Hi Lowellecj I changed from the SDX-TzPivots to the attached daily/weekly pivot point indicators for the following reasons: 1. They automatically update themselves in real time. 2. You can nominate any starting ("cutoff") point from which the pivots ...

Need help with this indicator

Hi Zinvestor Does the attached indicator (which I found elsewhere) help? I'm not sure whether it "keeps up with price" automatically. If so, I suspect that the indicator re-plots itself over the last "n" candles (in a "rolling window"), where "n" is ...

help with linear regression channel

Hi Billbss Is the attached (Williams %R) what you are looking for? David

MTF %R?

Etrade, press Ctrl-N to open the Navigator panel. Drag the indicator you wish into whatever window that you wish. (To plot the indicator in a separate window, right click on it and choose "Attach to a chart"). If you want to plot an "indicator of an ...

Indicators in a single window

Hi Miguel You might like to contact Al Parsai. See: url Al has developed the very comprehensive PipBoxer EA: url There are others here also. Tesla is a possible example (Tesla, hope you don't mind my suggesting you ). You might like to try a ...

Looking for a programmer

Hi Sindutzz My thoughts, for whatever they are worth, are here: url Your question is also addressed by other contributors in the same thread. David

Change a losing system into a Winning system

Hi Djmetric My apologies; I was "over-generalizing". Your system does only require one win to claw back all losses, and moreover deliver a minimum outcome of +10, at each step. All assuming, of course, that your figures are net of any spread costs. ...

Playing the Double-Up Game?

Billflet, thank you for the very kind compliment. Great minds think alike! And I believe that you’re correct in saying that the Martingale (at least in its original form) involves doubling each losing bet, and then reverting back to one unit ...

Playing the Double-Up Game?

Betting systems like Martingale, or its variants, are a waste of time. No matter how you vary your bet size playing roulette, the casino will always eventually win, and exactly the same principle applies with trading. MM will only ever operate ...

Playing the Double-Up Game?

Saskgui, the way I see it, it's simply a question of viewpoint, as to whether you choose to express the absolute dollar risk ($400) as a percentage of the absolute dollar amount in your account ($5,000), or in terms of the maximum amount that the ...

higher leverage = safer?

I expect that this is the web page you're referring to: url David

Futures vs Spot Currency Trading

Excellent post. I suspect that most people underestimate the effect of the costs involved; the shorter the timeframe the greater the costs, percentage-wise. Having said that, I have no problem believing that there are folk, like JohnFX and Patrick ...

Mathematical reasons why MOST DayTraders & scalpers fail?

Non-mathematical considerations......? — Profit is the difference between both entry and exit. ___________________________________ Anyway, I see an underlying concept behind this thread, that might have opened my eyes...... 1. The ...

Trading against the majority

Good point. I haven't studied all of these systems, but every indicator-based trend following system will always enter late, because technical indicators inherently lag. Chart patterns (e.g. trendline breaks) tend to lag less, and candle patterns ...

trading systems vs account size

Yes, I suspect that given enough time, most of the systems here will prove unprofitable. Most technical systems only work profitably for as long as market conditions remain suitable. I agree that it's misleading to a newbie, if he/she goes straight ...

trading systems vs account size

IMHO the original post is misleading....... — Of course it's impossible to make a living from a inadequately funded account, especially as living expenses create an additional form of "drawdown". The smaller the account, then the smaller any ...

trading systems vs account size

My million dollar offer....... — If anybody ever gets to the point where they're making 10% per week, net, consistently, I will offer them $1 million for their system...... and expect them to be insulted by the pittance that I'm offering. Why? ...

trading systems vs account size

Please try this......... — Hi Rorieu The BOE event appears on my chart (see below). Please try the following: Press F9 and see if the missing item appears in the Events History. If it does, then one of your parameter settings in the lower area ...

FFcal - Plot News indicator

Eagle, I'm sorry, I don't know. I haven't tried periodcon with EAs and I've never used Strategy Tester. David

10 min chart

Are you referring to MT4? — Hi Joshua MT4 allows the following timeframes: 1, 5, 15, 30 min; 1 hr, 4 hrs; daily; weekly; monthly. However, you can use the periodcon.mq4 indicator (download from attachment below) to create synthetic charts for ...

10 min chart