Aha! It's not the computer, it's the settings. I just got the same problem on my desktop when set at 35/10/4, the equity curve looks like the first one you posted. Funny, because I ran optimization, the 10/4 were common in all the best results. When ...

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Very, very well said!

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Thanks, lugmanz, that's a good chart. My question was directed at anybody, I should have said, "somebody please look at this..." so thanks again. Since I posted that, I read somewhere again, "If you're not sure about the trend, move out to a longer ...

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Also the end of the quarter. I'll never again have trades open on the last day of the quarter. That just went onto my checklist.

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I'm sure it can be done, I've seen indicators that do it. Did you try tesla's code?

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Whoa, sorry. The code is for the original (hedge) method. People were asking for it so I went ahead and gave it up. It's the same EA I posted earlier, just un-compiled.

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Every one of us would like to do this. But, it's like saying "just get the ball through the hoop". And we're playing against, or we hope, with, the Michael Jordans. I'll invite sarcasm, criticism, and name calling, just to glean what positive ...

Is The Trend Really Your Friend?

There is the first honest expression of the problem that I've seen. Abide by strict rules (trade mechanically) next sentence.... Some if this comes down to gut feel (trader discretion)

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Now you know how us forex morons feel. "Very simple to make money, yada yada yada..."

Jacko needs some assistance.

Why not an EA?

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I'm going to disagree, for the sake of discussion. The threads get complicated because someone posts a system, a set of rules, and some of the statements are ambiguous, &/or not every situation is covered. Then, people ask questions, "what do you do ...

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It's not.

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No, this is not similar to a news straddle such as BurgerKing's. Please read this thread and go through the examples and then ask questions if you'd like. With an EA or Script (such as Burger King's), you would need to keep your computer running for ...

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Dynamic Synthetic Straddle — So, anyway, the strategy. Using The FxORCE's suggestion, if it were re-written like this, it would accomplish the same thing, with one less spread to pay. Start program. Price is monitored. If it varies, up or ...

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I contacted the poster and inquired. They stated that they "could not share it and it was not for sale." So I asked, "what's the point in posting a curve like that if you're not going to share?" The answer was that another member asked him/her to ...

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See post #57 for the executable.

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You're right. It would have been stopped out shortly after the first, with a small loss, for a net profit.

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For 12 losers in a row, it's a new problem. Now you have odds of 1 / 2^^12 = 1 in 4096 chances of getting a string of 12 losses in a row. So if you did 4096 strings of 12 trades, (49,152) you could get 12 losers in a row.

How important is a knowledge of maths?

Thanks, Tesla, you're great!

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That I can help you with. ///// extern bool EmailAlert; extern bool SoundON; //// if (---conditions----) { Alert ("short setup on ",Symbol()," ",Period()," min"); if (EmailAlert == true) SendMail("Subject line","Short setup on " + ...

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