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- dreamtrader replied Aug 21, 2009
MT4 Alert — I just found a guide on setting sound and email alerts for certain price levels, just thought it might help NBT traders: url
- Secrets of MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal
Not sure if anyone here in FF posted it before. This article is pretty useful. {url}
- dreamtrader replied Aug 20, 2009
I appreciate your openmindness and creativity to discover new patterns other than those classic ones like head&shoulder or flags! Nice thread. I wonder if anyone here looks for pattern in tick chart?
- dreamtrader replied Aug 18, 2009
You may do it this way: First, declare lastBarCheckTime as global variable: datetime lastBarCheckTime; Then, before your program logic in the start() function, put in if(lastBarCheckTime == Time[0]){ return(0); } else { lastBarCheckTime = Time[0]; } ...
- dreamtrader replied Aug 18, 2009
Open values can be the same. I would suggest to use Time[0] for checking if the bar is completed and use datetime type for that variable. Anyway, good work Akif.
- dreamtrader replied Jul 24, 2009
2:30pm local time, so that would be 2:30am EST
- dreamtrader replied Jul 17, 2009
in fact, 90% win rate is meaningless - you have to consider the RR (reward-to-risk) ratio as well example: 90% win rate of SL 40 TP 20 i.e. RR of 1:2 or 0.5:1 gives you 140 pips in 10 trades on the other hand... 50% win rate of SL 40 TP 80 i.e. RR ...
- dreamtrader replied Jul 16, 2009
Nice post, RC, thanks! A question though, what is a fractal base? Could you explain it a bit or post an example?
- dreamtrader replied Jun 26, 2009
Porkpie, here is a good pivot indicator: url What makes it nice is that you can adjust the starting time of the day for pivot calculation with it
- dreamtrader replied May 17, 2009
As this thread has been moved from "Rookie Discussion" to "Trading Discussion" by moderators, I think my question is not that "rookie". Here is the link to the wikipedia article with the largest FX player chart for those who are interested: url ...
- dreamtrader replied May 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia, Deutsche bank seems to be the largest FX player, so I guess German bank holiday has a big impact to market liquidity, right?
- dreamtrader replied May 14, 2009
It is a nice level, I also have it noted. Yet when the level was approached, the m5 and m1 candles looked quite scary (sudden selloff), so I didn't pull the trigger. What are prt and bb?
- dreamtrader replied May 14, 2009
Congratulations!
- Bank holiday question
It seems to me that many FX traders don't trade on holidays due to low liquidity on those days. We ...
- dreamtrader replied May 5, 2009
Thanks. So money flow dominates
- dreamtrader replied May 5, 2009
I am a bit confused, "Good news for American economy" should be good for USD? why is it bad for USD? by the way... " If you buy the Headlines today ... ... you will be selling newspapers tomorrow" warta, your quote is full of wisdom ...
- dreamtrader replied May 3, 2009
According to FF calendar, today is JPY and GBP bank holiday. Will you guys trade JPY or GBP pairs today?
- dreamtrader replied May 1, 2009
Hey, just want to clarity that no disrespect was intended in my post on fibs. I apologize if it hurts the feelings of those who love fib. In fact, I do use them, just that I found them to be more accurate on higher timeframes. Sometimes they work to ...
- dreamtrader replied May 1, 2009
Yup, the low you highlighted is the minor swing low I talked about, therefore the swing low at the bottom of your fib line is a lower low. I just tried to find a reason for that downmove. I agree that fib isn't an exact science, in fact, I doubt ...
- dreamtrader replied Apr 30, 2009
No problem. Here is the wave form I see. Minor ones though, as I mentioned.