving my results, they have been configured to provide sufficient realistic income to trade ...

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

Don't worry about the small print in the brokers agreement relating to negative equity...they never litigate to recover this amount.....or do they?

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

Here you go flinx. This post pretty well sums it up. In my opinion the hardest part of the trading game is to find a strategy that stands the test of time and has a positive expectancy. Once you have this, the diversification part and money ...

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

Hi J Below are the trade detail records for the period 1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2014. Unfortunately subsequent to this period, the approach has changed significantly but for the purposes of testing, an analysis of these trades would be greatly ...

Proof of Profitability

Hi flinx I will have a look tonight (my time) and find you some links that might help explain it and post them in this thread. Before you get the benefits of diversification however, you need to ensure that the approach has a chance of positive ...

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

Yep that in principle is what it is saying. The pip size will vary but the trade risk % stays the same. It therefore as you suggests directly influences position size of the trade. No, slippage rarely applies as for example a 0.5% stop loss on a ...

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

My standard stop loss on the approach I used was configured to limit my loss on a single trade to 0.5% of trade capital. For example on a $200K account, a single trade at worst would cost me a loss of $1000. I still place a stop at a position where ...

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

PS I like many others was a victim of the CHF un-pegging recently and despite slippage with stops in place at 0.5% only managed to cop a 1.0% hit with this significant movement that was just a small blip on performance namely attributed to ...

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

Hi flinx Yep, your post 1 regarding finding an optimal structure is a legitimate way to reduce risk exposure. If you are an Aussie (damn....you are a Brit I see) then this thread goes into an optimal structure fairly comprehensively. The conclusion ...

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

The problem with the IG guaranteed stop is that you have to make the decision to activate a Guaranteed Stop at the decision point of trade entry and not during the course of a trade. If you are in a trade for a few months with a trend trade and then ...

Isn't 2% per trade massively flawed?

Hi J Thanks greatly for the suggestion. I will send you trade details tonight (my time) by this thread. It's all out there anyway, so no need for a PM unless you would prefer it this way. It would be a great exercise for any interested in honing the ...

Proof of Profitability

Hi AG The second of your points has nailed it. I don't add to positions on a single timeframe as the process of trading on Multiple timeframes actually is achieving the same result and ensuring a staggered entry in a trend on the same instrument. I ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach