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  • #81
  • Mar 23, 2010 9:31am Mar 23, 2010 9:31am
Quoting trublu
It's the only one I see where you don't have an arrow on your chart? Is this because you had already entered on the previous HL that I missed?

trublu
Exactly. Again very happy for you.
  • #82
  • Mar 23, 2010 9:32am Mar 23, 2010 9:32am
Quoting Vantage
Exactly. Again very happy for you.
I went back to my Oanda charts and I actually did enter the HL right before the one I mentioned, I just closed it too early. I was going to post some charts on your hl/lh thread to get your thoughts on them if that's ok with you? I'd post them here but more people read your thread so more people can learn from them if I post them there.

trublu
  • #83
  • Mar 23, 2010 9:33am Mar 23, 2010 9:33am
Quoting trublu
Thanks for the charts and the reply Vantage, you have no idea how awesome it is that you always are helping me out when I have questions. I've attached my IBFX chart to show the HL I took on GU on Oanda. It's the only one I see where you don't have an arrow on your chart? Is this because you had already entered on the previous HL that I missed?

trublu
Now I'd like you to post some of these lovely trades on hl/lh thread in addition to your record here.
  • #84
  • Mar 23, 2010 10:03am Mar 23, 2010 10:03am
Quoting Vantage
Now I'd like you to post some of these lovely trades on hl/lh thread in addition to your record here.
Looks like we were thinking the same thing. I'd just like to thank you once more and hopefully other people besides just me are learning from your great posts.

I think I'm going to leave IBFX open and have the 1 hour and 15 min charts up so I can trade with Oanda but still see the higher TF's without having to switch windows and charts a lot.

As always if anyone is actually reading this feel free to ask some questions and check out V's hl/lh thread for more info on this type of trading .

trublu
  • #85
  • Mar 23, 2010 10:39am Mar 23, 2010 10:39am
Quoting trublu

On IBFX EU is 2, EJ is 3/4, Gu is 4 but on Oanda EU is 0.9, EJ and GU are 1.9. The bad thing about Oanda is they don't show you how many pips you've won or lost after you close a trade. On MT4 you can check your history and get your PL in pips but not in Oanda. Plus it's hard having multiple charts open but I got used to switching back and forth easily. Also they widen their spreads a lot at news time so you gotta be careful not to enter at news.

trublu
You are right about the spreads. On the 14:00 GMT news, IBFX went up to 16 as news was released, and Oanda at 15. It makes entering before a news release bit of a hit and miss affair. (I am thinking of the 13:50 GMT long signal, just after the one I was stopped out on for -15.... )
  • #86
  • Mar 23, 2010 10:50am Mar 23, 2010 10:50am
Quoting Royston
You are right about the spreads. On the 14:00 GMT news, IBFX went up to 16 as news was released, and Oanda at 15. It makes entering before a news release bit of a hit and miss affair. (I am thinking of the 13:50 GMT long signal, just after the one I was stopped out on for -15.... )
Ya the news is annoying, especially if you forget to look and get into a trade right before a news release. Can you post a chart of what you're talking about, your trade and the other signal? Also I'm not sure what pair you're talking about. Hope you got those 15 pips back and nice to see you post here, feel free to post more anytime you want.

trublu
  • #87
  • Mar 23, 2010 11:31am Mar 23, 2010 11:31am
Quoting trublu
Ya the news is annoying, especially if you forget to look and get into a trade right before a news release. Can you post a chart of what you're talking about, your trade and the other signal? Also I'm not sure what pair you're talking about. Hope you got those 15 pips back and nice to see you post here, feel free to post more anytime you want.

trublu
GBPUSD at 13:25 GMT. Next signal was right on the bar that I was stopped out on, but my head was facing the wrong way at the time ie. thinking about the loss rather than looking at the nice hammer bounce of the RN.
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  • #88
  • Mar 23, 2010 11:45am Mar 23, 2010 11:45am
Thanks for the charts Royston. I find I'm still having trouble with getting over previous trades, no matter the result of the trade. Obviously I need to practice more and with time it should get easier.

trublu
  • #89
  • Mar 23, 2010 11:52am Mar 23, 2010 11:52am
Quoting trublu

The bad thing about Oanda is they don't show you how many pips you've won or lost after you close a trade. On MT4 you can check your history and get your PL in pips but not in Oanda.

trublu
This might help.
https://www.myfxbook.com/

It won't work if the transaction history is too full, which mine is, but I think if I open a sub-account and just transfer funds within Oanda, it will probably work.

Here is a link to MACDoug stats, who has a thread on FF. You can see the kind of data it puts out. Make sure you have Javascript switched on.

http://www.myfxbook.com/members/macd...doug-live/2268
  • #90
  • Mar 23, 2010 2:59pm Mar 23, 2010 2:59pm
Quoting Royston
This might help.
https://www.myfxbook.com/

It won't work if the transaction history is too full, which mine is, but I think if I open a sub-account and just transfer funds within Oanda, it will probably work.

Here is a link to MACDoug stats, who has a thread on FF. You can see the kind of data it puts out. Make sure you have Javascript switched on.

http://www.myfxbook.com/members/macd...doug-live/2268
Thanks for the good tip Royston. I've seen that site before and people putting their stats up but I never thought of creating my own to track my own performance. I'll check it out, should be an easier way than me tracking my trades on my own.

trublu
  • #91
  • Mar 24, 2010 9:54am Mar 24, 2010 9:54am
So far no trades today. The only real good trade I think I missed was a HL on EJ which I missed because I wasn't at my computer yet. There were potential trades on EU and GU right around NY Open that didn't look like great entries so I passed on them. Pretty boring price action really today, not much happening so far.

trublu
  • #92
  • Mar 24, 2010 9:57am Mar 24, 2010 9:57am
Another thing I forgot to mention is that the Oanda spreads are little higher than they were yesterday. They are still lower than IBFX but not quite as low as before which is interesting, not sure which day is the more normal spreads.

trublu
  • #93
  • Mar 25, 2010 11:09am Mar 25, 2010 11:09am
Tough day today, can't win them all. Lost 3 out of 4 trades for a total of -20 but it's still a demo with Oanda so not that bad. I'll post all the charts here because I want to show a lot of missed entries on all 3 pairs but especially GU.

First up is the 5m EJ which has been in a nice uptrend all day. I've pointed out 6 potential HL trades you could have taken with the first one being the best. I took the second one for a loss of 16, but I should have moved my SL to BE but I was switching pairs to look at EU and GU and didn't realize I was up enough to move to BE. I really have no excuse for missing these trades, look at the 15 min and 1hr chart and it's a clear uptrend. Price never closed below my 13ema on the 15 min chart so that's a pretty clear signal to keep trading the trend.

Second chart is the 5m EU which was the worst of the 3 today in my opinion. I've shown 3 arrows which I feel are potential entries. I took the second one and got stopped out for -8. My IBFX chart shows being up close to 10 which is enough for me to BE but once again I didn't. I thought while the trade was going I wasn't up that much on Oanda but I remember focusing more on my GU trade at that point so I might have just missed it. There were at least 20 pips on EU if you took all 3 trades.

The third chart is the 5m GU which should have been the big winner for the day. I've pointed out 7 potential LH trades with 5 wins 1 loss and one BE or loss depending when you moved to BE. I only took the 5th and 6 arrows. The 5th arrow was a good trade out with +18. The 6th trade shouldn't have been taken since there was a Pin Bar (Hammer?) on the 15 min showing buying pressure with a large lower wick. Price closed outside of the 30ema once all session so shorts should be in play.

This is the type of day where you take the right entries you should be making over 100 pips in my opinion. Obviously it's easier to say that after the fact but I saw a lot of those trades form and I passed on them for some reason. Overall not a good day but still pleased that I can recognize good setups and the reasons my trades lost.

trublu

PS The reason I called the GU trade a pin bar and not a hammer is because I learned about those bars from the J16 thread first and they just call them pin bar's instead of a hammer or a shooting star so I just stick with pin bar.
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  • #94
  • Mar 25, 2010 2:15pm Mar 25, 2010 2:15pm
Hi trublu,

I downloaded the FXPro demo and tried it out this afternoon, so that I am watching the same things that Vantage is. I wanted all my templates available, so I put the server config files into my existing MT4 installation, which means I can now switch the same MT4 instance between IBFX and FXPro with the same templates and indicators available on each. I am not sure how computer literate you are, but have uploaded the FXPro files onto this post if you want to have a try.
Before opening an FXPro demo account, make sure you know your IBFX account number, password and server (you did right them down didn't you, lol). Close MT4. Place the 2 attached files into your Program Files>Mt4>config folder (if that is where you installed MT4). Restart Mt4 which will open into your IBFX account. Go to File>Open an Account, choose the FXPro demo server, and it will let you open an account. It is very quick. You don't need to input any more information, but make sure you write down the FXPro account number, password and server.

Then you can use the same MT4 programme either with IBFX or FXPro. Just go to Login to switch. I put some of my trades on GU this afternoon, up on V's thread. Although the "seniors" are watching GU EJ and EU, I am finding that it is too much information, and what is worse, that sometimes it conflicts. I kind of get analysis paralysis. So for now,I am sticking to GU, which makes things a whole lot simpler.

roy

PS I placed the files into a zip folder because you can't upload them as *.ini files. Just unpack them on your desktop or somewhere and copy them from there.
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  • #95
  • Mar 25, 2010 2:40pm Mar 25, 2010 2:40pm
Quoting Royston
Hi trublu,

I downloaded the FXPro demo and tried it out this afternoon, so that I am watching the same things that Vantage is....
Thanks for the tip Royston, I'll try it out later to see how it works. Like you said on V's thread, I also don't like the 5 digits instead of 4. Maybe I'll use that and make Oanda 5 digits as well so it's uniform and I can get used to it. One reason I picked IBFX is because it was 4 digits haha, but like anything it just takes time to get used to something new.

trublu
  • #96
  • Mar 26, 2010 3:12am Mar 26, 2010 3:12am
Quoting trublu
Tough day today, can't win them all. Lost 3 out of 4 trades for a total of -20 but it's still a demo with Oanda so not that bad. I'll post all the charts here because I want to show a lot of missed entries on all 3 pairs but especially GU.

First up is the 5m EJ which has been in a nice uptrend all day. I've pointed out 6 potential HL trades you could have taken with the first one being the best. I took the second one for a loss of 16, but I should have moved my SL to BE but I was switching pairs to look at EU and GU and didn't realize I was up...
Your losing trade on gu was also on a lower wick hammer (pin bar doesn't differ between upper and lower wick) on 5 min. After a decent run down I'd much rather be selling the close of candles that have an upper wick and those that have little or no lower wick.
  • #97
  • Mar 26, 2010 3:19am Mar 26, 2010 3:19am
Quoting Royston
Although the "seniors" are watching GU EJ and EU, I am finding that it is too much information, and what is worse, that sometimes it conflicts. I kind of get analysis paralysis. So for now,I am sticking to GU, which makes things a whole lot simpler.

roy

PS I placed the files into a zip folder because you can't upload them as *.ini files. Just unpack them on your desktop or somewhere and copy them from there.
"Seniors" I know I'm a few weeks short of 50 but pleeeeeeaaaaaaassssseee.

Thats good advice Royston, I'd also suggest sticking with gu. 9 days out of 10 you'll get moves to trade.
  • #98
  • Mar 26, 2010 3:44am Mar 26, 2010 3:44am
Quoting Vantage
"Seniors" I know I'm a few weeks short of 50 but pleeeeeeaaaaaaassssseee.
S'ok Mr V.... "seniors" is just in terms of experience. Chronologically speaking, I have still more years to add on top of your "almost 50", lol, but, in forex I am happy to learn from anybody, even mere striplings......
  • #99
  • Mar 26, 2010 10:22am Mar 26, 2010 10:22am
3 trades today 1 winner, total for -17. Missed a GU HL after I got stopped out on my LH GU trade. Should have moved to BE on my EU LH and won my EJ LH trade. Decent day today since the market was a little crazy with news today. I'm going to work on setting up my platform so I can follow the trades better. I'm missing too many and failing my trade management by having to switch windows too much.

trublu
  • #100
  • Mar 29, 2010 10:33am Mar 29, 2010 10:33am
Focused on GU today. Only took 2 trades, +10 and -14, didn't see that much action on it today. Good trends on all pairs at the start of the London session when I was sleeping. Looks like all the pairs didn't do too much today, it is Monday so hopefully tonight or tomorrow will be better.

trublu
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