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- cgrey replied May 10, 2011
Slightly better results for just this year with your modified rules: OCO orders and close at the end of the week whether in profit or not. But still a loser for me on Tradestation. This is trading one standard lot per order. My guess as to why my ...
- cgrey replied May 9, 2011
In a nutshell, by the original rules posted, this system is a loser over the past 4+ years. Tradestation summary report and equity graph are attached. Since it was quite clearly pointed out earlier that this is "a once a week trade method ..... NOT ...
- cgrey replied Feb 20, 2011
New week on the way — New week starts tomorrow morning. With this past Friday being somewhat of a "split' (my IBFX demo gave us a small winner, my OANDA demo stopped us out), for the purposes of whether or not we make the target this month, I ...
- cgrey replied Feb 18, 2011
A good week — Well, we end this week on a positive note. All five of our trades this week were winners We went in to the week down almost 9%, and end the week up a little over 4%. We go in to the last full week of February within "striking ...
- cgrey replied Feb 17, 2011
... or .... Get really creative.... Start with $2000. Be conservative and shoot for 5% / month instead of 10% (lower your risk to minimize drawdowns or keep it the same and stop earlier ... whatever....). In 9 months, your balance will be $3000, ...
- cgrey replied Feb 17, 2011
I dug out my spreadsheet (I backtested manually, without an EA). October 2009 had a tough start... We were down nearly 12% when we hit a 240 (!!) pip candle on the 23rd that wiped out the loss and hit our +10% all on the same day.
- cgrey replied Feb 16, 2011
From url : "Foreign exchange trading increased by 20% between April 2007 and April 2010 and has more than doubled since 2004. The increase in turnover is due to a number of factors: the growing importance of foreign exchange as an asset class, the ...
- cgrey replied Feb 16, 2011
Here's ours side by side (sorry I didn't make it pretty). I don't record the actual open/close prices - just the final pips. The big difference for me was 1-February, which is the only day so far in Feb that we would have entered in different ...
- cgrey replied Feb 15, 2011
Back in Black — Here's one of the reasons I continue to like this system - two good days (yesterday and today) have wiped out the 9% we were down going in to the week, and we're now slightly up. Journal below is updated with today's trade. ...
- cgrey replied Feb 14, 2011
Updated with today's trade:
- cgrey replied Feb 13, 2011
Halfway through Februrary — We're just about halfway through February. We've had 9 trading days, with 11 to go. Tough month so far - only two winners of the 9 days. Of the 7 losers, 5 of them stopped us out. Below is taken from my trading ...
- cgrey replied Sep 4, 2009
Friday, 4-September — Two losses in a row... Entry (lshort) at 131.97 Lots: 0.99 Both halves closed at 133.05 (-$114.38) Summary: Breakout of the low of the 00:00GMT candle occurred at 01:14GMT. Initial stop was set at 100-pips. Price reversed ...
- cgrey replied Sep 3, 2009
Thursday, 3-September — No trade today. No entry was triggered before 03:00GMT. Account Status Starting Balance: $5000.00 Today's P/L: $0(0.00%) Current Balance: $4960.42 (-0.79%)
- cgrey replied Sep 2, 2009
Wednesday, 2-September — The month starts with a loser... Entry (long) at 132.03 Lots: 1.0 Both halves closed at 131.67 (-$39.58) Summary: Breakout of the high of the 23:00GMT candle occurred at 01:33GMT. Initial stop was set at 100-pips. ...
- cgrey replied Aug 28, 2009
Friday, 28-August — No trade today. Breakout did not occur before the 03:00GMT candle. As per our rules, that means no trade. Account Status Starting Balance: $929.46 Today's P/L: $0(0.00%) Current Balance: $959.66 (+3.25%)
- cgrey replied Aug 27, 2009
Thursday, 27-August — A winner today. Entry (short) at 133.55 Lots: 0.18 First half closed at 133.09 (+$4.49) Second half closed at 133.08 (+$4.51) Summary: Breakout of the low of the 00:00GMT candle occurred at 01:01GMT. Initial stop was set ...
- cgrey replied Aug 26, 2009
Wednesday, 26-August — No trade today. There was no breakout before the 03:00GMT candle. As per our rules, that means no trade. Account Status Starting Balance: $929.46 Today's P/L: $0(0.00%) Current Balance: $950.66 (+2.28%)
- cgrey replied Aug 24, 2009
Monday, 24-August — One of those boring days where there wasn't a whole lot of price movement. Overall, a small loss... Entry (long) at 135.96 Lots: 0.19 Both halves closed at 135.83 Summary: Breakout of the high of the 00:00GMT candle ...
- cgrey replied Aug 21, 2009
Friday, 21-August — The week ends with a win, making 4 out of 5 for the week (and yesterday's loser was insignificant). Pretty pleased so far, hitting a little better than 70% winners since the first of the month. Considering this is running ...
- cgrey replied Aug 20, 2009
Thursday, 20-August — One of those boring days... Entry (long) at 134.30 Lots: 0.18 Both halves closed at 134.26 Summary: Breakout of the high of the 00:00GMT candle occurred at 01:44GMT. Initial stop was set at 100-pips. Price was stuck in a ...