got a couple of questions for those who follow this method, 1.how many setups do you find with this method a month? 2. Is it more effective on higher time frames or better for 1,5, 15min time frames? thanks

High Level Accuracy Method With Little To NO Draw-down

is there a point where you end the martingale, or do you just keep doubling by say 500 pips or something? or maybe (avg trend length/4) ?

pacman: Take Profit Close trade and reopen in same direction

oh ok, see you didn't really say anything about using martingale, that makes more sense. cool model, I was contemplating that model but didn't think about using martingale with it.

pacman: Take Profit Close trade and reopen in same direction

Ok, so let me get this straight. you open a buy and sell at say 1.05 with a lot size of 0.05. The market moves up to 1.06, and you close your buy order and get $5 units. so option a.) then you open another buy order at 1.06. Now you have a buy order ...

pacman: Take Profit Close trade and reopen in same direction

this would just leave you with an gap that is never filled, unless im doing my math wrong? Are there always just 2 trades open a sell and a buy? or do you add additional orders? from my perspective, correct me if i'm wrong, you open a buy and a sell ...

pacman: Take Profit Close trade and reopen in same direction

Well, I ended up not going with the martingale method I was thinking about just because of the fact that I could reach trade 7 or 8 with $1280 bet on 50 pips.. Instead I stumbled upon a method of accumulating ideas. As I noticed, most pairs trend, ...

profiting monthly with cyguy

well then, guess I stumbled on something that might work? thanks for helping me think none the less. Hope your method stays as profitable as it is!

System of Pending Orders

looking at your orders, I see that you possibly use a grid-like system, I think I understand how it works.. if its what I'm thinking of, its simple yet surprisingly effective, Thanks for the ideas! May green pips be with you

System of Pending Orders

when you place a pending order, are you just putting pending orders where you think you can predict the price action, or do you place pending orders more in a grid-like system, i.e. 0.10 buy every 50 pips or something of that nature?

System of Pending Orders

So upon further study of my 'eureka' moment, had some math issues and in the end it wouldn't work out. Now im going to dive into the martingale method. I've studied this method and determined the main reason it destroys most accounts, are because ...

profiting monthly with cyguy

do you close your trades on the next h4, or leave it open until you hit your TP?

Simple H4 Mobile Trading System

didn't mean to upset you, all the information I read on futures just says what it is, i.e. soy bean farmer joe wants to stablize prices of his soy beans through buying soy bean future contracts. Guess I'll buy a book. Thanks for the info though

Short Term Dow Jones 30 / DJIA 30 Trading Only

would a march contract be the same price as the june contract, or would their be a difference due to time?

Short Term Dow Jones 30 / DJIA 30 Trading Only

hey man I had a question about the futures market. Can you hedge orders in a sense that you have a buy and a sell at the same time? thanks

Short Term Dow Jones 30 / DJIA 30 Trading Only

hey man I had a question about the futures market. Can you hedge orders in a sense that you have a buy and a sell at the same time? thanks

Futures: Energy, Metals, Grains, Soft, Indices, Rates

try opening and closing a trade real quick, that should start it?

(binned per thread starter's request) Friendly Trading Competitio

This match sounds fun. May you both have plentiful profits.

(binned per thread starter's request) Friendly Trading Competitio

I had a eureka moment. I am more of a proponent of swing trades because I dont like to loose sleep over a trade that will make or break my account. If tried trend following trades, and reverse trend trades but each method has their own flaws. I ...

profiting monthly with cyguy

Id say you find success by trading the opposite of how the majority are trading.

How did you find success?