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  • #61
  • Feb 20, 2016 9:45am Feb 20, 2016 9:45am
Quoting profitkeeper
I thought you might be interested in what a modified ZUP indicator came up with on your trade (Bearish Total 3). It's probably a morphed cypher (slightly different ratios). I have found in the past, when trading harmonic patterns, you have to see some confirmation of the new direction. Anyway, if you want to play with the indies, I have attached 2.{file}{file}{file}{file} {image}
What does ZUP stand for?
The pattern looks close to a Cypher but the end of it should be lower. It should be at the 78.6 retracement of XC.


Quoting Piquant
{quote} She's a cutie Walk her often. Physical exercise helps you to get a clear mind. Good luck !
He's a boy and yeah he's cute . I guess dogs are a lot like their owners haha. Thanks for the good luck! Let's hope we all go towards being successful and if you're already there then let's hope it stays that way!


Thanks
-AntiVi
  • #62
  • Feb 20, 2016 12:17pm Feb 20, 2016 12:17pm
[quote=AntiVi;8766124]{quote} What does ZUP stand for? The pattern looks close to a Cypher but the end of it should be lower. It should be at the 78.6 retracement of XC.
I have no idea what ZUP stands for. It was written by a Russian (I think). I would imagine that the red box was the PRZ for a cypher, then when it passed this it qualified for a Total3. If you go into Modify on the SNORM version, and scroll down a few thousand lines of code, you will see the patterns listed and the parameters for each.
  • #63
  • Feb 20, 2016 2:17pm Feb 20, 2016 2:17pm
[quote=profitkeeper;8766251]
Quoting AntiVi
{quote} What does ZUP stand for? The pattern looks close to a Cypher but the end of it should be lower. It should be at the 78.6 retracement of XC. I have no idea what ZUP stands for. It was written by a Russian (I think). I would imagine that the red box was the PRZ for a cypher, then when it passed this it qualified for a Total3. If you go into Modify on the SNORM version, and scroll down a few thousand lines of code, you will see the patterns listed and the parameters for each.
Ok thanks I will check it out.
I'm sure I know someone that will be interested in the code too!


Thanks!
-AntiVi
  • #64
  • Feb 22, 2016 11:32am Feb 22, 2016 11:32am
Quoting AntiVi
The pattern completed and I got entered into the trade! All we can do now is wait! {image} Thanks! -AntiVi
Update! I got stopped out on this trade! We lost about 175euro.
I followed my plan and stuck to it so now it's on to the next one!

I've been looking at the market today but there doesn't seem to be anything for me.
I am also almost done with testing my second pair. It should be done this week and then I can start trading it if the results are good.


Thanks for reading!
-AntiVi
  • #65
  • Feb 23, 2016 3:56am Feb 23, 2016 3:56am
Hey guys!
I'm a bit bummed out today because I figured out I made a mistake.
I was entering the data for the testing I'm doing on another pair and I found a bug.
That bug made it so the results from my back testing that you saw were inflated and not really correct.


I fixed the problem and it's still profitable and the same strategy is still the most profitable however it's less profit than the inflated results.
I'll show you the new stats here:
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So yeah sorry if you guys were misled by my mistake but in the end it's still profitable and it's still the same way of trading the pattern that is the most profitable.
Only the results change, not the way of doing things.
I'm still entering data for my next pair so that should take some time.
I'll post my results for that too if I find it worthy to post.


Thanks for reading!
-AntiVi
  • #66
  • Feb 23, 2016 8:35am Feb 23, 2016 8:35am
I got entered on this Cypher:
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Currently entering all the data in my spreadsheet for my next pair so results should be coming soon.


Thanks for reading
-AntiVi
  • #67
  • Feb 23, 2016 11:09am Feb 23, 2016 11:09am
I got stopped out on the trade I got entered in earlier.
Onto the next setup!

Let's hope the next one will be profitable!
I also started a new demo account since there were some issues with the spreadsheet and now everything is like it should be.
If I get a decent amount of trades going I may add a trade explorer thing so you guys will be able to see stats.


Thanks for reading
-AntiVi
  • #68
  • Feb 24, 2016 2:09pm Feb 24, 2016 2:09pm
Hi on one of your posts you ask about stop losses. While this is a key element of risk management there is no one size fits all for positioning your stop loss. However, if you have the time I really recommend you look for "Stop Orders_ A practical guide - By Tony Loton." Google and you will find download versions.

This in my opinion is the simplest best exposition of orders including stop and limit orders and how to use them in both the spot markets and in spread betting !
  • #69
  • Feb 27, 2016 4:09pm Feb 27, 2016 4:09pm
Update update!
I completed my backtesting and I shall be posting the results tomorrow so keep an eye out!


Quoting RisklessPips
Hi on one of your posts you ask about stop losses. While this is a key element of risk management there is no one size fits all for positioning your stop loss. However, if you have the time I really recommend you look for "Stop Orders_ A practical guide - By Tony Loton." Google and you will find download versions. This in my opinion is the simplest best exposition of orders including stop and limit orders and how to use them in both the spot markets and in spread betting !

I will check it out! Thank you!
-AntiVi
  • #70
  • Feb 28, 2016 11:41am Feb 28, 2016 11:41am
As promised! Here are the stats!
I have 2 pairs so I will show results for 2 pairs for each strategy and there will be 3 strategies.
I am also using the max loss before a new high to calculate my max loss instead of max loss in a row and it's set on 10% drawdown so that's pretty low.

Strategy 1:
Pair 1
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Pair 2
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Strategy 2:
Pair 1
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Pair 2
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Strategy 3:
Pair 1
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Pair 2
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I am now trying to figure out which strategy to use.
I will also be testing a third pair soon then a fourth and then I will add another pattern to my trading.


Thanks for reading!
-AntiVi
  • #71
  • Jul 29, 2016 9:15am Jul 29, 2016 9:15am
Hey guys!

I wanted to give you guys a quick update!
First of all I re did all my testing and I did it on a different time frame.
My testing came out positive and I traded that in demo for a little while to see if I can actually execute it properly.
Demo trading was good so I started trading live on a small account.

I have been trading live for about 1 and a half months.
So far here is a graph of the results:
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I am in a draw down at the moment but that's ok.
Just to give you an idea the highest point of the graph is 5.7% increase on what I had.
Currently at 7 winners and 5 losers. I could have had 9 winners and 5 losers if I didn't make any mistakes.
This also covers 2 pairs.

I did make 2 mistakes trading so far.
Nothing that major but my profits could have been more.
The first mistake was that I was not paying enough attention when the market opened and therefor missed an entry.
The second mistake was that I thought a pattern was invalid but it was not and simply did not get to enter.

I was really mad at myself for making the second mistake. I made it because I was just exhausted at the time and I couldn't think clearly because of it.



If you have any questions let me know and I will see if I can answer them.

Thanks for reading
AntiVi
  • #72
  • Jul 30, 2016 3:51am Jul 30, 2016 3:51am
Hello guys!

As an addition to what I posted yesterday I am posting the back testing results from the pairs I tested so far using my strategy.
They each cover 100 trades.

Pair 1 (currently trading):
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Pair 2 (currently trading):
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Pair 3 (currently NOT trading):
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I am working on back testing a 4th pair and once I get enough pairs added to my portfolio I'm hoping to add to my strategies.

Again any questions are welcome!

Thanks for reading!
AntiVi
  • #73
  • Jul 31, 2016 7:07am Jul 31, 2016 7:07am
Hey guys,

I finally got the trade explorer to work so I have added it here.
Check it out if you want!


Thanks
AntiVi
  • #74
  • Aug 5, 2016 9:00am Aug 5, 2016 9:00am
Update time!

I had a couple of trades this week, 4 to be exact. This would have been a profitable week if only the market moved one pip more in my favor on one of the trades but it did not so we were not profitable HOWEVER, I did a lot size change in the middle of the week so if I did not do that it would have been profitable. I'm sticking with this lot size change though.

You can check the trade journal for the graph and such or see it down here:
Attached Image



Thanks for reading!
Any questions are welcome.

-AntiVi
  • #75
  • Aug 14, 2016 5:01pm Aug 14, 2016 5:01pm
Last week I had 2 winners and 1 loser.
We ended up with profit but we still remain in a draw down.

I will do some testing on a new pair this week! let's hope it's going to be good!

I wish everybody a good trading week!
Let's smash the markets!


Any questions are welcome
AntiVi
  • #76
  • Aug 19, 2016 5:01pm Aug 19, 2016 5:01pm
Update time
There wasn't much in the markets for me this week. I was able to get one trade in which was a winner and it almost got me out of my draw down.
Let's hope next week is going to be better.

This was the trade:
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I will be testing a new pair next week so let's hope it's a good one!


Any questions are welcome
Thanks
AntiVi
  • #77
  • Aug 24, 2016 3:07am Aug 24, 2016 3:07am
Update!

My first trade of the week was a winner!
There is nothing much to talk about except the fact that I got out of my drawdown and we now have new equity highs.
This was a fairly easy trade since I just followed my plan and pretty much slept trough most of it.
According to my calculations I am up 9% but fx book says something different.
Here it is!

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Any questions are welcome!
Thanks
AntiVi
  • #78
  • Aug 27, 2016 4:07am Aug 27, 2016 4:07am
Update time

Hey guys! This trading week was great! At the start of the week I was up 7.75% and now at the end of the week I am up 10.2%.
Fxbook says something different because they actually keep the credit I get from my broker into account which I don't. I only look at my true balance.
We had 3 winning trades and 2 losing trades.
I am still in 1 trade at the moment too.
This week was great, let's hope the next one will be great too!

I also said I was going to back test another pair which I did.
Here are the results:
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If you have any questions let me know!

Thanks for reading
AntiVi
  • #79
  • Aug 27, 2016 4:17am Aug 27, 2016 4:17am
Quoting AntiVi
If you have any questions let me know! Thanks for reading AntiVi
What TF are the charts you're posting?

Can you include this in futire posts thank you
Time hides Nothing
  • #80
  • Aug 27, 2016 4:21am Aug 27, 2016 4:21am
Quoting CindyXXXX
{quote} What TF are the charts you're posting? Can you include this in futire posts thank you
The last graph is simply showing the result of the back testing I did on a new pair using the same strategy I am already using to trade live.
So basically that pair I tested will now become the 4th pair that I'll be trading live.
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