Bah to trends. Bah to fibs. All TV financial analysts are saying that a US interest rate cut is expected, and IMHO the market is reacting to this as we speak. Who here is a little more than slightly invested now? lol

EURUSD

Each year, the "shape" of the chart looks different. Compare one year to another.... they will be wildly different. You've got to step back and see what's really happening.... a 2007 EURUSD market is not a 2006 EURUSD market. Etc. If your EA can ...

why curve fitting doesn't work?

"Guys I just lost my whole account this week when I reversed my trade " I can't wait to see that post.

Change a losing system into a Winning system

Stop losses — This topic seems to be pretty popular on this forum these days. It really matters what type of trader you are. For example, Jacko is a trend trader that holds positions until this trailing stops stops him out. I am not a long ...

How to build a successful EA from scratch

Great insight from PhilMcGrew — In the "Launching 1kt" thread (no longer in existance) philmcgrew made a very profound point. Randomness of trades can fool you. The two graphs shown are the exact same trades, but in different order. This ...

How to build a successful EA from scratch

This program works very well. I have added these new features: Replay mechanism: If I am in a building and can't get a signal, I can replay my missed IMs. I send an IM to the server's screen name..... it can be "1" or "10" or whatever.... The server ...

MT4 AOL IM monitoring system....

I am resurrecting this thread again. The FastbrokersFX interface to FXLQ could give us a nice alternative to EFX group. Now we only need to find out what ECNs are being used. Please, if you have ANY INFORMATION REGARDING FXLQ that is not already ...

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Food for thought — Returning to post #6, I want to hit on this point a little harder, as it is the foundation of my trading. I realize that all methods an EA trades should periodically fail miserably. Drawdown will happen to the best of us ...

How to build a successful EA from scratch

Well this thread got buried quickly, and I'm resurrecting it one more time to hear what you have to say. I am adamently against trading without stops.... so this technique is a happy medium. The method described above will give your trades some ...

To Trailing Stop or Not To Trailing Stop....

Well I am clearly distraught now. My EA is opening trades against my rules, even with 90% modeling quality. It does so even if I remove all M1 data. I have a rule that clearly states to enter a trade only if the last 10 H1 candles O-C is less than ...

Candle aggregation inaccuracies....

You can find out more about another swap basket here: url There is also a company called "freedom rocks" that implements a USDCHF EURUSD basket. The idea is to collect the positive rollover premium differential, while offsetting the volality ...

EUR/USD and USD/CHF Hedging Strategy

Case and point.... Alpari. Just aggregated M1 back to 2004, and my results went up 100%s when the MQ went to 90%. Now I am using the Alpari MT4, and the H1 they provided did far worse without the aggregation. The thing is, my EA trades only H1 bars, ...

Candle aggregation inaccuracies....

You have downloaded M1 data, correct? And you then used the Data Center to import the file to the M1 table of the downloaded currency. So next, you will open an M1 chart "offline" and use the period converter (set to 60, 30, etc) to populate the ...

Importing Alpari Historical Data

Excellent post, Mike. I don't know how often these broker spikes occur, but have read several complaints about them throughout the years. The technique was just an idea, and I was just trying to be helpful.

Sophisticated "anti-stop hunting" technique

Bah. The technique would have saved a few trades. url url url

Sophisticated "anti-stop hunting" technique

I have respect for you, Phil, but let's not start a fight. Phil makes a good point about "market noise" in post #3. In this link, we see about a 17 pip spike before news: url Now I believe that applying the technique described in post #1 could ...

Sophisticated "anti-stop hunting" technique

Thanks for your insight, Phil. Phil and I have disagreed in the past, but he has more than proven his validity to me w/ posts like this: url url Keep them coming.

Sophisticated "anti-stop hunting" technique

Tell that to the guy that has a 50 pip spike go against him. This is more for people that use tight stops (say, 30 or 40)

Sophisticated "anti-stop hunting" technique

Hey gang, Let me describe my newest idea. It goes against my philosophy a little, but darned if it isn't effective. Here is the rule: If the price reaches 70% of my target, I double my SL. THAT'S RIGHT. I don't trail it.... instead I widen it. The ...

To Trailing Stop or Not To Trailing Stop....

Moe you hit the nail on the head. I talked to Robert Gray, president of FXLQ, and it was like pulling teeth to get him to admit that you can trade with FXLQ directly. I was like "Why do I want to use an IB and introduce an extra company into my ...

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