CCI period — Just a thought regarding the CCI period. Given the cyclical nature of the indicator would it be best to adapt the period to any obvious periodicity in the price with the expectation of getting more accurate confirmation of the ...

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I found Gain to be good compared to other sources, but be careful of : gaps, changes of format and periods where the date/time goes backwards. It has got better for recent years. Another source is TrueFx.

Where can I find tick-by-tick data for various currency pairs?

Update — Quick update, I have been trading the system for a few months and performing better than expected as 2011 has some nice trends so far. Slippage and spread seems better than expected at approximately 2 pips/deal. Hardest part is to ...

Results good enough to trade?

Clearly not anything and I would say that I have met people who will never be successful in the area they have chosen because they simply don't have the innate ability. However, I would say that often you don't know if you have what it takes unless ...

Is anyone here earning a living, just with forex trading?

While this would pass as a simple description of String Theory, its extension to the large scale world of Forex prices and human behaviour is extremely tenuous to say the least. In this context it is being used to provide an illusion of a physical ...

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Still waiting for the String Theory connection. Personally I suspect this thread is a wind-up invented by a bored trader or similar to fill in the time between positions. May be wrong, but haven't seen anything to change view so far.

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What game is that precisely? No need to apologise, although it is usual to let others judge the quality or accuracy of a comment rather than provide your own assessment of its impact. Now to the point, do you understand String Theory and its ...

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How much of this thread could this be applied to?

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Still waiting for the String Theory connection.........

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A mathematic professor that gives physics lessons as well, please continue, but at least try to make it seem convincing otherwise it is no fun.

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Perhaps you can explain how this model relates to field theory and how this apparent universal non-random movement squares with quantum indeterminacy and the Copenhagen interpretation.

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These positions seem somewhat at odds :

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OK, you have convinced me, now where do I get 64,000 email addresses?

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Trouble is you also have 63,000 folk who know you are wrong and are likely to mention this on the forums.

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In my experience people who make a big thing about their qualifications, real or imaginary, are not the real experts. Instead the experts are the ones who are more interested in the strength of their arguments.

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Thanks for your observations. I will soon be in a position to test other pairs along with different time domains so I should get some answers in the next few weeks.

Results good enough to trade?

From the article I suspect that this analysis is based on normal distributions or similar and therefore I think it implicitly assumes that variability is not time dependent, ie all events are equally possible at any time. An example would be simple ...

How far back is ideal for backtesting?

True enough, although my simulation of this process found that it works provided that the return of at least one system is greater than the number of systems and you divide the stake between them. For example if you have two systems and one doubles ...

How far back is ideal for backtesting?

Most or many, as the former would imply a majority rather than a significant percentage? I agree that 600 for 1 minute time-frame seems too little unless those trades are selected to be representative over most market conditions, which would not be ...

How far back is ideal for backtesting?

Nothing personal, but that was the point I was trying to make in this post url , but your reply at that time seem to imply that the market can change enough to invalidate all such behaviour. Slightly different issue I know as that discussion was ...

How far back is ideal for backtesting?