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  • #110,241
  • Sep 9, 2012 11:54am Sep 9, 2012 11:54am
Quoting PhAnTi'
this thread is so fuckin useless...
:-p
... and even despite your amazing contributions
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  • Sep 9, 2012 12:08pm Sep 9, 2012 12:08pm
Quoting chazzle
... and even despite your amazing contributions
Hero calls followed by margin calls...
  • #110,243
  • Sep 9, 2012 2:26pm Sep 9, 2012 2:26pm
Quoting kenfen69
Quick advice...

Just use MS Excel. If you're going to "enter" your "(entry, SL, TP, risk/reward)" whats left for an Iindicator to figure out?

Maybe try and clarify what you mean, but how is an indicator supposed to tell you WHAT to enter unless you give it the parameters you specified above? At which point...why would you need it?



I'll post up my Excel sheet if you want. Need a day or so to pull some stuff out that I don't particularly want visible/shared...but its THE best indicator out there. Take it...tailor it to...
Thanks Ken, sorry just getting to this.

All I really need is for something to tell me my lot size I should be trading for my desired risk parameters.

For example, if I'm setting up a trade and have my desired entry, exit, and SL figured out and I know I'm will to risk, say 1% of my account... what lot size should I be trading? This isn't hard to figure out, but like I said... I don't want to have to be manually inputting the bid/ask for the currency pairs I'm trading etc. It'd be nice if that calc I mentioned earlier could just pull that from somewhere and keep it updated live.

Hope that's clearer.
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  • #110,244
  • Sep 9, 2012 2:28pm Sep 9, 2012 2:28pm
Quoting FibbinArchie
actually flip-flop on my previous response..

is this the type of thing you mean? (probably not)...

http://www.pcworld.com/appguide/app....8&expand=false

i have it on my iphone, but have never used it, so can't tell you if it's any good...
No, not quite but thanks FA.
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  • #110,245
  • Sep 9, 2012 2:32pm Sep 9, 2012 2:32pm
Quoting kenfen69
Sorry...just re-read this and came up with this. ^^^

How do you mean? Think it through and see if it makes ANY sense to you, and then ask the question again.

Which prices do you NOT want to manually update?
I don't want to update the bid/ask.

See this calc again: http://www.forexcalc.com/forex_risk_calculator/

If I wanna trade Eur/Usd, I have to also input the current bid/ask. If I trade a cross, like GBP/JPY, I have to input the bid/ask of that pair AND USD/JPY as the value/pip changes based on the current prices which inherently affects your R/R.

In a perfect world, the indi would work this way:

I'd go to set a pending order in MT4 and as I'm entering the parameters, it would tell me, based on my desired entry, SL, TP and lot size, what % of my account I'm risking and what my R/R is.

Right now, there's nothing like that that I know of so I'd be left inputting all of these fields on the calculator I just linked to and to me that's a pain in the ass.
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  • #110,246
  • Sep 9, 2012 2:44pm Sep 9, 2012 2:44pm
Quoting Geppy
I don't want to update the bid/ask.

I'd go to set a pending order in MT4 and as I'm entering the parameters, it would tell me, based on my desired entry, SL, TP and lot size, what % of my account I'm risking and what my R/R is.
I don't know MT4, but I assume that there is some API function call (or that the quasi C language they use permits a Windows kernal API call) that can affect Windows Messaging.

If that's the case, then you can communicate live prices to another running App via Windows messaging. That's the mechanism we use to communicate prices received on a server application to the client app on the same machine which does the processing of those live prices.

The second, "client" app could be Excel running VBA code, or another stand alone app written in any language which also affects message handling.

Inside MT4, they must have API capability to hook into the feed. I'd think so, anyway. Then, even if messaging didn't work, the prices could be disk written on, say, a 1 second frequency, and another app pick them up on the same frequency with a reasonable millisecond delay to avoid file deadlock.
  • #110,247
  • Sep 9, 2012 2:58pm Sep 9, 2012 2:58pm
Quoting gatorinla
at eu 2837.. a short euro verse the chf or gbp. may be the way for a scalp. if 2837 weighs on the eu... atm the mid is being respected for 2837.8 (2816.7 mid),,,
still here atm with st respect of 2816.7 .
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  • #110,248
  • Sep 9, 2012 2:58pm Sep 9, 2012 2:58pm
hey junkiessssssssssssssssssss

hope u had a sexy hashy weekend


i know i am still high but WTF thinking loud about the shitty fiber ,

any fak had a nice rally from 12550 to 12800's thats with ecb buying shitty bonds and hopes for QE3 ,

what if the german courts say no,and no QE3, then we are back to the shitty 12000 fiber

if they say yes for bonds and a QE, then the door for 13000's is wide open,

till then we might see some retrace around 12690-12700 thats if we dont break above the high ,then 12930 in play

will bastards i might be wrong trade what u see

fak i am high
  • #110,249
  • Sep 9, 2012 3:16pm Sep 9, 2012 3:16pm
anyone trading tonight?

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  • Sep 9, 2012 3:26pm Sep 9, 2012 3:26pm
Quoting FibbinArchie
anyone trading tonight?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mpi6QcvoO8
maybe at 37/40.. 20/48 giving some breathing room
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  • #110,251
  • Sep 9, 2012 3:41pm Sep 9, 2012 3:41pm
Quoting Geppy
I don't want to update the bid/ask.

See this calc again: http://www.forexcalc.com/forex_risk_calculator/

If I wanna trade Eur/Usd, I have to also input the current bid/ask. If I trade a cross, like GBP/JPY, I have to input the bid/ask of that pair AND USD/JPY as the value/pip changes based on the current prices which inherently affects your R/R.

In a perfect world, the indi would work this way:

I'd go to set a pending order in MT4 and as I'm entering the parameters, it would tell me, based on my desired entry, SL, TP and...

There is something for it but only works on mt4 i bought longtime ago if ya want it give me pm with mail will mail it..
  • #110,252
  • Sep 9, 2012 3:50pm Sep 9, 2012 3:50pm
Quoting gatorinla
maybe at 37/40.. 20/48 giving some breathing room
mimic tl at 2852 descending
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  • #110,253
  • Sep 9, 2012 3:57pm Sep 9, 2012 3:57pm
Quoting gatorinla
mimic tl at 2852 descending
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  • #110,254
  • Sep 9, 2012 4:36pm Sep 9, 2012 4:36pm
Quoting FibbinArchie
anyone trading tonight?
p/os to short GCAD inverse C&H - probably won't hit in Asia though , lets see
  • #110,255
  • Sep 9, 2012 5:22pm Sep 9, 2012 5:22pm
Quoting gatorinla
maybe at 37/40.. 20/48 giving some breathing room
Quoting chazzle
p/os to short GCAD inverse C&H - probably won't hit in Asia though , lets see
yeah i'm gonna leave it till london, need to get in the habit of getting a decent night's sleep instead of watching non moving asia....
  • #110,256
  • Sep 9, 2012 5:32pm Sep 9, 2012 5:32pm
Quoting FibbinArchie
yeah i'm gonna leave it till london, need to get in the habit of getting a decent night's sleep instead of watching non moving asia....
  • #110,257
  • Sep 9, 2012 5:35pm Sep 9, 2012 5:35pm
ea 2358 looks interesting at the um as a r
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  • #110,258
  • Sep 9, 2012 5:37pm Sep 9, 2012 5:37pm
gold weekly
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  • #110,259
  • Sep 9, 2012 5:50pm Sep 9, 2012 5:50pm
Quoting kill56
gold weekly
it never checked the 1550 tl after break
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  • #110,260
  • Edited 6:07pm Sep 9, 2012 5:54pm | Edited 6:07pm
Quoting Tom_D_Trader
Piters,

I didnt want to say anything more to this subject, but I wonder why you keep on proving your point. This conversation should have stopped right where it started. And I am sorry to participants of this thread that I keep on as well and I assure you I wont continue any further.

You acted like a fool. I was referring to Gators call on 21.7., when we broke monthly zone, fibo 50% from the leg 2000-2008 and some more supports. Lets just say, after major break down. Back then, I havent seen single trader in FF calling 1,26+,...
lol.. whatever Tom.. sorry to say too much dust for nothing..

Yeah, I replied to you and you have the full right to ask.. I did that post with a half of bottle of Smirnoff..

did I offended anyone ?? no.. - myself maybe..

I see you are confused, and you are missing the point..

It's a bit complicated.. but if you have nothing to do, go back and read my 2-3 posts here.. the whole mess was not about my reply to you .. it is much deeper..

but to cut the whole chase.. as I promised I am not going to bothering you anymore..
pure law of attraction my friend..

stay well..
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