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  • #161
  • Mar 11, 2008 7:59pm Mar 11, 2008 7:59pm
a cleaner screenshot
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  • #162
  • Mar 11, 2008 8:04pm Mar 11, 2008 8:04pm
Quoting Freddyfx
Damonl...is this your real name?

I attach my chart, don't be alarmed that I have some more stuff on it, as I am experimenting and learning and verifying with some other stuff I learned in the past, trying to get the best setup and indicators.

There are also 2 older trades in it that I have still open, from before I started learning ATP.

So here we go

Freddy
hey fx,

Unfortunately I can't see the bar that I need to see, but I think when you suggested placing your trade at 1.5335, this was actully 1 pip below the close of the bar instead of 1 pip below the low of the bar which would have been 1.5311.

We always use the lows and highs of the bars for entering our trades.

Hopefully this clears it up for you
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
  • #163
  • Mar 11, 2008 8:09pm Mar 11, 2008 8:09pm
You said LOW of the bar, I used CLOSE of the bar, sorry, my mistake
  • #164
  • Mar 11, 2008 8:15pm Mar 11, 2008 8:15pm
Quoting Freddyfx
You said LOW of the bar, I used CLOSE of the bar, sorry, my mistake
See how close you are
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
  • #165
  • Edited 8:37pm Mar 11, 2008 8:23pm | Edited 8:37pm
Here is my EU chart for tonight. One is with the black background and the other is with the white background otherwise they are both the same.

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Even though I did have some long trades placed yesterday, by rule none should have been placed. Sometimes looking at my charts things turn all into a blurr :surprised. I made a few other mistakes yesterday that actully kept me out of some very nice pips.

From what I see today, I have a short trade open from yesterday's Non-Lag Reversal Trade.

Because this trade triggered, we now have the go ahead to start placing DPTT short orders.

I have placed a DPTT Short Pending Order 1 pip below the low of yesterday's bar with a SL at 1 pip + spread above the high of yesterday's bar.

Now, place your trade and go and enjoy your life. Tomorrow you will either have a profit or you won't. One day you will sit down at your computer and you will be up big .

Thanks for all your questions and your support. I will be around for a little while longer, but otherwise I will see you tomorrow.

Oh yeah.....here is my updated spreadsheet:
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File Type: xls 3-12-08.xls   200 KB | 317 downloads
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
  • #166
  • Mar 11, 2008 8:40pm Mar 11, 2008 8:40pm
Damonl.

So I got in too fast.
I noticed that suddenly after resetting all my indicators to the original screen that I use, that the ST dot moved 2 candles to the right.
IF I would have done it according to the rules, I still would have lost this trade, as the market peaked heavily, right?
As I had not yet learned how to place a SL, I am still alive with this trade.
Presently 19 pips in the negative, but still here.

Good training !
It should have been:
H-1.5400
L- 1.5312

Sell Stop order 1.5311 (candle LOW 1.5312 -/- 1 pip)
SL 1.5403 (candle HIGH 1.5400 + spread 2 + 1 pip)
  • #167
  • Mar 11, 2008 8:47pm Mar 11, 2008 8:47pm
Quoting Bull
I'm upload the file in stremupload and this is the link to download:

http://www.streamupload.com/download...=2008311181927

Uploaded File Info:
File name: ATP.xls
File size: 5578752 bytes
File type: application/vnd.ms-excel

File Description:
Trade Manager by Demon

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FX
Oh Man...this is phenominal . You have really out did yourself this time.

I will start using this right away.
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
  • #168
  • Mar 11, 2008 8:49pm Mar 11, 2008 8:49pm
Quoting Freddyfx
Damonl.

So I got in too fast.
I noticed that suddenly after resetting all my indicators to the original screen that I use, that the ST dot moved 2 candles to the right.
IF I would have done it according to the rules, I still would have lost this trade, as the market peaked heavily, right?
As I had not yet learned how to place a SL, I am still alive with this trade.
Presently 19 pips in the negative, but still here.

Good training !
It should have been:
H-1.5400
L- 1.5312

Sell Stop order 1.5311 (candle LOW 1.5312 -/- 1 pip)
SL 1.5403 (candle HIGH 1.5400 + spread 2 + 1 pip)
You got it .

And actually you would have not stopped out because because the market peaked and didn't hit the order until after it cam all the way back down.
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
  • #169
  • Mar 12, 2008 12:02am Mar 12, 2008 12:02am
HI damonl
thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, you really go above and beyond. this is exactly what ive been looking for.
i do have one question about the nonlag short on e/u
Wouldnt the setup bar be on 3/11 (vert line).
with our entry at 1.5311 and s/l at 1.5403
which means our entry would have been triggered and we would have been stopped out on 3/12.
heres the chart

i didnt enter that trade the open order is from another system.
Thanks again.
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Nick
  • #170
  • Mar 12, 2008 12:09am Mar 12, 2008 12:09am
I just looked at a smaller time frame and realized that the stop would not have been hit so this trade would still be open like you said before.
sorry to bother everyone i need some sleep.
Nick
  • #171
  • Mar 12, 2008 12:12am Mar 12, 2008 12:12am
so in figures I translate that to:
Sell Stop @1.5281
SL 1.5498
  • #172
  • Mar 12, 2008 3:43am Mar 12, 2008 3:43am
Excellent thread Damonl.

Bull, excellent spreadsheet too, thanks a bunch!

Freddyfx, I have the same numbers as you have. One question though, since we
have the EES since yesterday, this is a DPTT order?

Some thing else, what kind of broker are you using? Since we might be adding to
winning positions and daily going through the DPTT routine, that must be a broker
that treats every lot independently, otherwise every time you add to a trade the
price averages to a price far away from the EES, losing all the edge, besides I
see some hedging here like in the EUR/USD, are you guys using two accounts?

Henry
  • #173
  • Mar 12, 2008 4:50am Mar 12, 2008 4:50am
Thanks very much Damonl !! Now I can also see the colours as they really are. Previously I inverted the all the chart's colours, so I had to re-invert them in my head.

herty
  • #174
  • Mar 12, 2008 5:01am Mar 12, 2008 5:01am
The first file have some errors... please download the new one.

Thank to everybody for your words.

New File at: http://www.2shared.com/file/2974914/...e_Manager.html
  • #175
  • Mar 12, 2008 5:17am Mar 12, 2008 5:17am
Quoting Freddyfx
so in figures I translate that to:
Sell Stop @1.5281
SL 1.5498
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
  • #176
  • Mar 12, 2008 5:24am Mar 12, 2008 5:24am
Quoting hensch
Excellent thread Damonl.

Bull, excellent spreadsheet too, thanks a bunch!

Freddyfx, I have the same numbers as you have. One question though, since we
have the EES since yesterday, this is a DPTT order?

Some thing else, what kind of broker are you using? Since we might be adding to
winning positions and daily going through the DPTT routine, that must be a broker
that treats every lot independently, otherwise every time you add to a trade the
price averages to a price far away from the EES, losing all the edge, besides I
see some hedging here like in the EUR/USD, are you guys using two accounts?

Henry
Hey Hensch....I use IBFX myself, but yes you will need a broker that treats lots independantly. Otherwise it would be hard to manage.
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
  • #177
  • Mar 12, 2008 5:26am Mar 12, 2008 5:26am
Quoting Bull
The first file have some errors... please download the new one.

Thank to everybody for your words.

New File at: http://www.2shared.com/file/2974914/...e_Manager.html
Thanks Bull, sometime in the near future I plan to go through this in detail just to make sure that all the rules are right.

I'll let you know of any changes when I find them

One thing for sure with the Pivot Point section.....you need to distinguish which pivots we are using. Some are weekly and others are monthly. The are on my original spreasheet as MP, or WP.
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
  • #178
  • Mar 12, 2008 5:32am Mar 12, 2008 5:32am
Quoting Bull
The first file have some errors... please download the new one.

Thank to everybody for your words.

New File at: http://www.2shared.com/file/2974914/...e_Manager.html
Edit to my post to you above
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
  • #179
  • Mar 12, 2008 5:42am Mar 12, 2008 5:42am
Damonl,

I entered this AU trade today at 0.9313, is that correct?

Henry

http://i25.tinypic.com/5kjbk8.jpg
  • #180
  • Mar 12, 2008 5:49am Mar 12, 2008 5:49am
Quoting hensch
Damonl,

I entered this AU trade today at 0.9313, is that correct?

Henry

http://i25.tinypic.com/5kjbk8.jpg
Yes...this is correct, but here in lies the problem when the ST dot will move.

The rules are that the ST dot needs to be present on the close of the bar. My broker's new day starts at 0:00GMT or 7PM CST.

At the time that the new bar formed, the ST dot still had not moved from yesterday and in fact did not do so until about 2 - 3 hours into th enew trading day. So...if you checked your charts then you would maybe have thought that the ST dot had been there on the close.

As a rule of thumb, the ST Dot will not move at the changing of the new bar, it will ususally change sometime during the trading day.

as a result I am still short here and not long, however if you chekced later then you may have saw the dot and went long.
My signal for long for EES 1 would not be until tomorrow.

The more you work with ST dot I think the more you will like it and get familiar with it
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
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