Mate, your grand entry is obviously miscalculated. If you believe that saying you have 9 years of trading experience but after you're caught having only about 4-5 years and all you can say is "ok so it is more like 7 yrs....does it matter? didnt ...

Travails of a Money/Fund Manager

Ah I see now, sorry. Cheers.

Strat's Long Term Stress Free Trading

Everyone will never agree! Other than that it looks good, but before considering longs I'd like to see it close above 92 and above BOSS 20.

Strat's Long Term Stress Free Trading

Hi Max, I will only answer by quoting an article of from Dr. Brett Steenbarger and I'm sure things will clear up for you (original source here): It's a question that arises for many traders. So many occupations derive their nobility from ...

Strat's Long Term Stress Free Trading

Hi, The candle is indeed is a Hammer-like candle but you need to put it in the larger context of market: - What is the trend on all 3 timeframes (Big Boss, Boss and Worker) ? - How big is the Hammer bar compared to recent volatility? - Knowing the ...

Strat's Long Term Stress Free Trading

I've yet to see proof that random entries can really make money consistently. Until proved wrong I believe is a bunch of bullocks.

Gaining an edge from your exit

You need to do your own testing to see if the settings meet your trend following expectations. The larger the multiplication factor the longer you can ride trends but you will also give back a hefty amount of pips when the market turns against you. ...

Gaining an edge from your exit

I never tried time based exits, but I have one rule that says that if a new position doesn't do its job quickly I look to fire it (exit) without hesitation. See below. I'm a trend trader and try to get as much out of the trend. My entry is ...

Gaining an edge from your exit

Trend following has proved to be profitable in the past (check Turtles trading experiment back in the 80s) and now (check trend followers funds results over the last years). Fading the trend is not healthly. Take EURUSD this year, open your Daily ...

Trend following or trend fading?

Poor Ronald! He keeps asking questions about OOP on MT and all we do is run a language war - which by the way it will never end. Ronald, maybe you should start another thread and hope we won't see it . Kidding aside...let's get the thread back on ...

Object Oriented Programming

OOP is really effective in large & very large applications. EAs are far away from the concept of large applications, at least the EAs I know. I'd say thay if you don't know OOP don't bother learn it just because MT guys say is cool. I'm yet to ...

Object Oriented Programming

Ok guys, enough is enough , let's go back to useful discussions. Pleeease?

Object Oriented Programming

Well said 7bit - regarding OOP. By the way, I saw that you succeeded embed python into MT. I am interested in this too and possibly many others. Do you think is worth to open a thread dedicated to Python integration? Just to have all the info ...

Object Oriented Programming

The Trend is in the eye of the chartist! — Hey mate, you're not missing anything, relax. Since there is no mathematical formula for The Trend the obvious conclusion is that the results will be mixed from one trader to another. As Alexandra put ...

Strat's Long Term Stress Free Trading

I like it, so true, I'll borrow it if you don't mind .

Strat's Long Term Stress Free Trading

That is not quite true. Even a MA keeps bending (redrawing itself) based on each tick if the market is really moving. What exactly do you want to accomplish?

how to make zero-lag indicator

Whole heartedly agree! Great work Strat, I really enjoy the stories from the first part of the newsletter.

Strat's Long Term Stress Free Trading

I second that! Better to stay away from that beast! And on top of that the MT guys would have been better if they improved on top of MT4 rather than creating something new. Imo.

Object Oriented Programming

Agree with you and that's the whole point, that's why I said if you trully need it. For you the important thing the excitement factor that comes with a new language and all the side learning - nothing wrong with that -, for me it is more important ...

Object Oriented Programming

AUDUSD Hammers — I believe it is a matter of trade management, something that is not much discussed around here. Trade management is very personal, as Strat says. My personal style matches Lou here, I'd aggresively tighten the SL until I reach ...

Strat's Long Term Stress Free Trading