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  • #1,721
  • Mar 16, 2026 10:44pm Mar 16, 2026 10:44pm
I too once knew a cranky old geezer https://www.forexfactory.com/merlin who never responded to my posts...and I guess never will.
  • #1,722
  • Mar 16, 2026 11:59pm Mar 16, 2026 11:59pm
Quoting OutThere
{quote} Good luck
Yeah, I know right! How the #&#$ do you calculate the angle between 2 points on a chart. If you zoom in or out on the chart the angle is going to change significantly.

After little investigation on the web, maybe it's best to calculate the slope. Something like this:

double m = (Close [x] - Close [y]) / (Time [x] - Time [y]); // slope in units of [price/second]

I guess that's why the video is called impossible angle ea.

Still, I like the idea of looking back x bars on the chart to calculate the impossible angle.
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  • #1,723
  • Mar 17, 2026 12:28am Mar 17, 2026 12:28am
Quoting codemaster75
{quote} Yeah, I know right! How the #&#$ do you calculate the angle between 2 points on a chart. If you zoom in or out on the chart the angle is going to change significantly. After little investigation on the web, maybe it's best to calculate the slope. Something like this: double m = (Close [x] - Close [y]) / (Time [x] - Time [y]); // slope in units of [price/second] I guess that's why the video is called impossible angle ea. Still, I like the idea of looking back x bars on the chart to calculate the impossible angle.
Haha, yes. I had the same discussion with hayseed about zoom in zoom out.
Trick is to keep the zoom always the same.
I eventually made an EA that worked very similar to that one cause I was fascinated by it.
Despite overcoming the zoom issue، just like hayseed said, it performs well in trending markets. That means if you know the trend and you are correctly in it for the duration of that trend, then it works.
In other words, you need to know when to buy and when to sell. That is exactly the problem with any trading system. If you know when to buy and when to sell, you don't need a fancy EA to execute trades for you. I mean it'd be convenient but you might as well hit buy or sell and wait til the trend is over.
My suggestion, abandon any pursuit of this method at once.
  • #1,724
  • Mar 17, 2026 5:26am Mar 17, 2026 5:26am
Quoting hayseed
{quote} and therein lies to my best reason not to...... the risk is too high...... you can not rub elbows with a disease and not risk getting sick...... bad attitudes are contagious...... it's a shame though, your right...... we all could learn so much from each other....... gresham's law says bad money chases out good...... that can apply to forums also......h
A slightly less cryptic answer would have sufficed Anyway, I just can't find any effective help on this forum. I'll withdraw again. Good luck to you all!
  • #1,725
  • Mar 17, 2026 5:50am Mar 17, 2026 5:50am
Quoting Noisy
{quote} A slightly less cryptic answer would have sufficed Anyway, I just can't find any effective help on this forum. I'll withdraw again. Good luck to you all!
You are looking for a trading system on a broker thread. You are in the wrong spot for that.
I trade mostly futures....look at pivots (esp daily in futures), ORB, VWAP...you can even use MAs like 14 and 50 plot on a 5 min chart and only buy when price is above them, sell when below.
There is no if price does this, you do this mehtod....if there were, everyone would be a billionaire using some magical EA.
You need to study, find what suits your personality and execute.
  • #1,726
  • Mar 17, 2026 6:38am Mar 17, 2026 6:38am
Quoting pipmaster77
{quote} You are looking for a trading system on a broker thread. You are in the wrong spot for that. I trade mostly futures....look at pivots (esp daily in futures), ORB, VWAP...you can even use MAs like 14 and 50 plot on a 5 min chart and only buy when price is above them, sell when below. There is no if price does this, you do this mehtod....if there were, everyone would be a billionaire using some magical EA. You need to study, find what suits your personality and execute.
Yes, I know, I already created my own thread here for precisely this purpose, but I was just flooded with information that didn't help me achieve a clearly defined goal under clearly defined conditions. I also browsed all the other topics in the "Trading Systems" section, but at best, you only find individual pieces of the puzzle there, mostly in the form of a very subjective entry signal that comes without any kind of structured plan outlining the risk and time commitment required to achieve a minimum monthly return.

Most people here seem to be discretionary, gut-feeling traders who don't really seem to have a clear plan for how to achieve a consistent minimum income through trading with a clear investment of time and money. Admittedly, not only here, but everywhere I've searched the internet for help or solutions. I only find nonsense from people who claim all sorts of things, can't prove anything, and can't present a structured plan for how it's even possible.

What you're saying and how you trade seems to be more along the lines of "I study the charts every day for an indefinite period because I don't really need the money to live on and I have the time to do it," hoping to make profits in the long run. I tried that for years too and only lost money and, even worse, a massive amount of time.

May I ask how you earn your living if you work from home and it's not 100% from trading income?
  • #1,727
  • Mar 17, 2026 6:49am Mar 17, 2026 6:49am
Quoting hayseed
{quote} //------ yeah, i did not take into consideration location...... location would change things....... there is no way i could spend 3k a month....... do have those figures on my desk..... just did my taxes....... last year darwin paid me 19,654$, that is only what was deposited in my bank, it is not my total earnings...... my total expenses paid to darwin was 18,040$..... leaving me with 1650$...... but i have a ton of boosters paid for making money now...... i started with 500...... reinvesting what was made into permanents , 3, 6 and 12...
I'm on the Gulf coast of Florida, probably only NEED 4K/mo to survive. The 50K/mo allows me to live, although I can live real comfortably on 10-15K. The 50K figure allows me to set up my kids and be sure they never have any financial worries....worst thing in the world is for young families to have financial stress.
Absolutely brilliant on using fees earned to pay for additional boosters...as I fully understand the tax benefits there.
I think I'm going to throw $520 in for a 100K 3M and then just reinvest PF earned on both the boosters and allocations until I reach my AUM goal....going for 10 million like you.....as I mentioned, should have 900K by September just through Gold allocations, hopefully some investors and/or Darwin itself investing in me through their index. Reinvesting in the boosters will accelerate the process.
I'll certainly take 50K/mo in income, even if operating costs are 5-7K per month.
  • #1,728
  • Mar 17, 2026 6:58am Mar 17, 2026 6:58am
Quoting Noisy
{quote} Yes, I know, I already created my own thread here for precisely this purpose, but I was just flooded with information that didn't help me achieve a clearly defined goal under clearly defined conditions. I also browsed all the other topics in the "Trading Systems" section, but at best, you only find individual pieces of the puzzle there, mostly in the form of a very subjective entry signal that comes without any kind of structured plan outlining the risk and time commitment required to achieve a minimum monthly return. Most people here seem...
Yes, I am in business sales for a fortune 50 company. Yes, extremely fortunate to work from home as I essentially can do both trade and work all day.
However, trading is usually done by noon ET and I start my day around 6-6:30 am, looking and studying charts. Sometimes, like today, I grab some quick in and out trades...already grabbed 0.1% on 2 Darwins.
Once trading is my full-time gig, I will work 4-5 hours per day.
  • #1,729
  • Mar 17, 2026 9:05am Mar 17, 2026 9:05am
Quoting codemaster75
{quote} Yeah, I know right! How the #&#$ do you calculate the angle between 2 points on a chart. If you zoom in or out on the chart the angle is going to change significantly. After little investigation on the web, maybe it's best to calculate the slope. Something like this: double m = (Close [x] - Close [y]) / (Time [x] - Time [y]); // slope in units of [price/second] I guess that's why the video is called impossible angle ea. Still, I like the idea of looking back x bars on the chart to calculate the impossible angle.
//----

no...... you are wrong..... just as 7bit was back then......

there are several videos on it...... one i described things fully...... i clearly zoomed in , out, changed the timeframes zooming in, zooming out back and forth and back and forth...... i even squished the bars down to a flat horizontal line....... the value of the angle never changes.......

let's leave all that back then.....
//------

today my mind is focused on darwin, boosters and such.....h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #1,730
  • Mar 17, 2026 11:57am Mar 17, 2026 11:57am
Quoting pipmaster77
{quote} Yes, I am in business sales for a fortune 50 company. Yes, extremely fortunate to work from home as I essentially can do both trade and work all day. However, trading is usually done by noon ET and I start my day around 6-6:30 am, looking and studying charts. Sometimes, like today, I grab some quick in and out trades...already grabbed 0.1% on 2 Darwins. Once trading is my full-time gig, I will work 4-5 hours per day.
Thanks for the reply. I would have expected the cost of living in Florida to be much higher. It's similar to here, except I live in a smaller town (around 250,000 inhabitants). Having a steady income from a permanent job certainly makes it much easier to fully concentrate on trading, especially if you are location-independent in your workplace.

Do you know of any "trading system thread" in this forum that would be similar to your own trading and objectively describes exactly what to do and when, adhering to certain conditions such as the maximum number of markets to trade, the entry trigger criteria, the risk criteria (SL/TP per trade in %), the number of trades per day, and the times when to do so?
  • #1,731
  • Mar 18, 2026 10:16am Mar 18, 2026 10:16am
Quoting Noisy
{quote} Thanks for the reply. I would have expected the cost of living in Florida to be much higher. It's similar to here, except I live in a smaller town (around 250,000 inhabitants). Having a steady income from a permanent job certainly makes it much easier to fully concentrate on trading, especially if you are location-independent in your workplace. Do you know of any "trading system thread" in this forum that would be similar to your own trading and objectively describes exactly what to do and when, adhering to certain conditions such as the...
If you’re looking for a fully mechanical, no-thinking system…
You’ll keep searching.
If you’re willing to build your own from pieces…
That’s where things start to click.
  • #1,732
  • Mar 18, 2026 11:41am Mar 18, 2026 11:41am
Quoting Bushramujhta
{quote} If you’re looking for a fully mechanical, no-thinking system… You’ll keep searching. If you’re willing to build your own from pieces… That’s where things start to click.
Easier said than done, it's not as if I haven't already tried numerous approaches (including my own ideas). I said that I need help for a reason.
  • #1,733
  • Mar 18, 2026 1:07pm Mar 18, 2026 1:07pm
Quoting Noisy
{quote} Easier said than done, it's not as if I haven't already tried numerous approaches (including my own ideas). I said that I need help for a reason.
We are getting a bit off topic here as thread title is about darwin discussion, so here are some suggestions:

If you're trading a normal live brokerage account, here are some good strategies that might be of interest:

1) Rene Balke's Go Long Strategy on US30, USTEC and Dax (Buy at start of day, Sell at end of day).
2) Rene Balke's Turnaround Tuesday (Similar to 1, but only buy on Monday, then Sell at end of day on Tuesday and there is a moving average)
3) Rene Balke's Range Breakout on Gold and UJ
4) Kieran's Bear Friday. When the Friday Daily candle is Bearish on US500, Buy on following Monday. I don't know how he gets out, but I'm sure if you send him an email, he'll give you some clues :-)

Now for Darwinex. I suggest you attend Kieran's and Blayn's live streams on Strategy Development and ask a hell of a lot of questions. Maybe you can report back here and teach us all how to build a portfolio of strategies that work great on Darwinex Zero accounts. Kieran and Blayn love breakout strategies because they are simple and reliable and a lot of other things. I don't have enough breakout systems in my portfolios so maybe you could investigate this from the live streams and give us all some insights!

I just made $AU 170 bucks trading Rene Balke's Range Breakout Strategy on Gold with a 0.01 lot size on my personal account.

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  • #1,734
  • Edited Mar 19, 2026 12:24am Mar 18, 2026 11:25pm | Edited Mar 19, 2026 12:24am
Quoting Noisy
{quote} Easier said than done, it's not as if I haven't already tried numerous approaches (including my own ideas). I said that I need help for a reason.
Just make a system that constantly makes new profit and make sure you get minimal or no dd even the intraday kind.

Just think how a money printing machine works. Constantly prints new money? Yes. Works best when it doesn't get clogged even momentarily? Yes. This is the ideal machine that DZ is looking for.

In contrast, if your machine jams or or gets hiccups or breaks down even a little bit, does it get kicked by the user (DZ)? Yes. Does it get a 3 or 2 or a 1 star rating by DZ? Yes. Does it get lower volume of work (RR) by DZ? Yes. As a result do you make less money from your machine in operation at DZ office? Yes. Does your operating costs (subs) add up without any profit to offset them? Yes.

There is your formula for success at DZ and also why success isn't reached.
Ps. I'm not kidding.

Now why DZ demands constant money making machines with no issues? Because there are suppliers that offer such machines.
So, you okeep up or you eventually get out.
It's really straight out commerce. Nothing person
  • #1,735
  • Mar 19, 2026 2:38am Mar 19, 2026 2:38am
Quoting codemaster75
{quote} We are getting a bit off topic here as thread title is about darwin discussion, so here are some suggestions: If you're trading a normal live brokerage account, here are some good strategies that might be of interest: 1) Rene Balke's Go Long Strategy on US30, USTEC and Dax (Buy at start of day, Sell at end of day). 2) Rene Balke's Turnaround Tuesday (Similar to 1, but only buy on Monday, then Sell at end of day on Tuesday and there is a moving average) 3) Rene Balke's Range Breakout on Gold and UJ 4) Kieran's Bear Friday. When the Friday...
never heard of Rene Balke, but i cant know of course all in this business.
but funny enough as 1 example for Dax you mentioned, this index is famous for get buy trade on end of day and close beginning of day (german day time) - so opposite he is doing , because a lot of win is created in this time. so i would double check such recommendation and look at his 10/20 live long term performance chart (live trading), to trust such strategies (often such people have only backtests, what is useless without know where win coming from and reasons... any backtest make millions when you just test past data and know so anything to switch from this to this...... how this is done in forward live trading over many years will show you how stable this results are , only way!) . Important with such strategies is how all the big data and environment is connected to this situation, to know exactly where the winning is coming from. maybe to big topic and wrong thread for this.
  • #1,736
  • Mar 19, 2026 7:26am Mar 19, 2026 7:26am
Quoting OutThere
{quote} Just make a system that constantly makes new profit and make sure you get minimal or no dd even the intraday kind. Just think how a money printing machine works. Constantly prints new money? Yes. Works best when it doesn't get clogged even momentarily? Yes. This is the ideal machine that DZ is looking for. In contrast, if your machine jams or or gets hiccups or breaks down even a little bit, does it get kicked by the user (DZ)? Yes. Does it get a 3 or 2 or a 1 star rating by DZ? Yes. Does it get lower volume of work (RR) by DZ? Yes. As a...
Thanks for the laugh
  • #1,737
  • Mar 19, 2026 7:41am Mar 19, 2026 7:41am
Quoting Noisy
{quote} Thanks for the laugh
Reality sometimes is funny I guess.
  • #1,738
  • Mar 19, 2026 8:16am Mar 19, 2026 8:16am
Quoting OutThere
{quote} Reality sometimes is funny I guess.

Yes, unfortunately, a real tragedy.

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  • #1,739
  • Mar 19, 2026 8:41am Mar 19, 2026 8:41am
Quoting Noisy
{quote} Yes, unfortunately, a real tragedy. {image}
Wow, I almost feel guilty having a Gold and 2 more about to be Gold.
I must have the secret sauce.
Funny, like everything in life, two people are given the same situation/opportunity......one person is postive and optimistic, the other is negative and pessimistic......
NOW THAT IS TRULY THE SAD REALITY
  • #1,740
  • Mar 19, 2026 9:14am Mar 19, 2026 9:14am
Quoting pipmaster77
{quote} Wow, I almost feel guilty having a Gold and 2 more about to be Gold. I must have the secret sauce. Funny, like everything in life, two people are given the same situation/opportunity......one person is postive and optimistic, the other is negative and pessimistic...... NOW THAT IS TRULY THE SAD REALITY
OutThere has inspired me to rediscover my sense of humor. I don't think Darwinex is the problem for me, and I see it as a good opportunity, just like you do; otherwise, I would never have considered it or tried it out already. Without a functioning trading approach that leads to my goals under the given conditions, it doesn't matter which provider I trade through, be it a broker, prop firm or Darwinex.
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