mmhhhh......very good suggestions ...thanks

How do you cope with losing streaks?

thanks for the link....as you will find I am very familiar with tropherhk88 posts ...I even commented on his wall a while back. I have a daily system which I painstakingly tested on several pairs on a simulator; a sample of 300 trades on each ...

How do you cope with losing streaks?

hahaha.... how silly.....I just had to to give updates on this system. I tried trading the system which was based on M5 charts and found hypothetical results differ from real results !!!!

What is your effectiveness on real account at 100 transactions?

one year later,still on this stage!!!! albeit some notable improvement.

10,000 Hours

nice points. I risk 1.5%....maybe I should go back to the drawing board and risk less.If I'm successful then I should try to increase the risk % and note my uncle points.I am trying to do mental exercises/positive imaging to be able to accept 30% ...

How do you cope with losing streaks?

thank you guys for all your comments, I have found them very useful. so far I have discovered I have to trade more pairs while factoring in the correlation heat in my position sizing ....I have noted there is some decent diversification in ...

How do you cope with losing streaks?

thanks Hanover. I know I have an edge but I have not learnt to stick it out as a man during drawdowns.I know as per my stats that my largest losing streak should be 21 consecutive losers. I completely broke down at 11 streaks and I just couldn't ...

How do you cope with losing streaks?

all adherents were wiped out as usual ....sad.

Overlay Positive Hedging EA

what I found pervasively funny is that the average Joe trader performs significantly worse than random...how does that happen?

Probability depending on distance

lol

How much did you earn last year (2012) in Forex?

mine was also 11 losing streaks! after that I just couldn't pull the trigger ...took a break for a month and started looking for a newer high win % system. I realize just how dangerous this behavior is. regards.

How do you cope with losing streaks?

my journal has highlighted some major issues I have. my ego hurts a lot during drawdowns and I miss taking trades which incidentally would have been great winners.

Your view please- Why Keep a Trade Journal?

not bad at all.

How much did you earn last year (2012) in Forex?

how do you guys calculate position size for cfds eg.corn,natgas. lets say I want to risk 2% based on volatility. any help appreciated.

OANDA Discussion

1.simple . 2.few rules ...not more than 7. 3.decent win rate....close to 50,any further down and the losing streaks gets insane. 4.entries with a low MAE... e-ratio above 1 5.decent exit strategies ...chandelier,MA crossover etc that captures most ...

What are the components of a successful trading system?

I guess its different strokes for different folks.I found that I can't keep my concentration for a long time.

One hit wonder or am I on to something?

covel aka trendfollowing said he looked at his results in the decade of 90- 00 and he achieved nearly 60% annualized. I have seen simulations of moving average crossovers that can attain that....but with more than 50% drawdowns....I believe ed views ...

Simple 5 / 8 moving average crossover

search for tradestar1's "do I really want to start this journal " one year of detailed records ...

Simple 5 / 8 moving average crossover

seems you have good money management in place...all you need is to find an edge. I'd be thinking more longterm timeframes...

One hit wonder or am I on to something?