Today's trade — Me, too

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200 EMA — CC, How has the 3 Ducks Strategy worked out for you? BC

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Welcome back, Nicotina, Whar have been your results, so far? BC

High & Low 8 Hours (GBP/JPY)

Hi Steven. Did you close and reopen your Metatrader platform? The indicator won't appear until you reopen. Hope that helps... BC

My Fibonacci trading system

Hi Dreamliner. Nice to hear from you, again. How's trading going for you? Merry Christmas! BC

7am-9am Big Dog USD Breakout Strategy

Yellow line — Hi Cashcalf, Is the yellow line on your chart Grant's 85 EMA? Areyou using it as a filter to avoid certain trades? Thanks, BC

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No disrespect...but, how can we trust your "analysis"? You don't appear to understand the trading rules and your comment about, "the result not doing good" is nebulous. You don't supply us with any tracking data to back up your contention. You may ...

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Correct.

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Hi Hova, There are so many variations to the original posting by Tasciy. Which version are you using? BC

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Today's Trade — Hi CC, Short @ 1.6116 on Oanda...but price action looks rangebound...so I closed my trade for a $.02 profit Whoopee!

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Data collection — Any thoughts on increasing the lot size following the 1st trade loss? The reason for my question is that my data from 10-01-09 indicates: 1) 1st trade wins = 66% 2) 2nd trade wins = 72% 3) 2nd trade wins following a 1st trade ...

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Smaller SL? — Also, any headway on your backtesting to determine if a smaller SL is viable? I currently have been using 90% of the box including the buffer. This places the SL just outside the box without buffer and saves a few pips with the ...

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Order Expiry — Hi Cain, After rereading this thread, I need some clarification. You said, "Orders expire at 23:00 GMT+1 of the next day." I am assuming you meant that unfilled pending orders are closed manually at 23:00 GMT+1. Don't you simply ...

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Correct time for box trade — Let's make this real easy... Simply download a clock with the current London time. Qlock is a good one. Make a box starting @ 7:00 AM and ending at 7:15 AM. Place your pending orders. Good trading! BC

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Hooray!

DanUK Simple EUR/USD Trading Journal 2009

Hi Arrow, Look at it this way. The 1st trade is a loss...you can't change that fact. You have to judge the 2nd trade on its own merits. In my sampling there were 19 trades with 15 of them being winners. !5 wins times 2 lots = 30 units of profit. 4 ...

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Hi Scorpion, You add the spread to the long position because the price quoted is the Ask price. You are already at the Bid price on the short position, so you don't need to add it to the short trade. You are correct about my earlier statement about ...

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Increase lot size on 2nd trade after 1st trade loses? — Cain, My manual backtesting to Oct 1, 2009 indicates your doubling-up lot size on the opposite trade after the 1st trade loses, is highly successful. I'm showing 15 wins out of 19 trading ...

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Thanks for posting your Hedging Lots Strategy. However... No disrespect, but if this strategy is successful...I'd like to see an unsuccessful example! If you get caught in a ranging market and you keep increasing your lot exposure ten ...

anybody using martingale system with success??

Successful Martingale Strategies — Please share your successful Martingale strategies with me, as well. Much appreciated! BC

anybody using martingale system with success??