FF journal: Peaks and Troffs
How to build a successful EA from scratch 18 replies
Best way to grow an account from "scratch'' 11 replies
Scratch an itch 1 reply
scratch's first trading steps ... 52 replies
Starting from scratch... Again. 8 replies
DislikedYou don't build a plan. You get experience and everything else falls into place on its own.Ignored
DislikedHello all, my 2 cents here....it s not the system its self that makes you a winner. it s the discipline, the patience, the money management, and your faith in whichever system you follow. That s where the key lays. gl and green pips to all of youIgnored
DislikedYou will know when. No one tells you when. Just like anything challenging, you have to keep trying until you figure it. Anyone who drives a car with manual transmission the first several times is going to stall over and over. You keep trying and one day you just don't stall any more. Even then you might stall once in while, but not as frequently. You don't build a plan on how to drive. You just have to do it. And like that you learn.Ignored
DislikedHello all, my 2 cents here....it s not the system its self that makes you a winner. it s the discipline, the patience, the money management, and your faith in whichever system you follow. That s where the key lays. gl and green pips to all of youIgnored
DislikedYou are true, in fact the idea is to start with a good, solid, profitable system ( using as base to start 1:1 R:R with 2% capital investment on every trade) and then make it even more profitable by adjusting money management and all other things...
This is my idea to make a system from scratch.
Hope to be clear with my poor englishIgnored
DislikedI've backtested this idea on eurusd and is not bad.
Indicator: fractal
Time frame: daily
For long:
Enter on the open of the candle when a down fractal appears.
SL: on the low of the candle marked with the down fractal
TP: 1:1 r:r
For short do the oppsite
2012 results 68% winner trades
What u think?Ignored
DislikedWhat is your thinking behind this strategy?
68% sound good. Is there some way of confirming this for the readers?
Any ideas on a way of filtering it a little to increase the % to 70? Stochs, MACD, MAs?Ignored
Disliked3 trades on the 9 x 20 ema crossovers. 2 winners and 1 loser. i target 10 pips a day and so closed my trade for profits.
http://i48.tinypic.com/35n8uon.pngIgnored
DislikedSo this is what I have been working on for a while.
...certain momentum ... occur ..
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DislikedHello all, my 2 cents here....it s not the system its self that makes you a winner. it s the discipline, the patience, the money management, and your faith in whichever system you follow. That s where the key lays. gl and green pips to all of youIgnored
DislikedOz. Where r u in Australia? I am in Brisbane.
Don't leave. I am keen to explore these patterns.
In this thread I need readers to explore their own and others ideas along with me as I cannot explore all suggestions so please do not take it as lack of response or acceptance when an idea is not taken on board.Ignored