Try using an expert to place the trade for you? It could look for a specific horizontal line and enter the limit order.

How to place a Buy Limit order inside the spread by mouse?

What are the ideas?..

My crazy ideas for indicators implemented in MQL4 code

I was looking for this specifically!

Candlestick Story — The True Breakthrough

Keep doing whatever it is you're doing, you're up $800. Seems to be working so don't change anything!

Prop Firm Hub

..don't forget that most retail traders are heavily under-capitalised. The reason we go for "small profits" is because regardless of whether you're long/short, the market spikes in both directions to take you out before it moves in that long trend.

I Finally Figured it Out!

You have some good points there. (I'm guilty of using discretion when I know I shouldn't!)

Call me Vidvad - I day trade futures

Ok, it looks like you're pyramiding when winning. Smart. I could see it working!

Part of my trading system for inspiration

More importantly, how does one determine whether the next big move would be a markup or markdown after an accumulation/distribution? Any clues from Wyckoff?

Accumulation, manipulation, distribution

If you're using MT4 checkout my Donchian channel indicator?: url ?

Anjan's advanced donchian model (AADM)

The "big boys" are trading the market directly, and sometimes in dark pools. They aren't using the retail brokers.

Volume

The phenomenon you're describing is: "being on the wrong side of the market".

Will you sell a winning system?

You have to improve how you test for profitable strategies. I like MT4 because it's simpler to use, but I admit it's not the best for this, maybe try MT5? For my testing, I edit and lock the *.HST files so all trade costs are zero (spread, slippage, ...

Stock market strategies that work?

What do Prop firms do when you break a rule? (Say for example, you go $1 above their daily drawdown limit)

Prop Firm Hub

Various reasons, but not to sound pessimistic, I just call it as I see it . Two big main reasons: 1. Retail traders are at an information & tech disadvantage. Think of HFT guys and PHD grads in the game. Imagine a card game where I can see ...

Why are most retail traders usually on the wrong side of the market?

Just to add, MetaTrader comes with “Bands” indicator, which is the Bollinger Bands indicator. Also, a longer MA period brings longer lags (approx half period away). for example, if you have a Band of 200 candles, the lag would be approx 100 candles. ...

What Is the Two Standard Deviations of 200 EMA

If you look at any chart, the “2” signal is more likely than “1” or “3”.

Trading TheStrat / Rob Smith's Method

Please show an example with numbers? Also, are you increasing lot size in “second” and “third” entry?

EurUsd Trading Price Levels

I love the “market profile” strategies, but unfortunately, I could never get it to work consistently on forex. Perhaps it’s only suitable for stocks? What do you trade it on?

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