IG markets (Australia) offers guaranteed stop loss on forex and the cost is a +/-3 pip spread however ........and here is the small print worth reading "A Guaranteed stop Loss can only be established on trade entry, not during the course of a trade ...

Trading Without a StopLoss

Yep. It is only the banks that are too big to fail. Interesting that the role of a central bank is to act as a lender of last resort and then create a situation which causes mayhem to the very market it is meant to protect and also avoid it's ...

Where is the next major move?

Damn....I hope not. I hate Nanny State mentality :-(

Where is the next major move?

Yep but that didn't save the USDCHF *growls* :-( I have always been suspicious of the Swiss. They always rip us off. Look at the holes in their cheese for example /tic image The top 10 list of Switzerland is now going to be reduced to say 4. ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

The central bankers should have been able to predict it. The chart below shows the impact of introducing the cap for USDCHF in September 2011 and the impact of taking it off. image Back in 2011 it was a big event that caused significant market ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

ENHANCED APPROACH (EDTT) Given that we have now had 2 years of data reflecting the results of the Diversified Trend Trading (DTT) Approach, as mentioned in Post 225, I have been looking at ways to supercharge the strategy given that trade frequency ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Considering that the role of a central bank is primarily one of market regulation the move by the SNB was managed incredibly irresponsibly in my opinion. The impact on market participants, intermediaries and the insurance industry would have been ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Thanks B They were some ugly movements :-) Will have a read of the recommendations you posted on the Turtles thread. Regards C PS Gold is having a good kick. That will be working for you B. It's going to be a jittery night. Time to dig in.

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

The Bar of death on USDCHF It pays to be risk averse :-( image It just still keeps plummeting. The bots must be working overtime given the announcement. Note: Immediately prior to a significant announcement, if holding a live trade, it is ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

SuperCharging Thoughts Following on from Post 191 relating to an adjustment made to the rudimentary DDT approach and subsequent to considerations made in Posts 208 and Post 223, I am currently in the process of backtesting a variant to the approach ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Hi Voro You will need additional info to the entry condition to determine it's validity using an EA. This is where it can get quite subjective dependant on the trend following technique (eg. whether you let the profits run with a trailing exit or ...

5 Candles trend following system

Nice technique setoeric. Impressive. :-) EDIT: I saw your stop technique and have edited the post. Sorry 'bout that.

Multi-Lot Multi-Timeframe Position trading

Ta ezcurrency. Nice thoughts. I am going to have a look more closely at the Multiple Markov Chain model. Thanks :-)

Multi-Lot Multi-Timeframe Position trading

Thanks B, but I do need a spanking on this particular trade as my entry technique and SDC settings on H1 flew in the face of my own rules. :-)

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

I have now had a good read of the article. It is excellent and gives a lot of food for thought for supercharging a trend following strategy, but also gives me great confidence in my approach. I was particularly interested in the section on 'adding a ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Thanks B. Salem Abraham's comments to investors are going to get pinned to the notice board. Nice way of seeing things. :-)

ETMA_The Evolution

Nice. That makes me want to mix a martini :-)

Another Day, Another Chair, Another Day in the Office

There is some very heavy duty thought processes going on in there KV427 and I hope that some of the eggheads on this forum can assist. I must admit I was suckered into the analysis by paralysis phase for a number of years playing around with ...

Assessing the Profitability of All Possible Trading Strategies

Great thread Graviton and a marvellous post ezcurrency. This forum is such a big beast and I am not sure why I didn't see this thread earlier. Your great examples ezcurrency clearly demonstrate the power that a subtle component of non-random bias ...

Multi-Lot Multi-Timeframe Position trading

Wow Razorjack Great thread (thanks Numbnuts, though you might not know it). Don't you hate it coming into a thread when it's all over. You have sold me and I am going to pick this up slowly. I have Trader Vic: Methods of a Wall Street Master by ...

Identifying Market Swings - Medium and Long Term Trading