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- scjohn replied Jan 6, 2017
For a trader with patience, discipline, and courage, there are thousands of profitable techniques / setups. For a trader missing even one of these, there are none.
- scjohn replied Dec 15, 2016
I did not pick Gain Capital / Forex.com. I never would have picked them -- just look at the hundreds of negative ratings out there. Gain / Forex.com acquired my old broker (who had done a good job) so then I needed to get out. They finally managed ...
- scjohn replied Dec 14, 2016
Withdrawal was finally made. "Only" took about a month. Thanks for your well wishes.
- scjohn replied Dec 10, 2016
Yes, I've checked with them several times. Here's the chronology: November 11 -- The original Withdrawal Request Form was sent in. The form says, "Withdrawal requests are typically processed within two (2) business days of receipt..." November 16 -- ...
- scjohn replied Dec 9, 2016
Even 7 days I could understand. But this has been going on for almost a month. Closing the account and good riddance to bad rubbish.
- Broker won't complete withdrawal request
Is anyone else having problems making withdrawals from Gain Capital (Forex.com)? They acquired my ...
- scjohn replied Jun 3, 2015
By far number one (nothing else has remotely as much effect on my results) is time of day. For example, for the last few months I've primarily used two setups -- one a trending one the other support / resistance reversal. I day-trade a fast chart ...
- scjohn replied Mar 22, 2012
Private message — I received a private message indicating several folks feel I'm a shill for Barry Burns or perhaps even Barry Burns himself. I was afraid that would happen which was why I first tried to use off-the-shelf indicators to ...
- scjohn replied Mar 22, 2012
Now, the basic problem for those of you who do not want to use proprietary information or indicators is that one of my main setups (Barry Burns) is totally dependent on his stuff and my thrust trade filters are heavily dependent also. Although some ...
- scjohn replied Mar 22, 2012
Okay let's talk about filters. First we'll start with unfiltered Nexas trades on the 4 pip range chart with an 8 pip range chart guide. Entries and exits are as Nexas explained in his original post and in the clarifications he recently posted for ...
- scjohn replied Mar 21, 2012
Trust me, I'm getting to the filters but I think it's important to understand why something works, not just blindly follow a setup. The "why" is what helps you stick with the setup even when it goes through its inevitable rough patches. If you look ...
- scjohn replied Mar 21, 2012
Definitely worth exploring but let's get through these analyses first and see how you like the setups. Having someone trade a joint account (perhaps owned by a LLC) during the London session with me trading the US session is exactly what I had in ...
- scjohn replied Mar 21, 2012
I promise I'll eventually get to the filters but I think it's important to make some concepts and metric terminology clear. What the data show are historical results only. Although we have a statistically significant number of triggers, there is no ...
- scjohn replied Mar 21, 2012
Yes, I will do that but it will take a few posts. First, I'd like to talk about expectations and tell you why I'm doing this. Looks like I'm about to exit a short trade on EURUSD I took at 10:41 EST on a thrust signal. Oops, took another turn down. ...
- scjohn replied Mar 21, 2012
The journal covers 13 days of trading from September 9 (when I moved my thrust trades over to the 4 and 8 pip range charts from the 7 pip range chart using the 10 minute chart as the guide. My thrust setup produces many more pips on the 4 and 8 vs. ...
- scjohn replied Mar 20, 2012
Huge improvement continued — Here are the results obtained by application of a few simple filters. image As you can see, the difference is rather dramatic. About half the triggers get filtered out and the results are rather nice. If you've ...
- scjohn replied Mar 20, 2012
Huge improvement to results with filters — Well, things have certainly tailed off at the thread. I was a bit surprised as I've been happily trading my filtered version of the setup and making quite a few pips. Why would people making money ...
- scjohn replied Mar 15, 2012
Thanks. I assume you mean less reward than risk. Do you take trading costs into account when calculating r:r? For example, on the 4 pip chart, the average risk is about 6.6 pips. 4 pips for the bar, 1 for the one back, 1.2 for spread and commission, ...
- scjohn replied Mar 13, 2012
Graphic evidence why it's better to just read the charts and not try to predict the future (see my earlier post). Oh well. image
- scjohn replied Mar 13, 2012
Actually Chiba_san, there were several ways to take bites of this apple. I went short on a thrust trade at 8:01 EST (white arrow) and stopped out with a nice profit at 8:38. Just yesterday I mentioned that it's my big money winner and have discussed ...