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

PipMeUp makes a very valid point here which previously escaped me. Even though you are filtering profitable outcomes from a random sequence of 1000 trades, the subset of profitable outcomes are still random in nature. However (please correct me if ...

Proof of Profitability

Many thanks Rayner. Another excellent presentation. The audio is great by the way. :-)

Trend Trading System

Thanks again JP. Much appreciated :-)

Fundamental Trading with a Directional Bias

Nice technique ArbitragAcid. What are your drawdowns like? :-)

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Thanks J :-) PS If I was using an EA with my approach I would love to join you in this testing exercise. Unfortunately that's not the case. I will watch with interest and participate where possible. In a far less rigorous way I have come to a ...

Proof of Profitability

JT4xPro, this is great stuff. :-) I would love to see you mimic the results above using a stop loss amount as a % of trade capital. It will produce the same result as above but if performed as a % of trade capital will be scalable. From there you ...

Proof of Profitability

That's a shame :-(

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Hi lazyegg :-) The "using D1 to detect the trend and H1 to execute trade management" was the old DTT way (from Posts 1-260). While a successful technique in itself in applying the SDC to a single time-frame, we have moved on now following testing ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Great thread and in this post (that quoted above), in my opinion you have nailed a very important aspect of risk management. This is exactly what I am finding with the trend following approach I use. The game significantly changes then when you then ...

Proof of Profitability

Weekly Outlook continued.... USDCAD image USDCHF image USDJPY image USDSGD image XAGUSD (Spot Silver) image XAUUSD (Spot Gold) image Well that's it for the week ahead guys. Here is hoping that those trends pick up a bit of steam... All ...

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 continued.... ASX image AUDCAD image AUDJPY image AUDUSD image CADJPY image DAX image More to come..... C

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Weekly Outlook Well here we are again. Another week over. Not much happening on the trend front with the portfolio last week. All quiet on the Western Front.... :-) The following Weekly Outlook is for the EDTT approach. Remember the recap dealt with ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach