I'm sorry. Not trying to be a smartass, but totally not following. The two what are different? I'm referring to post 355. Are you saying post 364 is a third method? And by "first" you mean 355, not the first first? And by latter you mean 364? If so, ...

MTF Stochastics

The answer to your question is, if you put a really, really big BUY order, then you would start to fill all the sell orders out there, until no sellers were left at the current price. If you still have more to buy, the price would have to go up in ...

big orders - what happens

It won't cause a problem. Comments are notes the programmer puts in, and are ignored by the computer. Why are you copying the code? you should be able to place the file, as you received it, onto your harddrive, and run it like it is. I'm not sure ...

(NEWBIE) Where does the EA begin

But the original post said that when the 4H crosses down (the signal), you look back 1 hour, forward 4 (the window). So the 1H at 16:00 and 30M at 14:00 are not in the window if the 4H didn't cross until 20:00.

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Now I'm lost. On my charts, the 30 crossed from above 80 to below 80 at 14:00 GMT, just barely having made it above 80. The 1H closed from above to below 80 at 16:00, again, it just barely exceeded 80. OK, the 12:00 GMT candle closed at 81 at 16:00. ...

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I think the point was, that, looking at the chart, it would appear to be a bad short trade, but was not since the next candle opened then dropped 100 pips.

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See post 226

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Everything that begins with double slash // is a comment - not executeable code. The first code is "extern double", which is defining a variable. Extern means it is external, and will show up in the user inputs tab when you load the EA. Double is ...

(NEWBIE) Where does the EA begin

Pretty much my same exact experience/thought process. I still think the really good traders know when to get out. Following their gut is probably a big part of it, but they also have the ability to see things happening in real time the way I do in ...

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

Very good points. It's always soooo easy to analyze after the trade is over, right?

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

I agree with you in the above. The good threads, like this one, become HUGE. If you get in late, you're already overwhelmed. If there are several topics in one thread, forget it. Yes, we want more! (more! more! more!) My vote, use separate threads ...

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Have you backtested the system with trend in mind? Here's the Feb 02 trade. I'm reading around 100 pips. With the trend.

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

March 2 trade — With the trend. Works a lot better

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

Sunday evening's trade — Against the trend

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

You probably have a good point there. In general, when trading against the long term trend, it is best to take smaller profits and get out when signs are pointing against you. A system, traded against the trend, will have different characteristics. ...

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades

This is simple, I'll take a look.

Need Help building an EA

Look at the charts in Spud's tutorial. Right now the 15 is just a little higher than we'd like. The 30 has rounded the corner. The 1H is not there yet. The 4 disagrees. Not optimum. 15/30/1H could align, give you a higher risk entry, but its with ...

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I'm still in. up 27

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I think it's time. I'm getting better at the waiting. Not long ago, I would have jumped in an hour ago, then sweated it out this whole time. Or is it looking like we need to wait for another 15 minute cycle?

MTF Stochastics

I need to read through it all again, and put in my time stoch-watching. It will take awhile to learn how the 1H and 4H form up in real time, since the change is slow.

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