I think~~ — Hello Humax and Benna, As far as I understand from the code, the reasons why u will have different trades are: 1. Firebird doesn't do the trade on the close of the bar (that's the reason why backtesting is unreliable) 2. As soon as ...

Firebird EA, please test this one, it is one of the greats

The apogee was working! — So looking into some other aspects, Monday may be the top of this recent move up in the EURUSD (see here as to why I am guessing that: http://www.beginnertrader.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?id=95) It is a very interesting ...

Time analysis - "the other half of the picture"

Using MA — Hello Liquid11, I think there is some fundamental aspect of moving average you need to understand before you start to use your strategy: 1. How do you determine whether it is "bullish"? If you use EMA to determine the trend and say ...

Entry and Exit Strategy any good?

Metaquotes demo server are even worse! — Hello, I didn't lose any trade on interbankfx live server last night (I actually picked up nice profit last night while I was sleeping). But I also run a demo on the metaquotes demo server. The ...

Anyone else lose active trades with their broker?

The strategy! — Although I think it is not as profitable , you may be able to spot some other strategies that you can use or think of. 1. I use the interbankfx daily chart or EUR/USD - that means you have one more daily bar on the screen 2. ...

Testing of new method

Trade 19: move stop to 1.2602

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To isufreak24 — To isufreak24: I think you have to first determine the maximum lots you can enter with the consideration of the maximum drawdown that would happen - see mrmikal's calculation in previous page. Then you can consider whether you ...

Would this work?

Hello Sistercurare, I am not trying to be in the middle of the argument but I would try to point out some works that I have done. 1. To "collect" interest from the forex market, you don't need tick by tick data at all - what you look at is the long ...

Would this work?

Trade 19: Stop moved 1.2645 What a big drop in Euro...this is what trend traders always wait for...It breaks the support line of euro on daily chart and confirms the head-shoulder pattern on weekly chart....

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Trade 19: Stop moved to 1.2670

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This method is way less profitable than the MA method I have been using for last few months so there is no point to continue... Thanks FF for the place of writing paper trade.... I will however update the last trade till it is stopped out Trade 19: ...

Testing of new method

Long — It is in the slow upward channel with a bar of morning star. Therefore I would long with stop 1PIP below the low of that long bar (11th bar from right).

Price Action Exercise: What Happened Next?

Trade 19: Stop moved to 1.2780

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To my suprise, Price did go above 1.2764, Trade 20: Buy 1.2774 stopped out 1.2764 -10PIPs Trade 19: Stop moved 1.2796

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Long — Checkstar has drwan a very good trend line and I will just use it for the answer. For me, I should go long 10-12 bars ago with stop 20PIPs below the trendline. However if you really want me to do the entry again, the big white bar ...

Price Action Exercise: What Happened Next?

Trade 18: +28PIPs Trade 19: Stop moved to 1.2812 Don't expect to have order today - unless price goes above 1.2764 for more than 2 hours....

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trade 19 — Trade 18: Stop moved 1.2787 Trade 19: Sell 1.2809 stop 1.2846

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Trade — Trade 17: -43 PIPs Note: Unless the market open with big jump, there will be an sell order 2 hours after market open. Expected stop level around 1.2828. Trade 18's stop is expected to be changed to around 1.2770 level. To kburd3: EMA ...

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Money management — Hello, For me, there is no point to find the ultimate moving average at all. When you use MA, you should expect to have loss during the range market and that's normal. I have been testing MA for quite a long time, and they ...

Best moving Average to show trend ?

Trade 18: Buy 1.2759 stop 1.2740 then moved to 1.2714 Trade 17: stop moved 1.2811 It is interesting to see two opposite trade at similar level with stop so further away....may lose big in both trades...

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