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alcastro replied Jul 12, 2007Four days to lift-off!!!! I really hope you can do it. There are a lot of "apocalypse prophets" around here that as soon as somebody posts a goal like this one they jump to his throat and say things such as: "if you even make 10% on your acct after ...
100$ -->100,000$ (period: 12 months)
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alcastro replied Jul 10, 2007Hi Bill, what is a SL, a PSL and a negative TP? I am not sure I understand what you mean when you say "taking profit at the open of the 3rd bar.......etc" Do you mind showing a chart with this? Thanks.
Simple, pure mechanical H4-System, EA needed
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alcastro replied Jul 10, 2007PipPirate I am looking forward to the new templates. Thanks
Dollie's Safe Pips Indicator
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alcastro replied Jul 10, 2007I ran a quick backtest applying this system to the dailies, at the GB/JP, setting -50 as stop loss always (I am allergic to large s/l's), and trailing the stop every 50 at the end of the day. Here are my results: Number of trades: 18 Winning trades: ...
Simple, pure mechanical H4-System, EA needed
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alcastro replied Jul 5, 2007DOJI, you are absolutely right...you made my day!!!!! Just when I was ready to spend a loooong night backtesting !!! And you are right again...G/U looks bad. I'll backtest it and see if my conclusion is the same. Thanks for this.

4 Hour Strategy (MACD)
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alcastro replied Jul 5, 2007DojiStar, you read my mind!!!! After reading Sindutzz post (I was at my office) I was planning to do exactly what you did: take an E/U chart, see how this filter performed on the daily. So thank you very much for your efforts and for saving me ...
4 Hour Strategy (MACD)
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alcastro replied Jul 2, 2007If I am correct techically speaking the bar you are refering to was not a PB since it didn't open and close within the previous bar - even though it behaved like a PB afterwards (that is, price retraced and went long-but that is hindsight).
james16 Chart Thread
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alcastro replied Jun 30, 2007Aderbess, Please correct me if I am wrong. Based on your results your system generated 32 trades in 16 years. That is two trades per year?!!!

Personnal Muck turtle system
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alcastro replied Jun 27, 2007Hi Tam, I am still around here....working my way around the daily system since it fits my schedule, and my psychology (I'd rather not watch the computer when the trades are developing....otherwise I tend to make foolish decisions and try to ...
4 Hour Strategy (MACD)
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alcastro replied Jun 20, 2007CHowClown, did you filter your entries using the stochs in the daily? Ohhh..... sorry. I didn't read your note in your post in which you already answer this question. My bad!!!! Maybe the stochs filter is necessary to avoid the bad trades. I have ...
Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades
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alcastro replied Jun 20, 2007I am long since the 18th. +95 pips.
Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades
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alcastro replied Jun 19, 2007Pips, excellent document. No wonder you are eating pips like crazy every single week!!!!
4 Hour Strategy (MACD)
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alcastro replied Jun 19, 2007If you had used the stoch as filter..... — Hi mattfx, thanks for these numbers and for running the backtest. Do you think that if you had used the stochastics in the daily as filter for the trades, your losing trades would have been less? Just ...
Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades
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alcastro replied Jun 12, 2007Awwwww...just when i was about to ask for the backtest on 13 additional pairs!!!!!!!!
The Daily Fozzy Method
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alcastro replied Jun 12, 2007Beach, I have been and out of here...and you know it. But I have to say something. I have to take off my hat and congratulate you for the incredible effort that you put into this thread. These results are an "acid test" for this method (using only ...
The Daily Fozzy Method
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alcastro replied Jun 8, 2007Seems like you have turned your boat back into the right course!!!!!!
Now...I have been trying to see which is the criteria that you are following with your new system, but I don't see any in the past posts. Did you post it before and I ...Steviet's Live Trades!
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alcastro replied Jun 5, 2007Wallym, I will not re-enter until I see a long candle closing above the 100 MA. Currently (7:00 AM EST) price is below the 100 MA, and has found resistance there in the last three candles. I also think that the 100 MA is too flat to enter. But that ...
Simple 4 Hour System
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alcastro replied Jun 1, 2007Kevin, you are in some great trades. I have noticed that you have more than one position open in the same pair. That is because you enter in the retracements? So I guess you do not move your stops? I a previous post you said that, after entering a ...
kharvell's Trades
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alcastro replied Jun 1, 2007Kevin, which pairs do you trade more regularly? Do you watch your trades all day long, or after you are in do you let them make their run?
kharvell's Trades