For the first post, my philosophy on stop loss orders is that their true purpose is to prevent a disastrous situation from happening, such as a runaway market or not being able to monitor your position. I have qualms with systems that use stop loss ...

Gradation of stop loss

Both started off as simple systems, but it seems like the Bagovino method kept picking up more indicators (more MAs, another RSI, MACD, ADX, etc.) to "filter out" and "confirm" trades. I tend to be wary of systems that change often or pick up more ...

"Bagovino Method" VS "Cornflower Hourly System"

Oanda allows you to easily create sub-accounts and switch between them. If we double the $1000 to create two $1000 sub accounts, and so on I can see how it might work. However, if we take the same position on several of these accounts, and one of ...

Victor's Strategy

Just playing "Devil's Advocate". If it works with several sets of data, then we can do what Carllos suggested: use it whenever it appears on any pair your broker offers.

Victor's Strategy

I know. Linuxtroll's rainbow charts are a work of art.

Guppy's Multi-Moving Average (GMMA)

This is very similar to Joe Ross's Camelback technique. About the only difference is he uses different period MAs, only one MA outside the High/Low channel, and no other indicators. For those interested, Click Here (PDF document).

strategy HILO on GBP/JPY

Some brokers offer both FX and currency future options, such as Interactive Brokers and MB Trading. But as I posted earlier, I have a feeling that the volatility/interest calculations between your FX position and the CME option position will cause a ...

Options on currency futures as a hedge?

Yeah, was going to say the same. GBPUSD has been in a bull run for the past five years, and a code that is only on the buy side is going to have a better chance of winning with that data sample. I'd like to see this tested on something that is a ...

Victor's Strategy

Yep... exactly as I said. You usually don't find out about it until Sunday morning.

Anyone else has difficulties accessing oanda platform right now?

Yeah... sometimes they take down the servers after the Friday close to do maintenance over the weekend... and sometimes they forget to tell people until Sunday morning.

Anyone else has difficulties accessing oanda platform right now?

Of course a real "monkey" system/indicator would use a random number generator.

The monkey (in progress)

Actually, a better analogy would be a USDA/FDA inspector can not buy food at a farmer's market. But yeah... it does seem a little odd. I wonder if it's the same with SEC employees and stocks? Don't think it is. Now if you are registered as a broker, ...

Why is it a felony for CFTC commissioners or employees to trade futures or options?

Considering that the CME has just revised merger talks with the CBOT for the sixth time in the past two years, something tells me that a global FX centralization through CME ain't going to happen any time soon. : And as FxFORCE pointed out, why ...

The Concept of 3D Charting.

Exactly. A profit is a profit... if you didn't lose anything for the week, what's to worry about?

Cornflower Hourly System

No... I'm just saying that when the trend ends, dollars to the donuts, 99% of these "experts" are going to fall flat on their asses and go broke. Do I need to remind you what happened to all the "expert analysts" of the dot-com bubble? The ...

Japanese housewives are wrecking the forecasts of big players!

That's an idea! You can interface a trading platform with a 1st person shooter, so that you really can be a "sniper hunting for pips"

The Concept of 3D Charting.

Also, you have to pay spread on the interest rates of holding two opposing trades simultaneously. Many people who "hedge" to get out of a bad trade instead of just cutting losses short don't realize this, and they wind up losing money while they ...

skeptical of hedge promoted by fxcm

You can write off virtually anything, if you have a corporation established (such as an LLC or LLP) or file as self-employed. However, you must always keep the receipts and can make a convincing argument as to why said item(s) are considered a ...

What can you write-off your taxes as individual and corporation?

Well, you know how the saying goes: "Any idiot can become an expert stock analyst in a bull market."

Japanese housewives are wrecking the forecasts of big players!

This is absolutely true... and the famous Turtle experiment in the 80's proves this. The Turtle system is a trend following breakout system based only on Donchian Channels. Like most trend following systems, it has a low win %age, and high win to ...

Is this a satisfatory setup?