How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? — I am pretty well versed in neural networks, and find that it is hard (if not impossible) to prove their validity. Case and point: how far back do you trade the NN? What ...

You cant bs a bs-er.

So, to reaffirm my own mindset about my own trading, I would be counting my lucky stars if I made 4000% with real money (like I did with play money over the last 9 months.) I would not look at myself as some "hotshot trader" because I can't explain ...

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

I don't use daily ATR.... I use 96 on the hourly.... It has climbed over 0.0040 since Monday, which is the new red zone for my trading. Anytime over 40, I will stay out.

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

Thanks.

Great EA. Anyone interested in forward testing?

It is But somebody has to do it, right? Thanks for that great post... it reaffirms my own thinking.

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

Could we get the source too?

Great EA. Anyone interested in forward testing?

eagle that is an excellent point. there's only one flaw in the logic. 1) i don't have a system that is profitable after 5000 trades 2) if such a system exists (and the edge is invisible) then the edge could be removed without us knowing it. case and ...

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

that looks a lot like the shark ea's results.... what are the TPs and SLs? do you have source code?

Great EA. Anyone interested in forward testing?

In a nutshell, you come into this thread belittling me and making false accusations of my activities at FF. Of course I am not just going to roll over and take it! The point was that I try to help people with their trading. Whether my suggestion was ...

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

And did I "bring others down with me" when I recommended you use tick data with your DSP ideas? Honestly, when have you ever attempted to help another person around here? I have threads on trading systems and money management that I created from ...

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

This really pisses me off, tenantro. You are a newbie here.... where as I have put in thousands of hours of sweat equity. And for you to have the audacity to make these false statements: Tell me, tenantro, how do you know my trading results? I have ...

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

excellent points and i wonder how the trailing stops did this week against an ATR in the 80s....

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

i can see how #2 was misinterpretted, as it is ambiguous. when i said "market trends" i wasn't referring to a trend up or down on a chart.... a meant it in the context of a phenomenon. IE) the trend this year is 7th graders are wearing bellbottoms. ...

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

i've reported you for disrespect. clearly you are here to only pick a fight with me (you don't ever respond to anyone else's posts) the comments you isolated are a matter of philosophy.... there is no RIGHT answer, as you would have everyone ...

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

Q1) either one. p #39 makes the most sense for my style of trading. Q2) you can make the max open positions equal to the max that were opened in your backtest. - do i respect correlation? don't know enough to give an opinion. Q3) url Thank you for ...

My money management (advanced)

a 1KT vouche doesn't mean that you agree with the trading methods of the person you vouche for. it means that you believe they have made 1000 trades. that's it.

Admit it - your profits are based on luck

i put a filter on the system to not take trades when ATR is above 0.004..... thus keeping it out of volatile markets. (it looks for smooth trends made of tiny candlesticks) That fixed my DD problem for the past week....

tdion's Almost Live Trades

i didn't say how much money i lost, so how is it poor money management? pips are pips, will. expect to lose several hundred at a time.

Admit it - your profits are based on luck