Fj, I am not convinced that a hedge would be the answer, but I only brought it up for discussion, because others might have a lot of experience handling these things. on the other hand it complicates the system considerably and in the end the system ...

Weekly 80/20 Setups

hi folks, although the results from my backtest above are not far from Fj`s, my example is more suitable for a daily system. sorry guys.

Weekly 80/20 Setups

SJ, I`m really curious as to what you have come up with. Another poster was going to trade this method daily instead of weekly and Fj asked him/her to write about the experiences. Hopefully Fj wont mind you posting here with your backtest for daily ...

Weekly 80/20 Setups

thank you Fj and Math for all your input. I respect your decision FJ to continue as before, but with less and better balanced exposure. For me I somehow think that if we could find a better way to handle adverse conditions, we would have a truly ...

Weekly 80/20 Setups

I think what this system needs is a gradual change of price and then it will do a stellar job. anything fancy and out of the ordinary will upset the apple cart. maybe AUD was too unpredictable to be of any use. thank Math for your tests. Fj did say ...

Weekly 80/20 Setups

what about hedging instead of a stop loss? you`re in a long trade @ 1.5550 and the swing low is 1.5300. you can place a stop sell order @ 1.5200 for it to be triggered if it gets there. you might even make an extra profit out of this strategy. no ...

Weekly 80/20 Setups

Fj, A pity to let go of the exotics, because these seem far more profitable. If that is the case, they could still play a part, but in such a way that the usd and eur exposure would not be in the majors, but in the exotics. The volatility probably ...

Weekly 80/20 Setups

hi folks, so if I understand you guys the spot and futures work out the same interest-wise. at the moment EUR/USD is a difference of about 40 pips. so you buy spot EUR/USD and receive interest daily and until the futures contract expires in ...

interest hedge strategy - futures and forex

I thought that you also receive interest on futures and CME does that by adding pips to the closing price?

Forex vs Futures

hi capitalist, you got a nice thread going here and I appreciate you sharing your strategy with us here. I suppose you like the idea of setting your orders for the days ahead and then monitor the situation once a day. I just wonder if you should ...

Caution: Math Geek at Work

thanks billbss maybe I should have mentioned the lowest spread suppose the spread is usually 4 pips and your broker gives you different values to choose from to trigger the stop order, like ask, bid, mid, last. I want to buy as close to 157.60 as ...

slippage with stop orders

Just found E7 at Eur 62,500 what would be the initial overnight margin on that one? cant find it @ my brokers. thanks

mini futures EUR/USD

Math: about doubling up: when you want to double up, your open trade can`t be in much profit, because price has come back close to your entry price and this small profit can turn into a loss very easily anyway. If I want to double up, I would only ...

Weekly 80/20 Setups

hi mar, see if I understand you. say you got $20,000 in capital......at 50:1 = $ 1 mil trading capital so you work up your position slowly to $ 500,000 and get out if your stop is hit. is your SL a certain amount of pips or a percentage of purchase ...

carry trade for 3--5 years

is there an indicator out there that would calculate the slope quite efficiently? good to have you back Fj and hope you/your family are enjoying your new surroundings

Weekly 80/20 Setups

Fj would be your best bet to answer your question. I would think it depends on the positions you have open at the time. By taking the second short trade you might be able to balance your risks better if you are already overly geared with your open ...

Weekly 80/20 Setups

depends on your broker

Margin on currency futures