Hi ASM8086, You might try the fractal dimension indicator. There are a few around. I think the latest is FGDI attached. The problem with this indicator is that it requires a large block of data to do a reasonable job, so it's slow. You might try to ...

Optimized Trend Trading

Clutter filter — That post was quite a bit later than TopCat description. He did not have the Goertzel algorithm when he first described topcat. Some later posts discuss the coding of the algorithm. He is defining it this way because he thinks ...

Optimized Trend Trading

Thanks MC

Optimized Trend Trading

DCT — Thanks for the excellent tutorial on ULLMA DF design. I'm curious how you use the DCT for smoothing. Do you simply set the high frequency components to 0 and invert the transform? Do you have MT4 code for the DCT? I would be very ...

Optimized Trend Trading

Diurnal Volume for GBPUSD H1 — Ah, what the heck. I'll attach it anyway. Maybe someone will have an interest. This is from MBT, a large ECN. The diurnal variation in volume is very clear. If you are trading during only one hour, it will have ...

Learn to Trade using VSA (Volume Spread Analysis)

Diurnal volume variation — I also have read most of this thread, and am curious about many of the images showing M15 time frame graphs. They do not seem to have the type of volume that I see on my live ECN account. It is pretty clear that the ...

Learn to Trade using VSA (Volume Spread Analysis)

Stuck trades — Justin, I have an MT4 demo account running several robot EA's. Every day they make many trades, and have been running with no glitches for 5 months. However on 6/9 17:40 EST and 6/10 16:00 EST two trades got "stuck". My robots ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I think that to be able to avoid the hedging error you must first close the position (in your case the 3 open buy lots) then you may enter a sell order for one lot.

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Previous comment — I cannot find the source for part of my comment, so I must retract it for now I ran across it somewhere on the IB site when researching the API.. I got the impression that IB discouraged short term trades. Don't ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

IB probably has more liquidity, but they also require min lots 2.5, do not trade mini's, and discourage short term trades. They are set up for position traders.

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Commissions and spreads — I guess that I don't understand the mb commission structure. I thought that for USD based pairs the commission was 0.5 pips one way, or 1 pip round trip. But you save typically several pips on the spread (one way) ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Currency — Belief.. Seems to me that you can avoid depreciation by maintaining a position in the currency that you think is better. Justin.. Will the live MT4 platform do the accounting to allow users to make hedging trades. The demo MT4 seems ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Only 3 trades? — How well does it work on more than 3 trades?

Neural Network Trading, Serious people only!

Is the demo MT4 a good test platform? — Justin.. You might add the fact that an ECN does not accept hedges. Many EA's running on MT4 overlap trades in opposite directions. Users may not recognize this as a hedge, but an ECN will close one ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Other ECN's — Do any ECN's charging smaller commission have MT4 platforms, or some api that could be used with a robot? I would be interested in the names if you would share.

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

It's just beta. — Come on. It's just beta. If you can live with the spikes, clearing trades should be trivial.

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

No telephone support? — Does this mean no telephone support during Asian hours?

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Just stirring the pot — Maybe MT4 is a Trojan. It connects automatically somewhere for history, updates etc. Ever heard of conficker? You have a lot of financial info on your PC. Makes as much sense as any prior rant.

MT4 Brokers' Virtual Dealer Plug-In

Nature of the MBT ECN — Justin, ATC is experiencing a problem getting fills on EURGBP during the Asian Hours. Apparantly they have so many scalpers that their ECN cannot supply the liquidity required, and their Prime must go outside the ECN ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction