I replied to your previous request url

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

I have moved it to 9674 from 9690, I always like to give enough room

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

Are you on Metatrader? If you are then go to Insert -> Indicators -> Trend -> Moving Average Under MA method select Exponential and then under Period put in the number. Do this for each EMA, and there is the option to change the color as well.

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

Odd your chart seems very different from mine. My chart has two more bars than yours after that big down movement on April 6th, and is already showing April 9th.

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

Can you post a pic of your chart? Thanks.

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

Are your EMAs applied to the close price? Mine are. On my chart (see my last post), the 13 EMA has crossed the 50 EMA. If the current bar closes (9 PM EST) with the 13 EMA below the 50 EMA, according to my chart I would open a short...

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

it has crossed on my chart, the blue line crossing the green line do I wait till the opening of the next candle?

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

Is it time to open a short?

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

Can you explain more about what angles for the EMA crossing would be a stronger signal? Is a steeper angle much better than a less steep angle? Perhaps we could use a compass to measure the angle

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

Has a signal just appeared for long GBP/USD?

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

Can any mod move this to the Beginner Q&A section? Thanks

How to know if a system will work for that week?

I pay $1 commission per mini lot, and so far these commissions have accounted for 30% of my losses. So I see the strength in your arguement.

'Try to Lose Money' Experiment

That's what this test will try to determine. The irony is that it seems easy to lose money, but if its easy to lose money in theory it should be easy to gain money! Of course this is not true, so we should determine why. If a person is trying to ...

'Try to Lose Money' Experiment

Every single act you do has a psychological aspect. When you see -50 on your P/L and you feel a cringe and a terror inside you, that is psychology at work. When you see +20 and you feel a tingle of joy that is psychology. To not feel those things or ...

'Try to Lose Money' Experiment

Thanks for the comments. I wonder whether or not the psychology would be inverted as you say. I don't think it would be, because while I would be trying to lose, seeing +2355 wouldn't make me unhappy! It would still have that tingle of happiness, I ...

'Try to Lose Money' Experiment

Thanks StockJJay for the comments. Here are my newbie thoughts : The problem with the trending systems are the false signals, and as you said, filters can sometimes cause you to take your position after the movement has occurred, though last week ...

How to know if a system will work for that week?

I guess another way to phrase my question is this. Trading success/failure depends on three things: Risk management - Trader (Psychology) - Method (System) The first two are constants, they are always for you or they are always against you. Good ...

How to know if a system will work for that week?

interesting ill keep this mind I think if you regularly trade the 4 hour charts, that becomes the lens through which you see the market. If for days and weeks in a row you are successful, you will think your system is great and feel you have ...

How to know if a system will work for that week?