Your question cannot be answered. It's the trader, not the system. Got it?

Which system is the best? Or which combinations of systems work the best?

You're right, I shouldn't have said "never". I usually don't do that, and flame anyone that does. I can say, however, over on Forex TSD there are hundreds of people testing all sorts of EA's for years, compiling data month after month and ...

Which system is the best? Or which combinations of systems work the best?

After spending all of 15 seconds checking it out, I have the idea you would like an alert to sound when price hits one of the levels given by the lines? Maybe the indicator should look and see what kind of orders are open, and sound the appropriate ...

Help Please - Adding an Alert to this Indicator

Post the indicator mq4 file and someone will probably be glad to answer your questions and/or fix it for you.

cja's _Signal_Bars_v6 indicator question?

I maintain that if there were such thing as a mechanical system, then EA's would work. Without frequent human intervention ( = trader discretion), they don't. I know this is bad news, there is no system that can simply be learned and traded. The ...

Which system is the best? Or which combinations of systems work the best?

Maybe I'll join up this afternoon and take a look at it. I find the study of indicators more interesting than the indicators themselves. You might take a look at my thread here: url Since I wrote these posts, I have quit using all indicators ...

Any suggestions on useing the wcci indicator

Van Gogh could give someone his system for creating a great painting, no? Trading is an art.

Which system is the best? Or which combinations of systems work the best?

I don't know what wcci is, and can find nothing on it anywhere. Maybe post the indicator or give a source of info?

Any suggestions on useing the wcci indicator

Right now I view success as making a couple grand a day and not saying a word about it. Once I get there, I'll have another goal placed.

Why I can't win

WRONG. This was one of my very first programs. sorry bout that. I've fixed it so it does do as stated above.

How do YOU calculate Pivot Points?

Hey, it just might work. I'm willing to try ALMOST anything.... Trade's 100 pips in the red, take another pill and stay positive, tell yourself it will all work out, and if not, it really doesn't matter anyway!

is trading good for your health?

One can only hope.

Could this be the start of the unwinding

Script — I think I like the Mark McRae method. That's not really his method, he got it from somewhere I'm sure, but that's where I found it, on his site when I googled pivot points. Attached is a SCRIPT that will put the lines on once. I just ...

How do YOU calculate Pivot Points?

Thanks for the input. I haven't seen this method. Where did you get it?

How do YOU calculate Pivot Points?

OK, here's how they stack up. If we use the Investopedia five point as the baseline, and line everything up, we can see that Aden used the R1, R2, S1, S2 and placed intermediate steps halfway between. The other popular set of calculations (also ...

How do YOU calculate Pivot Points?

url These guys use the same formulae as the "habeeb" mq4 file.

How do YOU calculate Pivot Points?

Investopedia — From Investopedia writeup by Justin Kuepper. He mentions that there are many ways, the most common of which is the five-point system, using the following formulae: R2 = P + (H - L) = P + (R1 - S1) R1 = (P x 2) - L P = (H + L + ...

How do YOU calculate Pivot Points?

Habeeb pivots — From another indicator by "Habeeb". Pivot = ((YesterdayHigh + YesterdayLow + YesterdayClose)/3); R3 = (YesterdayHigh + (2*(Pivot-YesterdayLow))) R2 = Pivot+(R1-S1); R1 = (2*Pivot)-YesterdayLow; S1 = (2*Pivot)-YesterdayHigh; S2 ...

How do YOU calculate Pivot Points?

I obviously needed to add the inflection, as in "how do YOU calculate pivot points?" (sigh) OK, I'm game, I'll do the work. Formulas: R3 = MEAN * 2 + (yesterday_high-(2*yesterday_low)) R2 = MEAN + (yesterday_high - yesterday_low) R1 = MEAN * 2 - ...

How do YOU calculate Pivot Points?