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  • #4,781
  • Edited 2:56am Jan 11, 2013 2:55am | Edited 2:56am
Quoting hxtrader
Hi FXH, I didn't see your post. It was probably me not refreshing my screen before starting the second one. Oddly I woke up this morning after having dreamt about changing the number of bars in the options window in my mt4 platform.

It should have clicked straight away, if you look at the number of cz's per week compared to the total number of cz's and number of days back it's clear that its inly looking at about 4 weeks data. This is the advantage of getting enough sleep at night, it prevents stupid mistakes like this one.

Cheers for the...
I wouldn't use the so-called "History Center" (F2) in Metatrader, first just try scrolling back on the M15 timeframe. Scroll back on every chart you use. You might have to re-scroll and re-scroll to the left while the broker's data downloads. Just watch the date/time at the bottom. Then you have then re-fresh the SSBO indi (Ctrl-I, double-click, then OK), or just switch to another timeframe and back to M15).

In my experience, the History Center screws up the actual broker's chart data loads of times. You will find strange gaps and missing bars here and there on various timeframes.
  • #4,782
  • Jan 11, 2013 3:51am Jan 11, 2013 3:51am
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  • #4,783
  • Jan 11, 2013 4:01am Jan 11, 2013 4:01am
Quoting Belmont
I wouldn't use the so-called "History Center" (F2) in Metatrader, first just try scrolling back on the M15 timeframe. Scroll back on every chart you use. You might have to re-scroll and re-scroll to the left while the broker's data downloads. Just watch the date/time at the bottom. Then you have then re-fresh the SSBO indi (Ctrl-I, double-click, then OK), or just switch to another timeframe and back to M15).

In my experience, the History Center screws up the actual broker's chart data loads of times. You will find strange gaps and missing bars...
missing gaps, your not kidding, after i downloaded the eurusd data there was a complete gap between 18th december and 2nd Jan. Anyway, this is taking us off topic so i'll get ti sorted and return when done
  • #4,784
  • Jan 11, 2013 4:32am Jan 11, 2013 4:32am
Hi All,
Great thread, enjoyable way to trade.
With reference to the two different Alpari results - look at the spreads on the demo v live accounts, they are not the same hence possibly the different results.
  • #4,785
  • Jan 11, 2013 6:41am Jan 11, 2013 6:41am
5th failed trade in a row... anyone see anything wrong with this trade?
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  • #4,786
  • Jan 11, 2013 6:50am Jan 11, 2013 6:50am
You guys were talking about scrolling back for the pip data,would clicking on every chart from Month to M1 do the same thing instead of scrolling before attaching the SSBO indy on the M15 chart?.....Thank you
  • #4,787
  • Jan 11, 2013 7:26am Jan 11, 2013 7:26am
And there she blows
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  • #4,788
  • Jan 11, 2013 7:29am Jan 11, 2013 7:29am
Finally .... +23 very very fast pips
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  • #4,789
  • Jan 11, 2013 7:47am Jan 11, 2013 7:47am
mehnnnnnnnn i had it today......nice strategy
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  • #4,790
  • Jan 11, 2013 8:04am Jan 11, 2013 8:04am
EURJPY -another excellent day. This time I use hand drawn cz with the help of my eyes.
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  • #4,791
  • Jan 11, 2013 8:20am Jan 11, 2013 8:20am
UJ going long ...
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  • #4,792
  • Jan 11, 2013 8:25am Jan 11, 2013 8:25am
54 pips and still counting
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  • #4,793
  • Jan 11, 2013 8:26am Jan 11, 2013 8:26am
Quoting Forex_Fox
5th failed trade in a row... anyone see anything wrong with this trade?
Personally, I am not a fan of 5m or 1m charts. They are too choppy for my taste. Also, I believe FH has said within the thread much the same thing. Are others trading 5m charts and dong well? I suspect so, however how long is a 5 m consolidation? a 15pip SL is "like a fart in the wind" for most fx pairs. There are too many quick and short spikes throughout the day to trade that way IMO. Can it be done? Yes. But I would think that it would be limited to certain times of the day. Just my .02
  • #4,794
  • Jan 11, 2013 8:47am Jan 11, 2013 8:47am
Quoting Forex_Fox
5th failed trade in a row... anyone see anything wrong with this trade?
How can you say 5th failed traded in a row when the trade before the last one was for 30 pips minimum?
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  • #4,795
  • Jan 11, 2013 8:56am Jan 11, 2013 8:56am
Quoting SedonaPipper
How can you say 5th failed traded in a row when the trade before the last one was for 30 pips minimum?
Hi Sedona,

Good question, and the answer is simple, I missed it while i was sleeping... oh well just now I caught another +20 pips on UJ... (ignore the TP setting on the indicator its +20 but shows +15 for some reason) this makes now 2 consecutive wins, one thing I realize is how crucial BRM is...
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  • #4,796
  • Jan 11, 2013 11:54am Jan 11, 2013 11:54am
Quoting panamamike
Personally, I am not a fan of 5m or 1m charts. They are too choppy for my taste. Also, I believe FH has said within the thread much the same thing. Are others trading 5m charts and dong well? I suspect so, however how long is a 5 m consolidation? a 15pip SL is "like a fart in the wind" for most fx pairs. There are too many quick and short spikes throughout the day to trade that way IMO. Can it be done? Yes. But I would think that it would be limited to certain times of the day. Just my .02
If you think about it - a 30 pips x 22 bars on M15 will give the same results as a 30 pips x 66 bars on M5 and also 30 pips x 330 bars on M1.

At the end of the day you want a decent CZ, which is at least 25 bars on M15 ( 6.25 hours ) or even 30 bars. Many times the longer a pair stay in the CZ the better the break.
  • #4,797
  • Jan 11, 2013 11:55am Jan 11, 2013 11:55am
Quoting Forex_Fox
I missed it while i was sleeping...
And dreaming about the EA that FH is busy with...... :-)
  • #4,798
  • Jan 11, 2013 12:06pm Jan 11, 2013 12:06pm
HOw can i go back to 2009 with getting old data for 15M ??
  • #4,799
  • Jan 11, 2013 12:14pm Jan 11, 2013 12:14pm
Quoting traderbynite
HOw can i go back to 2009 with getting old data for 15M ??
You would have to download tick data from a reliable source, because the data you download from the brokers have gaps. I would recommend you download data from DukasCopy. I have done it before and their tick data is very good. It is however a bit tricky, because the data you download is not compatible with MT4 so you have to convert it.

For a complete guide on this you can visit http://eareview.net/tick-data
  • #4,800
  • Jan 11, 2013 12:18pm Jan 11, 2013 12:18pm
I took this pair back to Jan 2012 and cannot wait to start forward testing. Although TP shows 40 pips I have it at 80 pips, which is 1:2 R/R and that is why so many pips with only 46%. I believe if you incorporate good MM you'll make good money with this one!
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