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  • #521
  • Jan 19, 2018 2:09am Jan 19, 2018 2:09am
Quoting BSFilter
Stunning photos! Hope you're enjoying the rest mate
was. just drove back home last night.
was only a short 4 days this time, will be a longer one in February.
all is fun, but the driving up there and back, especially within Bangkok...yesterday from downtown out, 15km =2 hours
the rest was acceptable, but still a 7 hours trip.
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #522
  • Jan 19, 2018 2:18am Jan 19, 2018 2:18am
finally an update from PF!
I was there for a vacation
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  • #523
  • Jan 19, 2018 2:21am Jan 19, 2018 2:21am
the waterfall day was complete with the visit to a near by cave.
it was "only" 600m uphill from the parking area, 90% of the walk stairs. lets just say i had been in better condition earlier my life...the climb was more fun 8 years ago when i was there last with the family.
for what it worth, that must be a day of '7'...cos the cave had seven 'rooms' just as the waterfall had seven levels.
my phone wasnt dealing with the darkness that great, so, only a few pics...

( i think there will be one more post with a few more of the photos i took, then the journal will revert back to trading )
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there is always, always another trade!!
  • #524
  • Jan 19, 2018 2:22am Jan 19, 2018 2:22am
Quoting Piquant
finally an update from PF! I was there for a vacation
i think it wasmy 3rd time. was a lot easier to get there when we were living near Bkk.
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #525
  • Jan 19, 2018 2:28am Jan 19, 2018 2:28am
Quoting profitfarmer
{quote} was. just drove back home last night. was only a short 4 days this time, will be a longer one in February. all is fun, but the driving up there and back, especially within Bangkok...yesterday from downtown out, 15km =2 hours the rest was acceptable, but still a 7 hours trip.

2 hours for 15km trip, then another 7 hours??!!?? Sounds like traffic in Bali ! Went there for our honeymoon last year, 30km trip took over 2 hours (but worth it!)
  • #526
  • Jan 19, 2018 3:14am Jan 19, 2018 3:14am
Quoting BSFilter
{quote} 2 hours for 15km trip, then another 7 hours??!!?? Sounds like traffic in Bali ! Went there for our honeymoon last year, 30km trip took over 2 hours (but worth it!)
been to Bali few years ago with family. spent a week.
Bangkok traffic isnt fun. i used to rather park somewhere still relative normal traffic and take a taxi, sit back, and dont worry about it. couldnt opt for it this time, had to send the friends to the bus station, plus i had a meeting with one ( actually turned out to be two) guys from Axi.
i already dread that 2.5 weeks from now i have to pick up another friend from airport to downtown, then out few days after...must be a reason why we moved from downtown 12 years ago!! LOL.
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #527
  • Jan 19, 2018 3:34am Jan 19, 2018 3:34am
Nice holiday spot
  • #528
  • Jan 19, 2018 3:49am Jan 19, 2018 3:49am
PF, glad you are back. as for the mentoring, I raise my hand to the master. count me in; I have 100% dedication and time

Quoting profitfarmer
also Friday, may just skip this one as is. unfortunate, a VPS disruption ( they do exist!!) caused the final full auto EA stress test to go out of the window at restart, as it reverted back to the default settings...not what i was looking for.
you can do something about this incident in the EA; so if it happens again; it wont trade. here is how:
- add a new parameter to the EA, a dummy one (call it anything, i.e. DummyParam),and set it by default to true (DummyParam=true)
- on your EA settings for live trading, set this DummyParam=false, and save the settings
- in EA code, if DummyParam=true, do not trade, and sent email alert. (hint: make sure you only send one email, otherwise it will send email every tick, add another email flag parameter, call it DummyEmailSent=false, and if that is true, dont send emails)
  • #529
  • Jan 19, 2018 4:30am Jan 19, 2018 4:30am
Quoting profitfarmer
OK, some photos, for those who like nature. This is Erawan Waterfall, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand, approx 150km from Bangkok ( and about 550km from where i live). In my opinion the nicest waterfall in Thailand. It has 7 levels, approx a 2km tracking uphill...nice, but not easy walk on stones, roots, but i always feel it worth the trouble....and my friends loved it too, so i was happy to take them there! it starts at the bottom...level 0? {image} level#1 {image} level#2 ( also where we stopped to swim on the way back, and climb up the rocks under...
Looks amazing. I see few interesting animals in those waterfalls . Will be travelling soon to Thailand. Its a awesome country with friendly people
Your salary is the bribe they give you to forget your dreams
  • #530
  • Jan 19, 2018 4:34am Jan 19, 2018 4:34am
Quoting horvat
{quote} Looks amazing. I see few interesting animals in those waterfalls . Will be travelling soon to Thailand. Its a awesome country with friendly people
i saw fish, moneys, and lots of russian and chinese tourist...some easier on the eyes than another
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #531
  • Jan 19, 2018 6:08am Jan 19, 2018 6:08am
Quoting profitfarmer
{quote} i saw fish, moneys, and lots of russian and chinese tourist...some easier on the eyes than another
HAHHAHAHAHAHA
  • #532
  • Jan 19, 2018 6:46am Jan 19, 2018 6:46am
the final installment of the mini vacation photos:
Kanchanaburi built right on the Kwai River, the bridge made famous by the movie.
(Ironically this Thailand related movie was filmed in Sri Lanka, lol)

The bridge and a locomotive of the era? sort of...enjoy!

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  • #533
  • Jan 21, 2018 12:23am Jan 21, 2018 12:23am
just remembered that the week ended, and there was no update.
of course, most part it was vacation, but Friday had 2 small scalp entries, for a net 10 pips, or +0.11% gain on the master account.
with that, January just reached 1%. rather low, on one hand, and not too bad on another, considering early in the month some drawdown, and the almost a full week away on vacation.

coming next week, it should be trading full focus, also system#2 goes on a semi-auto way live ( for now). with that, the beta testing is virtually over, and i am happy for that. as useful as testing is to find some bugs, do little tweaking, or prove a idea ( actually this was i did live trade without dash or EA, so that wasnt needed), i just simply not enjoy much the backtesting.
just as the scalping approach is along relative simple rules, and all tools involved at their default settings ( makes one wonder what the use then?, lol) the dash/EA is also lacking all but the very crude adjustments. i dont do much curve fitting, only small evolution.

just had a look on Psy, and looks like i am back to the top of the ranking there.

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always nice to see that even though what i do considered all wrong, in the end, it is rather not. strange, right?
was told that next week they have some news coming up, lets see what that may be.

disclaimer: i wont bother to edit out the equity, it is visible there. the TE is locked for simple reason to readers to concentrate on the consistency aspect, as i do!
however, there are 3 things to keep in mind: it is my main account (master), that i regularly withdraw from; the prop trading/assets arent follow 1:1 ratio to the master's risk; and finally, it isnt my total equity i try to live on full-time trading!

happy weekend!
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #534
  • Jan 21, 2018 12:45am Jan 21, 2018 12:45am
you really Sir are an inspiration for us who are struggling. krob khun
Practice Makes Perfect
  • #535
  • Jan 21, 2018 4:28am Jan 21, 2018 4:28am
Quoting profitfarmer
just remembered that the week ended, and there was no update. of course, most part it was vacation, but Friday had 2 small scalp entries, for a net 10 pips, or +0.11% gain on the master account. with that, January just reached 1%. rather low, on one hand, and not too bad on another, considering early in the month some drawdown, and the almost a full week away on vacation. coming next week, it should be trading full focus, also system#2 goes on a semi-auto way live ( for now). with that, the beta testing is virtually over, and i am happy for that....
Congratulations and wish you all the best Mr.Zoltan. May you destroy the DD daemons

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Your salary is the bribe they give you to forget your dreams
  • #536
  • Jan 21, 2018 4:44am Jan 21, 2018 4:44am
Quoting horvat
{quote} Congratulations and wish you all the best Mr.Zoltan. May you destroy the DD daemons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RenOUsGvS90
LOL, thanks.
it is always ups and downs, in trading and on leaderboard alike. the DD demons are under control in the moment
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #537
  • Jan 21, 2018 6:28am Jan 21, 2018 6:28am
some weekend reading:
https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2018...oin-is-stupid/

so much my take, just glad dont have to type it myself
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #538
  • Jan 21, 2018 6:47pm Jan 21, 2018 6:47pm
Quoting profitfarmer
some weekend reading: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2018...oin-is-stupid/ so much my take, just glad dont have to type it myself
Brilliant! Best I've read on crypto. Amen!
  • #539
  • Jan 23, 2018 8:15am Jan 23, 2018 8:15am
not too much trading going on.
was sorting out broker and asset related issues.
Fixi finally came thru with the Q4 performance fees....the period had +2.65% profit.
nothing huge, but there was the strongest 2 weeks of the quarter missing due they moved servers in October.
also, there is a -3.5% max DD limit...
unfortunate, their spread and commission inferior to my other brokers, but the deal comes as is.
either way, money is money, and i am happy this thing is sorted, and been paid.
end of March should be some review, will see if it can result some additional assets or not.
there is always, always another trade!!
  • #540
  • Jan 23, 2018 9:50am Jan 23, 2018 9:50am
Quoting profitfarmer
not too much trading going on. was sorting out broker and asset related issues. Fixi finally came thru with the Q4 performance fees....the period had +2.65% profit. nothing huge, but there was the strongest 2 weeks of the quarter missing due they moved servers in October. also, there is a -3.5% max DD limit... unfortunate, their spread and commission inferior to my other brokers, but the deal comes as is. either way, money is money, and i am happy this thing is sorted, and been paid. end of March should be some review, will see if it can result...
PF, great to see they are keeping their promise on the deal.

however; it is not fair for Fixi to charge you unusual spread/commission compared to other brokers. In my opinion; this is a rip off; and this is where they make their real $$; by charging exorbitant transaction fees; and not rewarding you for that.

in the real life of hedge funds; the hedge fund manager negotiates good deals with various brokers to reduce transaction cost; thus increasing his bottom line.

you have confirmed my suspiciton that brokers offering PAM are questionable.
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