Quoting MoneyMa$terDislikedteamfri,
Recognizing full well that FireBird is a counter-trend system, we would force-feed the Bird, so to speak, to only allow shorts or alternatively establish a hedge, until we confirm the bear trend. Once confirmed (based on x number of candles) shorts are allowed and the hedge cancels the long.Ignored
There has been a comment or two that "force feeding" (props to Monema$ter for the term) Firebird might result in too few trades opening to cover the inevitable losses when a trend changes direction. My information indicates otherwise. For example, I don't think anyone would disagree that the USD/CHF has been in a bear trend since October. I began trading the pair in my live Firebird account on 11/6 with the EA set to "only short". Since then, 17 USD/CHF trades have closed for profit. No losses and no trades currently open on that pair. So, it seems that pullbacks during a trend are sufficient to trigger a reasonable number of profitable trades.