A few months back I have actively participated in a FF thread (Martingale Grid Hedge: url ) where the use of inside grids was discussed and tested, however, the concept has resulted in rapid absorption of the available margin and accumulation of ...

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I was running the EA during the FOMC in ScalperStyle, on a 10k demo account with 0.1 starting lot and 3.5 USD manually set TP. Well, the EA has passed the FOMC test with flying colors. Max DD went over -1000 USD just slightly, but during the ...

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Excellent idea, Bauta! Making "acceptable loss" a dynamic feature - as the basket grows - should work out well, furthermore for individual felxibility and backtesting purposes it should be adjustable in parameters (i.e. not "burnt in"). I am very ...

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@normtold I meant -1 USD, not -1 cent as BreakevenTarget in the backtests.

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@Bauta Interesting that the DD has improved so much just by a small adjustment of the MoneyTakeProfit parameter. What if we accepted a small loss from the 6th level by setting MoneyTakeProfit at -1. It would be a small price to pay for getting out ...

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Thanks for the example. With a magnifier it seems that the run-up has started around 9 AM (on Feb 24th) and - by using Scalping Style - all trades could have been closed with profit during the early hours of the Asian Session, and definitely by 6:30 ...

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@Clevernut Have you backtested the EA for "Black Swan" events? Your input and expertise would be appreciated in this thread ( url ) which is discussing a similar strategy/EA with different "Style" options.

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Grid strategies and EAs never involve time frame. They just go by price levels.

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@Drolph I do accept that some major moves could happen during "sleeping hours", as e.g. natural disasters and disasters in general don't care about market times... Nevertheless, it would be interesting to see one. If you have the time please show us ...

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That is exactly what I meant above. We should concentrate on the worst case scenarios IN ADVANCE, because this strategy's Stop Loss is the MARGIN CALL.

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Running LIVE demos have the only advantage of checking EA functionality and getting new ideas. On the other hand, to see the frequency and impact of WORST CASE SCENARIOS, high quality backtests are needed, which have been done by Master Bauta. We ...

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I support the idea of NOT changing TP as the basket grows. The reason: when we have 5+ grid levels in trade, it means that we are already fighting a strong trend for sure (like today). In other words: Why to risk the possibility of getting stuck in ...

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Nicely done. You cannot win all... Just think about how many Casinos got rich from the "0" on the roulette wheel, which is the only edge of the Casino on this game...

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I think your basket closure has turned the market around.

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On a live account...? Could you plese give a link to one or two of them? It would be interesting to see such concepts.

Why do people say brokers steal from traders no matter what?

One has to be very careful with grids and Martingales. These are just some recent examples why: url url url In other words: they are good, until they are very bad...

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If you had 2000 pips in your favor, probably they could not rob you legally. Although I seriously doubt that there would be any retail trader who would have a floating profit of 2000 pips. Not even 200 pips...

Why do people say brokers steal from traders no matter what?

Again, in my opinion it is possible to play it safe during the ASIAN SESSION on "sleeping pairs", and targeting 1 or max. 2 profitable trades to avoid being stuck for the active market hours. During active market hours ANYTHING and EVERYTHING can ...

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Correct! Similarly, all thiefs and politicians "feel sorry" ONLY AFTER being caught with their hands in the "cookie jar"... Until that moment none of them feel "sorry"... Actually - after being caught - they feel sorry ONLY for BEING CAUGHT... and ...

Why do people say brokers steal from traders no matter what?

Good summary of the facts.

Why do people say brokers steal from traders no matter what?