Practical observation of his suggestion has proven that it is indeed possible to profit, the frequency of its occurrence you'd need to examine yourself as well as spread and swap costs. You should also notice that I did the opposite of his ...

Hedging - Strategies

Well being an engineer by profession I love concepts I can readily apply practically, this looks easy enough to do on excel, got a few ideas of mine I wouldn't bother to expose on this forum yet. If I do take it on, I'd be sure to send you the ...

5 years and still no strategy

Aside from the obvious 1st hurdle of determining which is weak & strong, there's also the problem of changing strengths, where that which was determined to be weak becomes strong...if you get my drift. For me, the latter problem effectively negates ...

5 years and still no strategy

The mathematics of it is obvious I dont see anyone arguing that fact. Hanover trashed it ages ago. Then you have these other people saying they prefer it and thats their cup of tea. You cant argue/insult preference such an endeavor is a waste of ...

Hedging/Nedging

I just hope everyone realises the whole nedging thing boils down to swaps which is a cost of doing business (for spreads argument please refer to hanovers posts) paying more or less depends on style - subjective If your edge can be eroded by swaps ...

Hedging/Nedging

Give a baby a knife and he/she might commit suicide unknowingly. Give an assassin a knife and he/she could kill a few people knowingly. The point is, "its not the tool that is the problem, its the user" why is this so hard to accept? Leverage, ...

Hedging/Nedging

I usually eat popcorn & watch FF but today I'm bored so let me join the fray. To the OP I know a trader here who uses QA, I could argue that price literally bends to her will (I call her Queen of the Markets) I know yet another trader who trades ...

There is no such thing as technical analysis

As she went away, the fox remarked, 'Oh, you aren't even ripe yet! I don't need any sour grapes!

Forex - A negative sum game for losers

Best traders according to history, mostly - Manual. Hedge funds and owners of large portfolios, mostly - Algorithmic. Pick a side or Blend the two, go the semi-automatic route.

Automated vs. Manual trading

Thanks for taking the time to break it down. Only knew about the 1,2..xVTY (from a previous discussion with Evak I think) in the thread. Very informative.

Auction Market Value Theory & Analytics

Well I have observed that an edge is more about your exits and less about an entry. That being said, you can see why someone might choose to pay to have greater control over how he/she exits a position. You said you went flat when you were a ...

Hedging vs Stop Loss

It is not the tool that is faulty it is how it is used. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Summary: This is an ...

Hedging vs Stop Loss

Ah I see, thanks dljonsFan

Auction Market Value Theory & Analytics

Clear and concise. Forgive my assumptions, I am still shedding the "popular" thought process that has been ingrained over the years. I was asking because I wanted to deduct the money management part of it, mainly Risk & Stop Loss (if need be). You ...

Auction Market Value Theory & Analytics

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A Little Breakout Here and There

Hello mzvega A few questions Say you do your EOD analysis at NY close and its prime to buy When do you actually place the trade? How do you determine the exact entry price? Do you make use of pending orders?

Auction Market Value Theory & Analytics

Not trying to punch holes or be a troll or anything but you say 12 trades a day, that backtest showed about 9600 trades in 80 days, translating to approx. 120 trades/day (massive!). Then your backtest quality is about 25% ...not convincing. Get ...

Best way to promote trading strategies

May be you do not follow, it is good to backtest but EA's no matter how optimized will fail at some point...that is what you want to look for? People normally look for rising equity curves and optimize to achieve that, it gives a sense of success ...

Yen Trader

Since you're looking for suggestions, nonlinear mentioned something about looking for the most adverse conditions under which the EA performs badly that way one can record when the EA is out of its limits and intervene and also look for remedies to ...

Yen Trader