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  • #41
  • Mar 16, 2016 9:14am Mar 16, 2016 9:14am
Quoting Jamie29
i think it's essential to re-asses your strategy at frequent intervals as market conditions evolve and sentiment changes.., especially if trading on higher frequency basis. Also depends very much on the underlying asset, I have traded Gold and Oil for years and literally had to completely change my strategy for those, whereas for some of the majors I trade my signals still work to some extent over the years
Thank you for sharing experience.
Good trading to you!
  • #42
  • Mar 16, 2016 9:31am Mar 16, 2016 9:31am
Quoting DenForex
{quote} When I created the branch, I really thought about why I didn't like one, two, three strategies that didn't work (here I mean it is no enought profit). The question was: You have to wait or to change strategy. The answer that was on the surface - patience and work. Thank you, dear subscribers, you helped me a lot in that time, when I had difficulties. After some time, I realized that the problem was not in the strategy and how I use it. Now, I consider myself self-sufficient trader. I found my niche. Have a nice day.
  • #43
  • Mar 18, 2016 4:47am Mar 18, 2016 4:47am
Quoting forexonpoint
{quote} That is a problem many traders struggle with very often. A moving average based system may work very well in a trending market but fail in a range bound market. At the same time a Stochastic might give you great signals in a range bound market but result in many false signals in a trending market. The key is to decide which market you are going to trade. If you are going to trade a trending market, pick the appropriate strategy and stick to it and likewise for a range bound market.
Based on this,I think one strategy shouldn't be used throughout ,knowing the different market conditions and applying the appropriate strategy is the solution .
  • #44
  • Mar 22, 2016 6:20am Mar 22, 2016 6:20am
For the benefit of the thread starter, and all other readers, I think the observation that markets do change behaviour, which may cause strategies to fail, is worth corroborating. Whether you experience this is obviously strategy dependent.[/quote]
Your observation is correct and would be interesting also to say why this happens.
When you build a strategy or a system you do it through the observation of what has happened and if you are clever enough you also assess the current market conditions: said that anytime market changes it's behaviour your strategy cannot work anymore; if the changing is temporary it might happen that your strategy will begin to work again or if the changing is deeper it finally won't work anymore.
Having a true method is the real edge to be profitably in the long term, because it allows you to understand current market conditions and to adapt to be resilient with them. This is possible because market changings are not related to the fundamental rules that govern it which have been the same since the market began and always the same will be: what changes is speed, frequency, volatility, all things that do not affect fundamental market rules but do affect a lot each kind of strategy or system.
  • #45
  • Mar 22, 2016 6:35am Mar 22, 2016 6:35am
Quoting strongtrader
Having a true method is the real edge to be profitably in the long term, because it allows you to understand current market conditions and to adapt to be resilient with them. This is possible because market changings are not related to the fundamental rules that govern it which have been the same since the market began and always the same will be: what changes is speed, frequency, volatility, all things that do not affect fundamental market rules but do affect a lot each kind of strategy or system.
Spot on
  • #46
  • Edited 8:30am Mar 22, 2016 8:01am | Edited 8:30am
Agree with Strongtrader... "a true method is the real edge"

What ever method a trader uses, should work all the time and in all markets, stocks, futures, currency, whatever to be the real deal in my book. The only thing that changes like said above is volatility, volume, volume, volatility. If it cannot be used across all the boards, all year, year after year, save yourself time and work on a real method. Supply, Demand, News/Fundamentals and the glue which is the timing of all those things = $ ATM machine

Yes differences, stock market is not 24 hours and there are tricks of the trade for each individual market type. Not referring to this but for them to be valid, day after day, year after year applies anyway.
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  • #47
  • Last Post: Apr 24, 2026 1:38am Apr 24, 2026 1:38am
I think you don’t need to change your strategy too often. It’s better to stick with one and understand how it behaves in different market conditions. Small adjustments make more sense than switching completely.
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