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shellsnail replied May 17, 2015I'm surprised no one has accomplished this yet... Even tossing a coin it's possible to get 10 heads in a row. At least 1 in 100 traders should have succeeded by now.
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shellsnail replied May 17, 2015The Importance of Testing and Learning New Edges Since testing this system I have incorporated an additional filter to my intra-day system. This is the filter that if price has travelled 5 * 1 hour ATR(200) without significant retrace, then I will ...
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shellsnail replied May 17, 2015The basic principle is as follows. Large lot/scale-in only considered after price has travelled to beyond 1 * SL distance, where initial position is at break-even. After entering the large lot, SL immediately shift up to BE of total position. Then ...
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shellsnail replied May 17, 2015A Crazy Scaling In Method Going to test a crazy scaling in method next week onwards. the entry will narrow SL to around 4-5 pips, thus allowing perhaps triple/quadruple the initial position size and still have a BE stop. If this works, then one ...
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shellsnail replied May 16, 2015Not interested in the direction really, but, didn't E/U just break a significant level/channel at 1.2 at the start of this year? this thing might be doing a retest of that level before heading down more... Most breakouts follow this pattern... Just ...
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shellsnail replied May 16, 2015I agree with much of what's said here. But I want to add a few points based on my experience and understanding of the market... I have done some research in FX using machine learning etc, by adopting a portfolio approach to the market. It's ...
Back test starting from $100 to over 180 million
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shellsnail replied May 16, 2015If I'm risking up to 5% per trade, my leverage is around 1:75 or 1:100 max.. If I am risking 1% per trade, 1:20 is enough. I trade intraday. If you're a swing trader, probably 1:5 or 1:10 max is enough if your capital is large and risking <1% per ...
Which leverage/margin did you choose in your real account?
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shellsnail replied May 16, 2015If they're a real ECN/A-book only, it's not really their fault. Maybe they can upgrade their servers/get better connections to liquidity providers or source for deeper pools of liquidity, but apart from that, these things happen. Remember, it can ...
Acceptable levels of slippage on stop order in MT4
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shellsnail commented May 16, 2015What do you mean? Percentage of what.
CFTC commitment of traders. EUR cut net shorts to 179K in week ending May 12th
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shellsnail replied May 15, 2015Reminder to self Sometimes I forget how my systems work. Monday and Tuesday were enormous days for the system. 5R and 6R days. Wed, Thur, Fri were horrible days, with strings of losers like never before... Still, I come out +6R ahead for the week. ...
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shellsnail commented May 15, 2015Still too many shorts... short squeeze all the way???
CFTC commitment of traders. EUR cut net shorts to 179K in week ending May 12th
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shellsnail replied May 15, 2015Bingo.. I might have underestimated the win %... This rally has more to go imo.. half way there so far. 1.15 today??
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shellsnail replied May 15, 2015EUR possible 130 pip bounce from here. EUR/JPY trigger signal, SL not hit.
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shellsnail replied May 14, 2015Indeed, I blew this one up.
url image Interestingly, following the rules, it'd have missed my BE stop by 1 pip on that early european retrace and go on to travel to TP.Testing High Leverage Compounding
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shellsnail replied May 14, 2015+1 for Global Prime. Not affiliated to them except been using them for quite a while now and best broker I've come across. Keep the consistency up Tim; beware of the ego trap. Good luck.
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shellsnail replied May 14, 2015Meanwhile, EU did indeed go up ~50 pips and reverse.
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shellsnail replied May 13, 2015European Session Pairs in focus: EUR/CAD long GBP/JPY long GBP/USD long
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