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  • #161
  • Sep 20, 2017 9:48am Sep 20, 2017 9:48am
Quoting LuXing
{quote} Hey Z Mmm, not too sure about your assumption that this is broker related... Can't tell for sure, because you edited out some important info. Anyway, FWIW. On the master account (sender), a GJ short opened 22 minutes, 57 secs, 129 millisecs. {image} One of the slaves on the live2 server picks this trade up, but more than 5 seconds later !!! {image} This delay is totally unacceptable, especially in case of scalping. As far as I know, as soon as the receiver is instructed to mirror the trade it will do so in "no time". In case it does not...
hi LuXing,
whatever the delay i dont see such often, thus was the question toward the broker.
i run my 5 open MT4s on an i5, with 16 GB Ram....generally seem to be enough. could it still be PC related? nothing is impossible.
today was no major issues on the 11 scalp entries.
of course some slippage that is in the acceptable range, even sometimes a positive slippage between master and slave.
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #162
  • Edited 10:57am Sep 21, 2017 10:33am | Edited 10:57am
for start: noticed the journal passed 20.000 views.
and even more comments than the first 10.000, so, maybe after all worth to put some of the thoughts into writing....

anyway, trading.
yesterday ( or was that today 1 am?) i missed the FOMC, my wife wisely left me to sleep...looking back if i am awake i would have made money, cos price did exactly what i like to trade, but it doesnt matter much, i have made enough yesterday.
and i have made enough today too!

busy scalping day.
today was AUD day!
AUD decided to reserve the bottom rang of the CSM, and havent moved from there since the morning.
I had 9 scalps on EurAud, the last is definitely an early exit, but did good nevertheless. only 1 of the 9 closed in a minuscule loss.
but before that, i had GbpAud, x3, all green.
and finally i had AudNzd...x4...the later 3 was really pissing me off, holding it for like 3 hours, moving nowhere...so, decided to close some loss there and call it a day...ONLY to find the f@cker to jump and within 1 minute it was passing my profit line, hands down....damn!

anyway
the reason i only care somewhat less, because still closed a great day, and even despite the losses close in the end, finished @58 pips ahead.
that translates to a total gain of +0.72%....a real strong day.
today due the AN trades, drawdown went a bit higher, about 0.85%, nothing major, but why not mention, as it is part of the game...of course due the closed profits beforehand the actual orst drawdown on the day stayed around -0.2% max...

while these numbers would be still well within the limit for the trial fund account, there i use about 1/3rd risk, that is traded for the lessen gains.
but if the account is large, even that 0.15% gain there means a good growth rate, and probably in turn a nice future payout too

include the EA chart with entries marked.
note: all entries intended as scalps, with today profit target was about 6-10pips range, as market ( apart from AN pair) moved quite nicely to my liking.
this leaves tomorrow to make another good day and finish a real strong week.

final edit: as i was typing the last lines came another EA entry signal that i couldnt refuse, so day ends @ +0.77%...and this should be final now!
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  • #163
  • Sep 21, 2017 9:12pm Sep 21, 2017 9:12pm
please note that you are an inspiration to me................
Focus
  • #164
  • Sep 21, 2017 10:02pm Sep 21, 2017 10:02pm
Quoting mrstblefx
please note that you are an inspiration to me................
thank you, in turn that inspire me to do my best to stay that way
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #165
  • Sep 22, 2017 3:08am Sep 22, 2017 3:08am
Good work, keep it up and nearly the weekend.
I sometimes miss the Forex at the weekend but it is a good thing the markets are closed - we can get back a bit of sanity
How are your lot sizes ? Are you keeping it steady based on your equity levels ?
I keep mine very very low, just to ensure MM remains without pressure.
  • #166
  • Sep 22, 2017 4:06am Sep 22, 2017 4:06am
Quoting NoStopsXXL
Good work, keep it up and nearly the weekend. I sometimes miss the Forex at the weekend but it is a good thing the markets are closed - we can get back a bit of sanity How are your lot sizes ? Are you keeping it steady based on your equity levels ? I keep mine very very low, just to ensure MM remains without pressure.
i think i mentioned somewhere before, i use progressive lots sizing, and scale in in general.
also sometimes just pair or situation dependent, i may trade a little smaller or larger.
all in all, within the equity SL, i am pretty free t do whatever i want to do.
that said, the equity SL doesnt mean i want to get near to it, i prefer the 'working drawdown' to keep within 1%, maybe 3% at most, if possible.
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #167
  • Edited 4:04pm Sep 22, 2017 3:29pm | Edited 4:04pm
Friday is over, and it is time to wrap up the week...

In short, it was a very good week
Probably hands down one of that not only consistent ( all days a winner), but also when my winning every day hit a $$$ level, hence on the lower 3 digit scale, that actually makes the money i can call "trading for a living" and not only "trading full time".
The split up of my account after the last Thursday's issue with investor interference paid off great this week, with 1/2 of my capital copying own my trades 2x risk, while the rest doing the usual job as before.

so, today, Friday...
early i had that idea to sell and hold GbpAud, only to chicken out of it, and see later that it indeed fell 100 pips...that alone would do my day! Happens.
as yesterday when it was AUD day, today it turned out GBP day for me, GBP dominating the weakest spot in the currency strength most of the day.
apart from a small stint of NJ and AJ buy scalp, all the rest happened on GBP pairs for me, about equally divided between GbpAud, GbpCad and GbpJpy.
all together 25 entries, a not that great 16 win and 9 loss.
however
a great end of day result, up +1.11%! The strongest of the 5 days this week. Not in pips, though, but cant tell enough, it isnt the pips that buying the groceries in the end, it is the dollar!

the week ended strong, up +2.8%.
that puts the current month to +5.01%!!! yeah, baby, and it isnt over yet!
in the beginning of the month, i was secretly hoping that after the slowly drifting lower summer monthly returns maybe the new season puts back things on track to a bit toward the higher range of that monthly returns. even with losing last Thursday some 2.2% on that stupid issue, unnecessarily, something still upset me if i think about it. but hitting a good week, or actually rather a great week helps top forget.
as a word on the drawdown, the worst running working drawdown was approx -1.5%, in the face of the return that is acceptable for me, as on most part it largely stayed within -0.5% or even less.

also, he Fixi trial fund runs smoothly, now that i adjusted a little the risk to address their limits better, it was a smooth sail too.
although the commission and spread is worst than on my ICMarket's master account, it did ok,
the week finished there at +0.6% profit. i can live with that!

happy weekend to all!

PS:
for fun, here is how the week went down, the balance curve, and some details i left on.
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  • #168
  • Edited 11:32am Sep 25, 2017 9:14am | Edited 11:32am
New week, new Monday...
Yet feels like most Mondays, slow.
Maybe in a good way, cos the account is up. In the end i am not here for the excitement. OK, some wouldnt hurt.
Draghi was the hope of the day, but disappointed. Not him, the market without much move for my taste.
Calling it an early day, decided to watch the Bernie Madoff movie, The Wizard of Lies...

Scalping. 9 entries, 8 win, 1 small loss. The pair of the day was EN, 7 entries on it.
Total: +0.29%.
A good start for the week.
Every new week feel like a new trading period, starting from zero. It is important to start the fresh week on a positive experience.
Not sure how is with everyone, i personally feel like every day is a new start and each and every day i try to make money. Sometimes i fail, most of the time i succeed.
4 more days left from this month. Right now things looking good...working hard to keep that way.
Sometimes the hard work involve recognizing when NOT TO TRADE!
Almost sounding like a paradox, not trading as part of the trading plan. But here it is, an idea to play with for some, while i watching the movie ( ie. executing it)

update: movie or not, when a good opportunity comes, have to be ready to go in. JPY strength presented some, picked few pips on both EJ and GJ.
updated total for today: +0.41%
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #169
  • Sep 25, 2017 12:37pm Sep 25, 2017 12:37pm
Fixi ? Never heard of them.
FxPro Uk has always given me good service and FXCM pays good swaps.
I have just noticed though on Pepperstone that some of the currency trades I usually make have negative swap in both directions now so I have revisit my currencies that I trade and with whom.
  • #170
  • Sep 25, 2017 1:07pm Sep 25, 2017 1:07pm
Quoting NoStopsXXL
Fixi ? Never heard of them. FxPro Uk has always given me good service and FXCM pays good swaps. I have just noticed though on Pepperstone that some of the currency trades I usually make have negative swap in both directions now so I have revisit my currencies that I trade and with whom.
Fixi was until recently an institutional broker mostly, in my understanding.
It is not by my choice, but for the fund trial option the must have.
In general nothing special, i can live with it for the time.
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #171
  • Sep 25, 2017 1:44pm Sep 25, 2017 1:44pm
Nice trading today again.

Fixi's proposition seems very decent to me, spreads are okay etc.

Only potential red flag is from recollection Fixi group had some sizeable losses and there was a re shuffle at the top (which in itself could be very positive).

So far as retail funding goes this looks a serious contender and from your recent trading I'm sure they'll be very interested in you.

All the best
  • #172
  • Sep 25, 2017 1:55pm Sep 25, 2017 1:55pm
Here is the link: https://www.leaprate.com/forex/insti...ail-expansion/
  • #173
  • Sep 25, 2017 2:02pm Sep 25, 2017 2:02pm
Quoting FXClarity
Nice trading today again. Fixi's proposition seems very decent to me, spreads are okay etc. Only potential red flag is from recollection Fixi group had some sizeable losses and there was a re shuffle at the top (which in itself could be very positive). So far as retail funding goes this looks a serious contender and from your recent trading I'm sure they'll be very interested in you. All the best
Thanks for passing by.
The organizer of the funding program is Sean Lee, and i believe he had been prior doing about the same in "AxiSelect" program with Axitrader.
Agree, they are serious contender for a trader to be funded, with no extra hoops to jump like paying for test, or paying for education...and they offer generous chance to start out, and a serious opportunity beyond...but one needs an approx 10k live account to start with, not for demo warriors.
But i am not there. Yet?
However the will be interested stage is passed, and after some delay i am managing a trial account since the beginning of September. (i was recommended into the program, and havent applied from here). In the moment it looks all good, but will know more once the 3 month period ends. Generally i can trade as i wish, within an approx 3.5% max dd limit.
yes, it is low. but yes, it is a 250k account. so, all considered, i think the numbers are workable, and incentive enough to do so. of course the target is to pass this stage.
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #174
  • Sep 25, 2017 2:04pm Sep 25, 2017 2:04pm
Quoting FXClarity
Here is the link: https://www.leaprate.com/forex/insti...ail-expansion/
started ignoring me, but subscribed to me?
strangest thing to happen today, LOL!
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #175
  • Sep 25, 2017 2:11pm Sep 25, 2017 2:11pm
Quoting profitfarmer
{quote} started ignoring me, but subscribed to me? strangest thing to happen today, LOL!
Bloody hell, pressed the wrong icon on my phone lol

had / have no intention of ignoring you. I thoroughly respect your trading results and enjoy reading your posts.

Now I'll have to figure out how to 'un ignore'
  • #176
  • Sep 25, 2017 2:17pm Sep 25, 2017 2:17pm
Quoting FXClarity
{quote} Bloody hell, pressed the wrong icon on my phone lol had / have no intention of ignoring you. I thoroughly respect your trading results and enjoy reading your posts. Now I'll have to figure out how to 'un ignore'
no problem, a good laugh, thanks for un-ignoring me!

btw, you fixed, then unfixed it again...
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #177
  • Sep 25, 2017 2:21pm Sep 25, 2017 2:21pm
Quoting profitfarmer
{quote} no problem, a good laugh, thanks for un-ignoring me! btw, you fixed, then unfixed it again...

..FFS - Just as well I don't execute trades at market off my phone isn't it!

Seems fixed now - I hope !
  • #178
  • Sep 25, 2017 2:30pm Sep 25, 2017 2:30pm
Quoting profitfarmer
{quote} Thanks for passing by. The organizer of the funding program is Sean Lee, and i believe he had been prior doing about the same in "AxiSelect" program with Axitrader. Agree, they are serious contender for a trader to be funded, with no extra hoops to jump like paying for test, or paying for education...and they offer generous chance to start out, and a serious opportunity beyond...but one needs an approx 10k live account to start with, not for demo warriors. But i am not there. Yet? However the will be interested stage is passed, and after...
I reckon that's a perfectly reasonable model for serious Pop. trading consideration and is possibly once of the best propositions out there currently.
  • #179
  • Sep 26, 2017 10:14am Sep 26, 2017 10:14am
today i wasnt really feeling to trade.
not sure why, mostly just watched the chart, and take mental note that another trade would be a profit one...one of that day.

however, had 2 small scalp entries on GbpUsd, both for approx 6 pips, and that was it.
total gain today +0.12%.
the timing was both instance spot on, wonder if i should start to work on better exits. ( probably will stay in 'wonder' stage for another while).
chart included.
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  • #180
  • Sep 27, 2017 6:23am Sep 27, 2017 6:23am
when i am silly to not hold my counter entry for a bit more....
on top my connection has some pockets of delays today, enough to mess with results.
that said, the day is green
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