Minor morning retracements beginning. GBP/USD gapped up on 1 and 5mn...expect those to be filled by or before london. I'm long EURUSD now with less than a 5p stop/reverse. previous trade was 9+p. Looking for this move up to go towards or above open, ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Watching several this morning. Aussie pairs seem weak across the board, specifically AUDUSD and AUDJPY which means money flowing out of Aussie in early morning Asia trading...where does this money go...with these pairs by definition, it would mean ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Right on.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Wish I had traded yesterday. It was a textbook day in terms of swings and retracements. Thursday was chop chop, actually choppier than I had expected.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

I was wondering if you give a few examples of what you would consider to be "good" Reliability figures?

A More Reliable Way to Measure EA Performance?

OK market touched 14.6 not enough to fill but, promising, I can code it to take the offer on bid being hit. It missed the upper stop by a few ticks. gotta another buy at 15 with tp at 20.8 and sl at 08.8 see how it reacts... 20.8 got touched, ok, ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

no testing in low volume in live trading, not an EA yet, it's just numbers right now...Hs and Ls and mids and fib numbers just trying to see how the market reacts to the numbers and if there is any correlation. See if limits at upper mids and lower ...

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decided to start testing live a new scalping algo...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Still holding short, did not move to BE since levels are/were still close to breakdown level. My current breakout and breakdown levels for scalping at this minute are: up level is 15.8 and breakdown level is 10.2 we just need to close on 1 and 5m ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Looks like there's an Asian guy still working.... way in the back 2nd row last desk.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Another thought on this is that by only using pips, it could be slightly misleading especially if comparing EAs that trade different instruments or pairs..for example EURUSD or USDJPY, the pip values would be different so would be profit/loss and ...

A More Reliable Way to Measure EA Performance?

Had never thought of using GP in calculations. Interesting. Will check it out.

A More Reliable Way to Measure EA Performance?

Haven't done the math on that but sounds like a deriv of w/l percent?...but I'll think about it and try it.

A More Reliable Way to Measure EA Performance?

Sounds interesting. Thanks. Please keep us updated.

A More Reliable Way to Measure EA Performance?

I know I said last post and trade but I got a juicy scalp here on this low liq day from 1.0611 even stop is at 7p up. Will move to BE within a bar or two... image

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As expected today, however, it is also weaker than I expected today...there is no interest in selling dollars or buying euros... market is trading not only at lower than mids of all TFs but also lower than an AVERAGE of all mids of all TFs, which ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

On the Daily, it does not seem irrational, however I would say 1.0820 to 1.0850 with an over extension your area is perfect. Here is the longer one month...one year or more scenario I see... 1. December. Fed says "no rate hikes yet, however early ...

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It was nice trade Ico, but are we becoming a bit cocky? I know you were a bit concerned with how that played out that's why you feel a need to prove that you were right. Face it, if your position was still on at the time, you were sweating that 20p ...

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Sleep....

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

I'm getting hungry...anything to eat? Oh, looks like a sandwich might be available to eat within the HOUR.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only