No, I have not. i know the backtests are not done using tick-by-tick data, so they are pointers rather than statistical facts. Which is good enough given the context. Further analysis would have to be made on appropriate platforms. As to Perplexity, ...

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Well done! Perplexity and I would like to reward the good work by suggesting a performance improvement.

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Indeed. ICT is simple things expressed in a complicated and cryptic way for commercial purposes. url

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No, I didn't say that. i was trying to explain why random entries + proper money management can be profitable. You can trade the random entries with fixed risk:reward, but you need to know how to set the size of the risk in terms of points, and in ...

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I'm afraid you have the evidence against you. Here's why: 1. To begin with, why is consistently profitable trading possible? Because the market forms trends between levels. A more detailed understanding of that enables one to formulate strategies, ...

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I am not responsible for that document, and am not interested in discussing it. I simply posted it as food for thought, and as a response to the question asked by yourself and Mandariin.

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This is a well-known puzzle among traders, simply because there are many general lessons about trading that can be learnt from it. I asked Perplexity AI to make its contribution. See attached. Comments?

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I think you have a crap strategy, and the only reason that it shows meaningful profit is the parabolic move that happened in gold during the autumn. That move is now over. So move on. Why not play with this toy instead: url ? It uses FVGs to find ...

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I think there's a less flattering explanation... Remember Impulse-Correction-Continuation?

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That's in general what the markets are like. If you can't hack it, well, do something else Then you are looking for help in the wrong place. There are forums for quant traders such as QuantConnect Community Forums, Elite Trader (Quantitative Trading ...

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Manual signal recognition, yes, but based on clearly defined entry and exit levels plotted on the chart one way or another. So I usually place a stop order for entry entry (more rarely limit entry but it happens). And the exits are one reason for ...

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Fair Value Gaps are exactly that. Whether an FVG strategy should be automated or not could be debated. Here's the first paragraph of the conclusion section of attached research report on the topic: "Automating a Fair Value Gap day trading strategy ...

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Indeed he does, but they are all over the place. Here the reversal from the yesterday's bottom in NQ on an 1m chart. First, after 6.10pm CET, two Impulse-Correction-Impulse patterns in the form of impulse candles followed by Inverted Hammer candles. ...

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Yes, commonly meditation is treated as a technique one performs to feel better, healthier, relaxed, etc. But it's not a technique, and it's not something one does. It's about the messy business of facing oneself. As such it's best just to sit in ...

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Which in some contexts is called Fair Value Gap, which has been dismissed by the thread starter. Dismissed for being subjective, while it's actually one way of making Impulse-Correction-Impulse objective.

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Recall the sauna conversation with a priest that I shared earlier. He commended me for being able to let go of, or surrender, a promising and lucrative career, and said that because of that ability I wouldn't, unlike his parishioners, be imprisoned ...

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Like a wise woman once said to me: Facing yourself is a messy business.

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No worries, I'm just getting tired of this. Why? 1. Your fantasies about trading are delusional, and do not merit further discussion. 2. The causes of your suffering are to be found in you, not in your circumstances. We're not getting anywhere with ...

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