You trading in a vacuum? lol url Swiss National Bank dropped a bomb on the Franc

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I should point out that the 30 pip TP was just for simplicity, to see if the method was profitable with a simple 1:1 R/R. In reality, with some basic trade management, there were many more pips to be had.

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My stats G/U M15 — For the purposes of this exercise I used Squalou indi boxes (default settings) and 30 pip fixed TP. There were 38 boxes in the 100 day lookback period. I counted only the first qualifying breakout but, if the trade reversed ...

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Hey Sq, I've got a complaint about your latest indi - it doesn't make my coffee and fetch my slippers! Shame on you!

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Thanks Squalou — I'll second that - many, many thanks Squalou, your effort and ingenuity are really appreciated, not just by me but I'm sure by everyone who has found this thread and benefitted from FH's excellent method. I don't know how you ...

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No FH, just misread the chart. Blackhaus put me on the right track (thanks BH). I would never post a question without reading an entire thread, I'm not that lazy! Anyway, back to G/U ...

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What goes up ..... — E/U M15

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Well I thought so too but look at the chart! Edit: I was thinking the green arrow pointed to the first candle to close above the buffer, but I now see that entry could be at the close of the following doji. Told you, myopic!

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Re G/U post mortem — FH - thanks for a great thread. Looking at your GU M15 chart, I'm wondering why you rejected the first circled short breakout? To my (admittedly myopic) eye the setup looks identical to the long you entered on.

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