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  • #8,561
  • Sep 29, 2015 10:38am Sep 29, 2015 10:38am
yep
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  • #8,562
  • Sep 29, 2015 10:42am Sep 29, 2015 10:42am
make that 44 long if this closes down
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  • #8,563
  • Sep 29, 2015 10:50am Sep 29, 2015 10:50am
Moving very slow canceling order I am done for day
  • #8,564
  • Sep 29, 2015 10:53am Sep 29, 2015 10:53am
same .. took the r18 hat short at 44.87 for loss - should have re-entered and got money back but didn't. also took the r18 2b long at 45.16 for be+1. Poor end to month for me: 1 loss yesterday and another today
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  • #8,565
  • Sep 29, 2015 11:04am Sep 29, 2015 11:04am
Quoting Divergence
Moving very slow canceling order I am done for day
Thanks for the lesson today.
  • #8,566
  • Sep 29, 2015 11:04am Sep 29, 2015 11:04am
Crappy last 2 days. But here's the good thing if things hold true to back test October should make us a pile of money just stay focused
  • #8,567
  • Sep 29, 2015 11:26am Sep 29, 2015 11:26am
Erasmus start the squelch over starting with 1 contract then advance accordingly
  • #8,568
  • Sep 29, 2015 11:28am Sep 29, 2015 11:28am
yes i agree Harold ... i'm in the middle of backtesting june will post results when done but looks like taking both r13 and r18 signals has at least trebled # of signals without compromising reliability
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  • #8,569
  • Sep 29, 2015 11:54am Sep 29, 2015 11:54am
Quoting erasmus66
yes i agree Harold ... i'm in the middle of backtesting june will post results when done but looks like taking both r13 and r18 signals has at least trebled # of signals without compromising reliability
what does treble mean
  • #8,570
  • Sep 29, 2015 11:57am Sep 29, 2015 11:57am
i think it means double or tripled nothing for me today. other a couple points in the es. waiting for setups here.
  • #8,571
  • Sep 29, 2015 12:04pm Sep 29, 2015 12:04pm
Yes tripled signals
  • #8,572
  • Edited 10:42pm Sep 29, 2015 4:14pm | Edited 10:42pm
june results 36 wins 11 losses for a net of 25 times 450 =11250 and there were 4 trades of +240 each of an additional 960 totaling 12210 not to shabby
  • #8,573
  • Sep 30, 2015 3:13am Sep 30, 2015 3:13am
Thats cool! I've been following this thread for a week or so and learning the system. I have been trading crude without much progress previously. Am here to learn and contribute. Thanks everyone!
  • #8,574
  • Sep 30, 2015 3:47am Sep 30, 2015 3:47am
Quoting tbjohnton
under brackets, choose trailing stop, put 13 for the trigger value, 5 for the distance and 15 for stop loss
Hi

How is this working out? Is it producing similar results to the manual position management?
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  • #8,575
  • Sep 30, 2015 7:10am Sep 30, 2015 7:10am
Quoting Divergence
heres results of this month using 13 and 18 tick range bar which ever one setups up first or which ever one gives better price to enter. results based on parlay method where when up 30 ticks after a loss we go to 2 contracts and when up 90 ticks we go to 3 contracts. Month started with 7 wins in a row putting you up 105 ticks so we skip 2 contract scenario and go to 3 when we get first loss. everyday verified via 1 minute and 30 second chart for accuracy. after loss putting total at 90 we went 62 wins at 3 contracts 7 losses and 11 +8s which is...
Hi Divergence,

Can you access Sierra Chart historical data service ?

For popular futures contracts from the CME, Eurex and ICE, there is a minimum 3 years of historical tick by tick data available. For ES, Sierra Chart provides tick by tick data dating back to the June 2011 contract.
  • #8,576
  • Sep 30, 2015 7:21am Sep 30, 2015 7:21am
Quoting moonmist
{quote} Hi Divergence, Can you access Sierra Chart historical data service ? For popular futures contracts from the CME, Eurex and ICE, there is a minimum 3 years of historical tick by tick data available. For ES, Sierra Chart provides tick by tick data dating back to the June 2011 contract.
yes
  • #8,577
  • Sep 30, 2015 2:40pm Sep 30, 2015 2:40pm
here's a signal from 6th jan 2014 ... i know there are other signals before it but is the highlighted signal legit:

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  • #8,578
  • Sep 30, 2015 3:26pm Sep 30, 2015 3:26pm
It is legit if it's the 2b your talking about. If first signal was a be I would wait till it stops going sideways
  • #8,579
  • Oct 1, 2015 4:16am Oct 1, 2015 4:16am
cheers Harold
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  • #8,580
  • Oct 1, 2015 7:34am Oct 1, 2015 7:34am
84 long if this closes down
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