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  • #3,581
  • Sep 24, 2012 11:33am Sep 24, 2012 11:33am
I am not polluting any thread, FH. I barely post at all. Question was a fair one. How is it mathematically possible to risk the same amount every trade if using martingale.

I thoroughly back tested this system over the last several years with quite a few different settings and by risking the same amount every single time, this is a losing system. It looked really good for a while until I decided to properly test it. Isn't this why you use martingale after all?

Quoting forexhard
That's why you're you and I'm me. I guess I can see what you can't.

Meanwhile, do you have anything interesting to say, or is your boredom just so strong that you can't stop yourself from polluting random threads with your verbal diarrhea?
  • #3,582
  • Sep 24, 2012 11:37am Sep 24, 2012 11:37am
Quoting tropics
I am not polluting any thread, FH. I barely post at all. Question was a fair one. How is it mathematically possible to risk the same amount every trade if using martingale.
It's a complete non-sequitur, your comments. Martingaling had no part of my message to HappyForex, so there was no reason for you to bring it up.
To improve is to change. To perfect, is to change often.
  • #3,583
  • Edited 12:26pm Sep 24, 2012 12:04pm | Edited 12:26pm
Quoting tropics
....I thoroughly back tested this system over the last several years with quite a few different settings and by risking the same amount every single time, this is a losing system. It looked really good for a while until I decided to properly test it. Isn't this why you use martingale after all?
AH, you edited to add another paragraph.

We have members that are banking 5% weekly. But don't take my word for it, just go back over the last 50 pages or so and you will see it for yourself. And we have guys that are reading over the thread five times or more and always coming away with something they didn't notice before, so maybe that would help you too.

And according to the attached pic my win ratio over the last 100 days is over 58%, and this is without any Martingaling.

EDIT: Everyone, ignore the Stoploss 2.4p line. This is a bug, which I just reported to Xux. The actual value should be closer to 24-26p.
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  • #3,584
  • Sep 24, 2012 12:38pm Sep 24, 2012 12:38pm
Doing very well on EU 5min chart. Win percent over75 on the indi. Actually I am more like 80+% . I don't take every trade. I like the 5 min chart... more action. My preference
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  • #3,585
  • Sep 24, 2012 6:18pm Sep 24, 2012 6:18pm
Quoting forexhard
What post was that?...
Apologies apologies...it was the post literally before mine by Jamesfr......just spurred me to make a tweak which suited my style....

Still awaiting a CZ for the week...patience is a virtue and all that....
  • #3,586
  • Sep 24, 2012 7:44pm Sep 24, 2012 7:44pm
I was pretty sure it would come around. The thing I like best about this is I use it as a set and forget method. With my momentum trading I cant do that.
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  • #3,587
  • Sep 24, 2012 8:06pm Sep 24, 2012 8:06pm
Quoting forexhard

EDIT: Everyone, ignore the Stoploss 2.4p line. This is a bug, which I just reported to Xux. The actual value should be closer to 24-26p.
When you get negative stoplosses, simply refresh the indicator by switching time frames... I get this issue once in a while when the bars in Oanda's platform get confused with the CZ lines. The problem is sometimes at the opposite of the spectrum, where I get results in the millions pips per month... too bad it's only a bug with Oanda
  • #3,588
  • Sep 24, 2012 9:29pm Sep 24, 2012 9:29pm
Quoting Jayf19
When you get negative stoplosses, simply refresh the indicator by switching time frames... I get this issue once in a while when the bars in Oanda's platform get confused with the CZ lines. The problem is sometimes at the opposite of the spectrum, where I get results in the millions pips per month... too bad it's only a bug with Oanda
Thanks for the tip, but I'm not convinced it's the same problem. In this case I think it's a misplaced decimal point. It was reading 2.4 pips, but in actuality it should have been right around 24. Xux is looking into it...
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  • #3,589
  • Sep 24, 2012 9:36pm Sep 24, 2012 9:36pm
Quoting forexhard
Thanks for the tip, but I'm not convinced it's the same problem. In this case I think it's a misplaced decimal point. It was reading 2.4 pips, but in actuality it should have been right around 24. Xux is looking into it...
Notice that there is also a negative sign before the 2.4 pips... When I get that, it seems that Oanda's candles are mixed up a bit; I could be wrong though.
  • #3,590
  • Sep 24, 2012 9:52pm Sep 24, 2012 9:52pm
Quoting Jayf19
Notice that there is also a negative sign before the 2.4 pips... When I get that, it seems that Oanda's candles are mixed up a bit; I could be wrong though.
Good catch, I missed that!

I'm clueless, but Xux will let us know what it means soon.
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  • #3,591
  • Sep 25, 2012 12:33am Sep 25, 2012 12:33am
Quoting forexhard
Just look at that beautiful revenge arc, right back into the same zone where I got 5 CZ's last week. It'll be interesting to see if we get a 6th in a couple of hours...
Well it took more than a couple of hours, but there it is, the 6th CZ forming at the same level as the 5 before it from last week. Every single system that relies on crossovers and MA or OHLC algorithms must be going absolutely nuts right about now!
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  • #3,592
  • Edited 2:30am Sep 25, 2012 2:12am | Edited 2:30am
Hi all,

just started reading this thread, and made 2 winning trades before getting stomped flat on 2 trades. Can you please advise me what went wrong in my trade? I took a long order at 1.0440 but it seems that it went the wrong way

*Edited*

Does this means that shit does happen or am I getting it wrong?
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  • #3,593
  • Sep 25, 2012 5:56am Sep 25, 2012 5:56am
just a quick question. The display shows a different QP then what is in the inputs. How do I fix this?
for example my QP in the inputs is 30 but on the display it will show 17.7
  • #3,594
  • Sep 25, 2012 6:03am Sep 25, 2012 6:03am
also got au short in the works right now aiming for 1.0378
per the question above for this chart my QP shows 17.7 but in the inputs its 33
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  • #3,595
  • Edited Sep 26, 2012 12:44am Sep 25, 2012 6:31am | Edited Sep 26, 2012 12:44am
The market is weak.

Bad trades on a lot of pairs (EURUSD for me this morning - pullback at 7h00 gmt).

Maybe next one... but maybe not at all for all the week.

In fact people don't post their bad trades. You are in Wonderland here !
  • #3,596
  • Sep 25, 2012 7:35am Sep 25, 2012 7:35am
Easy money on cable this morning quick + 20 and out
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  • #3,597
  • Edited Sep 26, 2012 12:47am Sep 25, 2012 7:46am | Edited Sep 26, 2012 12:47am
Quoting C345
Easy money on cable this morning quick + 20 and out
Or you practice ?

We don't see any real trade arrow for example.

How many win/ loss you make ?

Thanks.

Everybody can place the indicator on the GBPUSD with the settings you show in your graph above. Everybody will see you place only good trades here, never bad trades... No post about that ? Hmmm not very clear this way of doing...
  • #3,598
  • Sep 25, 2012 7:50am Sep 25, 2012 7:50am
Quoting nickp89
....per the question above for this chart my QP shows 17.7 but in the inputs its 33
This is not a bug in the indi or the display. I designed the indi to do exactly what you see. It is explained in the Guide.
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  • #3,599
  • Sep 25, 2012 7:56am Sep 25, 2012 7:56am
Quoting HappyForex
Or you practice ?

We don't see any real trade arrow for example.

How many win/ loss you make ?

Thanks.
Hi happy I don't practice been live for 5 or more years now. The chart tells it all plus was a breakout of the Asian market.
  • #3,600
  • Sep 25, 2012 8:01am Sep 25, 2012 8:01am
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I'm a bit confused today. I ended up slightly down when I should be up.

The indicator alarmed three times for 2 trades....

1st circle for when my stop loss hit -28 and a sell alert popped up which makes sense as price had gone past buffer, then hit stop loss and then triggered. That's fine, perfectly acceptable...(as you can see there is no arrow for the first sell alert but there is one for the second)

So I hit the magical trade button and then, strangely I get another sell signal. So I had to widen my stop loss to accomodate the second trade.

The second circle shows the stop out and buy signal on the same candle. I hit buy after waiting until the next candle as I was expecting the same as before to happen but the original buy signal remained.

Presumably as a result of changing my stop loss I have to adapt to the indicator. Its not a major issue....just a little confusing.
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