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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008thanks. i will look at what you've done. i found this on my own: url unfortunately C++ isn't my strong suite.
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008I've attached an image showing 1) lot size increasing as the balance increases 2) lot size decreasing after a 33% drawdown, and then increasing after the balance recovers hopefully this visual will bring clarity.
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008although i could never trade without stops myself, that doesn't mean other people CAN'T do well without them. url
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008damn that is PHAAAT. and you say this is on a live account? (otherwise, trk will have a seizure.) my initial reaction to this equity graph was.... if it is demo, are you sure margin calls are being triggered where they should? i can't quite remember ...
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008For me, it is variable. Some setups are X pip SLs, while others are Y pip SLs.... All that really matters is, when the stops are hit, are they accumulating beyond my red pip threshhold.
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008Here are identical trades using 8% risk per trade.... about 1/2 the total return for the year. I could risk 10 to 15% per trade, but margin gets ugly. That is another nice thing about my MM.... the size of the trades are not huge.... but rather ...
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008Rabid, I said every trade is between 1:3 and 1:5 R:R. That intrinsicly means I have stops in place....
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008From post 1: "Is there risk for bankrupting the account? YES!" I am in the camp that the entire account is viewed as "risk money." If I weren't willing to lose every dime in the account at one time or another, it would be put into other investments. ...
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008Hey Green I've always been a fan of being buddies with people I something in common with
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008Hi rabid From post #1: "Unfortunately, historical drawdown should be simply a GUESTIMATION of what drawdown is expected.... new higher drawdowns in the future (compared to the past 8 years) are inevitable. So, to compensate for this, if my account ...
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008Hi Green let me elaborate (and thank you for the question.) First, does money management ever give a trader an advantage? NO! Let's make that clear first. The best we can do is mitigate our adversity as much as possible. For me, this MM technique ...
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008hey tenantro, with your DSP background, have you considered downloading the tick data from GainCapital? (available for free...) in case you don't know, this is each and every tick the pair touches INSIDE of the 1 minute bars.... it is the finest ...
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008all you need to do is change "advise" to "advice" in the title, and you might really have something there... by the way, with this mantra you've assembled.... how many pips have you actually made? thanks.
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008hey tenantro all you need to do is press the ignore button on my profile.... then you wouldn't have to worry about your feathers ruffling.

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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008i think it deals more with fundamentals (though tenantro may disagree) if you look back over the past 12 months you could get a feeling for a pair's strength in terms of percentage against itself...
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008this is a followup to my % explanation given in #3 in my first post of this page. i think the % is derived like this: hypothetical example: (looking back 22 days) GBPUSD high 2.0210, low 1.9342 EURUSD high 1.5643, low 1.4722 divide the low by the ...
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008haha apparently you want to go to war with me on your own thread. unfortunately i was being sincere when i said "GOOD FOR YOU." what you do with your own money and account is strictly on your shoulders.... if you found a way to make money, it is a ...
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tdion replied Sep 1, 2008he uses daily data... not hourly.
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