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  • #41
  • Aug 21, 2008 6:32pm Aug 21, 2008 6:32pm
i'll stick post #2000 right here.
  • #42
  • Aug 22, 2008 12:28pm Aug 22, 2008 12:28pm
Why are you so negative/100 % skeptical all the time if your systems are working?
  • #43
  • Aug 22, 2008 1:24pm Aug 22, 2008 1:24pm
hi.

i have "been around the block" a few times.... studied forex a few thousand hours over the last four years.

bluntly speaking, i am a realist. i deal in facts. most people here don't like it, but doesn't it make a nice balance to the overly-hyped threads?

i'm not a cheerleader at a pep rally. i'm more like a coach running a highly disciplined team. if you want candy-coated responses, put me on your ignore list. and if you want a friend, get a dog.

good trading.
  • #44
  • Sep 19, 2008 11:23am Sep 19, 2008 11:23am
been getting creamed lately in this sideways EURUSD market....

down about 600 pips ATM (each pips is $1 on the graph)
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  • #45
  • Sep 19, 2008 12:19pm Sep 19, 2008 12:19pm
Quoting tdion
hi.

i have "been around the block" a few times.... studied forex a few thousand hours over the last four years.

bluntly speaking, i am a realist. i deal in facts. most people here don't like it, but doesn't it make a nice balance to the overly-hyped threads?

i'm not a cheerleader at a pep rally. i'm more like a coach running a highly disciplined team. if you want candy-coated responses, put me on your ignore list. and if you want a friend, get a dog.

good trading.
you're a battle hardened trader..been there done that.

i've only been in forex just 2 years and i still get tiny bit excited when i see threads like '10k in 1 week' But hopefully in few years, i'll mellow out
  • #46
  • Sep 19, 2008 1:15pm Sep 19, 2008 1:15pm
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been getting creamed lately in this sideways EURUSD market....

Hrm, why do you still trade sideways markets?
  • #47
  • Sep 19, 2008 1:17pm Sep 19, 2008 1:17pm
how will you ever know when they start and stop? you've got to always be in....

Quoting Rabid
Hrm, why do you still trade sideways markets?
  • #48
  • Sep 19, 2008 1:57pm Sep 19, 2008 1:57pm
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how will you ever know when they start and stop? you've got to always be in....

You can't predict them before they happen, no, but you can detect them after they've started and wait for them to end. That's not perfect, but it all goes to strategy. Holding trades during consolidation is pretty normal, but there's no reason to take new trades while the market is acting so wonky.

Didn't I send you the AMA info? It was moving sideways this entire week, the movement index flat lined for the entire week on the daily so if that's your TF...
  • #49
  • Sep 19, 2008 3:10pm Sep 19, 2008 3:10pm
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Enough with all this ranging market stuff when they do not understand the markets or do not have a trading strategy because in reality the market has only two ways

Ranging exists... laff. It's when price moves up, the back down, within the same time frame. Just look for dojis and scale down. Sure you can cut your time frame and scalp a bit, but not everyone wants to make trading a 24 hour a day job.

Since this thread is about tdion's trades, I'm pretty sure he trades off the daily, which makes this week's slow, whippy retracement difficult to trade.
  • #50
  • Sep 19, 2008 3:20pm Sep 19, 2008 3:20pm
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there's really no need to argue, especially on somebody's trading journal. i have a valid point that the euro is sideways IN RESPECT TO HOW IT NORMALLY TRENDS. enough said.

Nod, indeed. It's also nice to see a journal that's over a year old. Most people stop posting after the first few weeks disprove their strategy. Have you changed strategies much (any) since the start?
  • #51
  • Sep 19, 2008 3:27pm Sep 19, 2008 3:27pm
i did not remove any strategies, but i did add one a few months ago.

here is the performance from Jan 1, 2001 to the present date.

that is 18,800 pips total (after spreads and rollover premiums)

i am up 2,200 pips this year.
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  • #52
  • Sep 19, 2008 4:49pm Sep 19, 2008 4:49pm
Well done tdion,
You put in the work and despite the knockers, including me, it looks like it is going to pay off. Your risk management is spot on & your risk/reward per trade is very reasuring. I am jealous of your ea. It takes the emotional element out of trading and that is the one thing that casts doubt on my own future. I am excited for you though and glad one of us is on his way. Thanks for sharing your results, they are inspiring. I believe you will achieve your goal of early retirement. I take my hat off to you
BTC Return This Year: na
  • #53
  • Sep 20, 2008 12:59pm Sep 20, 2008 12:59pm
i put a filter on the system to not take trades when ATR is above 0.004..... thus keeping it out of volatile markets. (it looks for smooth trends made of tiny candlesticks)

That fixed my DD problem for the past week....
  • #54
  • Sep 21, 2008 8:14am Sep 21, 2008 8:14am
Well I've come up with a new filter for the system (won't bother showing the new performance graph)

It might work well for any EURUSD system that trades the hourly like mine does....

If the RSI(96) on the hourly is above 55 or below 45, do not take trades. That's it. It didn't improve performance, but got rid of a lot of cancelling trades.... thus spreads....
  • #55
  • Oct 24, 2008 10:19pm Oct 24, 2008 10:19pm
Are you using grid principal in your EA? in combination with RSI and ATR? or is it based on the shape of the candlesticks?
  • #56
  • Last Post: Feb 1, 2009 10:03am Feb 1, 2009 10:03am
No grids... only candlesticks.

Quoting treuzelen
Are you using grid principal in your EA? in combination with RSI and ATR? or is it based on the shape of the candlesticks?
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