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- JPinSD replied Feb 15, 2007
My IBFX connection was down last night as well as this morning for a good 15-20 minutes on both Live & Demo servers. I've used them for about 9 months and have always noticed brief disconnections but they seem to be getting much longer. They better ...
- JPinSD replied Feb 11, 2007
EA question — Skyline or others in the know, If using the Daily Scalp EA how do choose direction of initial order? Also can you enter manually and then have the EA manage it, for example today I wasn't able to turn it on until after 0 GMT how ...
- JPinSD replied Feb 9, 2007
Masterblue, Sorry, I didn't mean to say that any backtests were flawed but that news releases frequently cause spikes and retracements that effect 30min & 1hr candles (could even be the cause of some of the losers) so let's be mindful of this as we ...
- JPinSD replied Feb 9, 2007
By scrolling back you can see it frequently pulls back for a while then finally moves again. Forexpert, am I right in guessing that maybe a 1/3 of trades you are in for a couple of hours to get the 15-20 pips? The way I'm seeing it a good place for ...
- JPinSD replied Feb 9, 2007
Forexpert, Don't let a few folks ruffle feathers. I LOVE this forum but, most on here take every word too literally. You can tell by the lengthy discussions of when is market open and before or after candle closes or ... It takes some guts and thick ...
- JPinSD replied Feb 9, 2007
Could be..... BUT..... the EUR/USD is getting ready to cross around Londons open and no News Events are scheduled or Clear Trends are present. I guess that's what forward testing is all about. We'll see. J.P.
- JPinSD replied Feb 8, 2007
Thanks Forexpert! Nice cross system! A suggestion for Mikhaildgreat, perhaps a minimum distance for the 5 to move from the other 2 MAs as a confirmation as opposed to another bar or time thing. Thank you both for your efforts! J.P.
- JPinSD replied Feb 2, 2007
Hi, The post with the rules is pasted below. A flow chart doesn't sound corny at all. It sounds like a good basic habit to be in to when beginning a project. I'll get that together and post it in a pdf, if you wouldn't mind looking it over, and for ...
- JPinSD replied Feb 2, 2007
Trying but stuck on date time stuff — Hi Tesla, I got through most of Coders Guru's tutorial and am trying this system for my 1st EA but am having trouble getting the ball rolling. I think I can get the order entry stuff but the part I dont ...
- JPinSD replied Jan 25, 2007
Daemien, Sorry, I got a little confused with the buy/sell limit terminology. Let me see if I have this right. If your order was triggered long for example at 1.9800 you would have your initial SL at 1.9770 then after price reaching 1.9850 (50pip ...
- JPinSD replied Jan 24, 2007
Well, my sell stop got triggered and subsequently my stop loss hit, then it took off again all while I was enjoying that pesky sleep habit. reentered at market, not sure what to do for SL. This system is Begging for an EA. I'm about 2/3 through ...
- JPinSD replied Jan 24, 2007
I just could'nt do it.... — Truer words have never been spoken. So, I checked in this morning in time to see the retracement happening and I said to myself, WOW, this thing is headed right back down, HIT THE FRIKKIN' button ..... NO .. trade ...
- JPinSD replied Jan 20, 2007
First, a BIG THANKS!!! to Tkimble for sharing this and that big eye opener of a spreadsheet on Money Management, and to all those contributing to this thread. I love this system and it's simplicity! However, as noted it does ...
- JPinSD replied Nov 7, 2006
It should also be noted that the new macs can be ordered with both mac and windows OS (and not just the emulation but the actual OS.) Good Luck
- JPinSD replied Nov 6, 2006
If you are in the industry, macs are clearly the choice ....and yes I do use both plaforms and am stuck with a PC as my primary work station. let's not get into platform semantics but stick with ...what are the options, so to speak, for mac ...
- JPinSD replied Nov 3, 2006
Beware the straddle — My first thoughts were, just straddle it with 25-30 TP on each side and play to the probable wipsaw, but, the quote below from an email my broker sent out is practacly SCREAMING straddle it and we're GONNA slip you. ...
- JPinSD replied Oct 4, 2006
He's still concerned about inflation and the lagging housing market could shave a % point off GDP.....sounds like long on Euro & GBP to me
- JPinSD replied Sep 28, 2006
Glad I didn't straddle this one. Actually wish I would have slept through this one(PST time here) still looking for a bit mor of a retrace (Euro) but it's not looking to likley seems to just be channeling or if any thing ....a little to the down ...
- JPinSD replied Sep 28, 2006
orange after all — Well I see on the calander that the GDP has been split up into GDP Deflator Annualized q/q (f) & GDP Annualized q/q (f) and they have both been upgraded to orange. I've done ok with it in the past. Guess I'll wake up early ...
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I'm curious about Thursdays US GDP. Why the yellow rating? GDP has been a good mover in the past. ...