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- QMG replied Jan 2, 2007
David...I did — David... I did trade it over the last week or so albeit very sporadically because of the slowness of the market. I don't have my exact numbers in front of me but I believe I made around 50 pips or so last week. I have found ...
- QMG replied Dec 23, 2006
Am I understanding you correctly? You are waiting for the price to move 50 pips before buying or selling? My particular strategy is to buy and sell at 0:00 GMT with a 15 pip trailing stop thus hedging the trade and banking on the fact that the daily ...
- QMG replied Dec 23, 2006
5 minute candle...so I'm fairly confident that the results are reliable. Q
- QMG replied Dec 23, 2006
Yes...been trading it live for two weeks on a mini account. Figure if I'm going to take the time, albeit very little, to set the trades in the evening I might as well profit. I did go back and visually paper test the EUR/USD from April to present ...
- QMG replied Dec 22, 2006
Results for Friday... — It was one of those days where a single pip hit the Trailing Stop during a little retracement but the overall trend was still in tact...ugghhh... On the SELL Eur/USD the Trailing Stop was hit to the pip locking in 14 ...
- QMG replied Dec 21, 2006
Yes... Q
- QMG replied Dec 21, 2006
results for the last few days... — Results for the last couple days: 12/18 EUR/USD Buy +10 Sell +13 GBP/USD Buy +30 Sell -50 Total: +3 12/19 (for a "losing day" not bad netting 2 pips...the premise behind this strategy is that a currency pair ...
- QMG replied Dec 18, 2006
Interesting thought about increasing the SL proportionately because of the greater Daily Range...I can do a quick back test through my notes and see what effect that would have had. My initial thought is that it won't have much because even though ...
- QMG replied Dec 18, 2006
Results from 12-18 — These results are for the hedging at 0:00 GMT part of this thread... EUR/USD BUY +10 SELL +13 (technically I believe it should be 15 pips but I wasn't able to get in exactly at the 0:00 GMT) GBP/USD BUY +30 SELL -50 The ...
- QMG replied Dec 15, 2006
Results for 12-14 — The trades entered last night at 0:00 GMT were all profitable. EUR/USD Buy +4 Sell +31 GBP/USD Buy +8 Sell +3 (read previous post) Sell +28 Total +74 I don't have the weekly totals but I will post those later this weekend ...
- QMG replied Dec 14, 2006
November's Results... — Just finished caculating November's results for the EUR/USD and the results aren't pretty... -71 pips The last four days had four -50 pip days which kind of makes sense since we were, and still are, flirting with some ...
- QMG replied Dec 14, 2006
12-14 Orders — Market was very active at 0:00 GMT so my enteries have a few pips of variance. EUR/USD BUY 1.3153 SELL 1.3152 GBP/USD BUY 1.9618 SELL 1.9613 (as I was entering this and getting my coffee the Trailing Stop was activated, not sure ...
- QMG replied Dec 14, 2006
You need to make sure... — To anybody wanting to try this strategy using Interbankfx make sure your computer system doesn't go into hibernation. To turn off your hibernation mode right click on your start up screen, go to properties, on the ...
- QMG replied Dec 14, 2006
Don, Let me know how it works with the JPY, my initial look of it doesn't look too good since it seems to pick a direction and go with it. I'd be interested in your testing. I'm comfortable with the EUR and GBP since I know them best and have ...
- QMG replied Dec 14, 2006
(When I state times I'm referencing the 5 minute candle using the charts on interbankfx) I'm curious as to your numbers. The 0:00 GMT price for the EUR/USD was 1.3215 (cost you 1.3217 to BUY using a 2 pip spread). At 7:40 GMT the price hit 1.3232 ...
- QMG replied Dec 14, 2006
Careful... — Word of caution to all: Last night on Interbankfx my orders weren't executed for some reason. My computer was on and internet connected but for some reason the trades didn't happen. I did contact interbankfx and have an e-mail to ...
- QMG replied Dec 14, 2006
? I had different #s...My price was 1.3215...yours? GBP/USD was 49 Q
- QMG replied Dec 14, 2006
That extra pip most likely won't make a difference since historically the trades have been executed during low volatility and a 3 pip spread. Even with 4 I think we'll be okay.
- QMG replied Dec 13, 2006
I agree with most of your analysis; however, I would like to correct you on the capital gains issue. As long as you have lived in a house 2 out of the last 5 years a married couple can profit 500K on the sale of the home without having to pay taxes ...
- QMG replied Dec 13, 2006
GBP/USD First Stage Results... — Having done a first stage look at the GBP/USD the strategy seems to be profitable atleast when it comes in comparisons to the EUR. April to October the EUR/USD had 58 days when it lost one of the sides. During ...