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  • #4,181
  • Jul 9, 2010 2:29pm Jul 9, 2010 2:29pm
I would be if I knew what you were trying to convey.
Please clarify, Thanks
  • #4,182
  • Edited 7:02pm Jul 9, 2010 6:49pm | Edited 7:02pm
Sorry, Tradestar. My bad. I'm pretty sure that Steve would know... but i should have explained for others viewing the thread. Steve and I have talked about the merits of trading EU in the past. I wanted to confirm that EU was still the best, or among the best, pairs to trade for this method.

The numbers are how many bars, on average, a pair will travel before the price crosses the daily 50 SMA or EMA. For example, on EU over the last 318 bars, the price closed on the other side of the SMA once every 35 days. In theory, the fewer the number of times the price crosses the SMA or EMA, the more the pair actually trends. The more it trends the more profitable this method should be.

Quoting tradestar1
I would be if I knew what you were trying to convey.
Please clarify, Thanks
  • #4,183
  • Jul 9, 2010 6:56pm Jul 9, 2010 6:56pm
Ah.... Thank you, it is all very clear now.
Here is a site you may find useful. barchart trading strategies

There are some good stats here and history.
  • #4,184
  • Jul 9, 2010 7:23pm Jul 9, 2010 7:23pm
thanks star. i was reading your 2/20 system info when this post alert came. will peruse your threads in addition to what is below.

Quoting tradestar1
Ah.... Thank you, it is all very clear now.
Here is a site you may find useful. barchart trading strategies

There are some good stats here and history.
  • #4,185
  • Jul 9, 2010 9:34pm Jul 9, 2010 9:34pm
If you have any questions just send me a PM........ I don't want to hyjack Steve's thread.

Steve,
maybe you can incorporate the trend spotter into your system.
  • #4,186
  • Jul 11, 2010 9:18pm Jul 11, 2010 9:18pm
Here are the results of the 50 SMA tech strategies at barchart from 3/11/05 to presant...... 50 SMA results

each trade was entered at the end of the day after the price crossed the MA, the total profit/loss from the trades is a sigle point and does not take leverage or positon adding into account.

O.T.E. is Open Trade Equity, in other words that trade is still in play.
  • #4,187
  • Jul 14, 2010 2:38pm Jul 14, 2010 2:38pm
Thanks guys for the recent posts & links - interesting!

So currently holding 4 long positions, 2 on the main (1.25191 on break of 50sma & 1.25589 on break of 50ema the following day).

Had a couple of stop outs on add-ons but have 2 from Monday active at 1.25545 & Tuesday 1.25537. Stop losses currently at 1.25076 on these and will be moving up a few pips in a few hours time.

Feels weird being a bull after shorting for the best part of 7 months and I'm well aware it maybe short-lived.

So far July has been difficult but it's all part & parcel of the method so it's all good
  • #4,188
  • Jul 16, 2010 12:17pm Jul 16, 2010 12:17pm
Something weird happened today....

On returning from work I noticed one of my 4 open positions was closed for absolutely no reason. It was opened long at 1.25589 on 4th July with no s/l or t/p. The other 3 are still running fine from 1.2519 through 1.2555 areas.

Yes, it has produced a nice profit so far but I had no intention of closing it yet & I've been out at work all day so it's just closed by itself at 1.2914!!!

The broker is 'looking into it' for me and a ticket raised with the audit department but its a little disconcerting to say the least.

Anyone else had this type of thing happen before?

Cheers
Steve
  • #4,189
  • Jul 16, 2010 2:28pm Jul 16, 2010 2:28pm
I have had a SL completely missed..... And I mean missed, price zig zaged through it about a half dozen times. I called my broker and they looked into it and fixed everything to what should have been...... nice thing..... it was in my favor.
  • #4,190
  • Jul 16, 2010 2:49pm Jul 16, 2010 2:49pm
I never had a broker close a trade that didn't have a SL or TP. Could their software have a bug? Or maybe they had to scramble to fill an order. That all seems far fetched. When they get back to you, can you post their explanation, Steve? Thanks.

Quoting steviet
Something weird happened today....

On returning from work I noticed one of my 4 open positions was closed for absolutely no reason. It was opened long at 1.25589 on 4th July with no s/l or t/p. The other 3 are still running fine from 1.2519 through 1.2555 areas.

Yes, it has produced a nice profit so far but I had no intention of closing it yet & I've been out at work all day so it's just closed by itself at 1.2914!!!

The broker is 'looking into it' for me and a ticket raised with the audit department but its a little disconcerting to...
  • #4,191
  • Jul 16, 2010 3:22pm Jul 16, 2010 3:22pm
Yes Jay there is definitely something amiss but looks like I'll have to wait until Sunday or Monday to reinstate the trade.

It could well be some kind of software bug as my broker ODL have recently been taken over by FXCM and they would prefer clients to move from MT4 to their own platform.

I'd rather stay on MT4 as I can still hedge, which I do on rare occasions for a day or two when for eaxmple we get a close above the sma but not the ema.

Start of July was poor but currently over 30% up on these 4 positions, once they re-instate the one they closed for no reason lol.

I'll let you know once a resolution has been reached but there cannot be an explanation other than some technical glitch.

Have a great weekend!

Steve
Quoting Gandolf
I never had a broker close a trade that didn't have a SL or TP. Could their software have a bug? Or maybe they had to scramble to fill an order. That all seems far fetched. When they get back to you, can you post their explanation, Steve? Thanks.
  • #4,192
  • Jul 16, 2010 3:23pm Jul 16, 2010 3:23pm
LOL, yes I've had that happen too before & that has been sorted immediately.
Quoting tradestar1
I have had a SL completely missed..... And I mean missed, price zig zaged through it about a half dozen times. I called my broker and they looked into it and fixed everything to what should have been...... nice thing..... it was in my favor.
  • #4,193
  • Jul 17, 2010 4:15pm Jul 17, 2010 4:15pm
Quoting steviet
...currently over 30% up on these 4 positions, once they re-instate the one they closed for no reason lol.
Hey, friend. NICE!
  • #4,194
  • Jul 18, 2010 5:46am Jul 18, 2010 5:46am
Quoting steviet
...
It could well be some kind of software bug as my broker ODL have recently been taken over by FXCM and they would prefer clients to move from MT4 to their own platform.

I'd rather stay on MT4 as I can still hedge, which I do on rare occasions for a day or two when for eaxmple we get a close above the sma but not the ema.
...
Steve
Hi Stevie

Just so's you feel easier - you can hedge on Tradestation II (FXCM's own platform).
Minesweeper target: 284
  • #4,195
  • Jul 18, 2010 6:37am Jul 18, 2010 6:37am
Hey thanks, I wasn't aware of that

I'll see how long it takes to sort this out when the new week starts and make my decision whether to stay with them then.
Quoting Primate
Hi Stevie

Just so's you feel easier - you can hedge on Tradestation II (FXCM's own platform).
  • #4,196
  • Jul 20, 2010 5:05pm Jul 20, 2010 5:05pm
OK, so after 3 follow ups by phone and chat, and 3 resolution deadlines passed, I'm still no further on my phantom closed trade issue.

This is the type of thing that would have been resolved in minutes through a quick phone call to ODL.

Now FXCM have taken over they seem to have a different view on customer service and certainly a translation issue on the word 'speedy' lol.

The guys I speak to are pleasant enough but nothing has yet been resolved and it's simply not good enough.
  • #4,197
  • Jul 20, 2010 5:26pm Jul 20, 2010 5:26pm
Hey Stevie

You could contact Jason Rogers, the FXCM rep on FF, to discuss your trade problem.

FXCM wiped out my account a few months back with a spike in A/U to over $2.00 (can't remember the exact figure). I had to fill in some kind of audit form online and everything was reinstated later on that evening (from memory).

Good luck
Nothing worth having is easy.
  • #4,198
  • Jul 20, 2010 5:29pm Jul 20, 2010 5:29pm
Hey Patience!

Yes, I just went over to the broker section & have PM'd him so hopefully he can speed things up.

Strange thing on this one is that there was no stop loss or take profit - something I've not seen before.

Let's see if anything is resolved sometime soon....

Thanks again

Steve
Quoting Patience
Hey Stevie

You could contact Jason Rogers, the FXCM rep on FF, to discuss your trade problem.

FXCM wiped out my account a few months back with a spike in A/U to over $2.00 (can't remember the exact figure). I had to fill in some kind of audit form online and everything was reinstated later on that evening (from memory).

Good luck
  • #4,199
  • Jul 21, 2010 8:15am Jul 21, 2010 8:15am
A while back when I was on demo using FXCM's platform I remember I opened up the trading station to find trades that had triggered. Problem is... I cancelled these orders a few days before. Somehow they had just "popped" out of nowhere. Thankfully that happened on demo and not a real account.

Seems like they're up to something fishy and trying to "sneak one" in there while you're not looking. Wouldn't it be funny if one day they made a mistake on their part and you woke up to find one of your trades were making a $1 million? LOL
  • #4,200
  • Jul 21, 2010 8:26am Jul 21, 2010 8:26am
Quoting zoopy
Wouldn't it be funny if one day they made a mistake on their part and you woke up to find one of your trades were making a $1 million? LOL
You can be sure they would correct that mistake immediately..........
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