WOW, Ex, lot of work for me to go through! And since nobody pays me to do it, I won’t! Perhaps, if there is enough substance, I may open a chat channel where I can comment on things like these. I make no promises ...

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Ah, ok, sorry. In this case you have to ask him directly. I have no idea what that indicator is about. Not saying it is not good. I just do not know. On this note, though, may I ask you on what basis you said it "works fantastically"? You can't have ...

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But I am not here to sell the strategy for gazillions of Dollars, unfortunately. This however gives me the freedom to use other examples where there are losses or things go a bit bananas. Easy to find them: look for choppy charts. ...

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Ah, I can't resist! Another money shot for when I will decide to sell this strategy for a gazillion Dollars. Frankly, throw in one or two MAs in any sauce you like and even my goldfish could have made make money today! ...

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I am sorry, are you sure you are in the right thread?

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Thank you for your comments Ex3m6 (You really must explain to me the genesis of your nickname! ) . I am glad you find this interesting and I like your approach to educating yourself. Asking questions is a good way to learn.

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Thank you again, jmaster. I have the feeling I should consider hiring you! I totally agree with you: hard work, test it yourself and, if I may add, know what kind of trader you are. I think we share the same approach. I can’t help adding my ...

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Hi Ex3m6, thanks for posting. Let’s see. First of all we have the usual bloody Forex issue that your broker starts counting the 4 hour from a different place than the one I use for these examples, so our charts are a bit different. Still, let’s see: ...

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Good stuff, YCBS. I am sorry, I do not have the time to check all your trades there, and some appear a bit confusing to me. Some observations, anyway. I am glad someone started showing his/her adaptation to the rules. Remember, by ...

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Hi Peter2 and thanks for your question. Well done spotting it. As I said, the rule is that we place the (in this case) short entry “x” points below the low of the bar that generated the signal. “x” depends on a number of factors (volatility of the ...

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Pki87 I do not understand your longs and shorts there. They do not look at all like following this strategy. Perhaps you can explain? This is what I would have done. I suppose it’s a 15m chart UC image

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Sometimes, however, even if there is no discernible trend, if the swings are wide enough, there are good results. Let’s then look at oil. 2 charts: a 1H and a 15 min chart. Simple mechanical strategy, 1H: image ..and with a bit of PA analysis. No ...

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OK, some balance now. Nobody took upon him/herself the task to show terrible examples of the simple mechanical strategy, so I will do it myself. Yeup! No holy grail, here! This is 5 min Gold today. Painful and pathetic. As we expect: no trend, dead ...

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HA! Ycbs, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! And I am flattered indeed! Mind you, you may have to change your name when this thread will be trashed and crushed. Thanks jmaster for stepping in.

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I agree: everyone is invited! As long as they speak English. I also agree that many want to have undisputable rules. My experience is that most of the time almost all end up changing the undisputable rules because ....ahem ...they become ...

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Ah, another dissatisfied customer. First of all, thank you for refraining from using yet another language, BTW. My German is worse than my French. I am sorry for the disappointment. I have to say that it is a bit unfounded though. If you ...

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End of thread porn. So, we may have got a 56 points profit overall. Nothing to write home about, but certainly good from a chart where we have 2 moves and a lot of sideway action and certainly better than the -137 points loss of the simple stage 1 ...

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Let's move on. image Next, we have trade originally nr. 8, a short signal. Again, it makes sense, Risk-reward is not fantastic, but there is a good chance that it could re-test 1.3800. It did not. Choppy markets=no trend=trend following strategies ...

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image Trade nr. 6. Is it a higher probability trade? Let see: entry would be at about 1.3960. We know there was a strong resistance at 1.4000. That should be our first reference point. We also know that there is support at 1.3860. This would ...

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Are we geniuses? Winning all the time? Of course not. There is little even I () could have done on trade 3. Entry short was OK. Sellers even broke the previous support and there seem to be good chances that they will ...

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