have fun backtesting 5 minute bars.........remember to segment results by market times.......

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the only way you can deploy large dollars without moving the market in the wrong way is to catch the long term trends. I have recently started working for a prop firm that deals only with day trading securities and am actually amazed at people who ...

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Maybe it is just me but I think I am missing something. no one trade has an "edge" - an edge is only visible based on an aggregate of trades If you are suggesting that you should only enter trades ones they have broken even, are you saying that you ...

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you forgot one thing.... — that 1.05 edge is for the house I've done about 17 years of "testing" on IB's using the daily chart. 10 on the GBP/USD and about 7 on the USD/Yen with trails between 20 and 55 days. I looked at other pairs, but ...

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Is joel taking second strikes? — For the week of nov 23/09 My USD/YEN got triggered long and went 4 pips positive and then fell to stop out. On joel's newsletter, he says he went short on the Yen. Wondering if this is just a discrepancy ...

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Shut up........you are giving away the secrets!!! Spread the rumors, keep the truths......let your losses run and always aim to make 15 pips each and every day Maybe it is just me, but I have found very few trading books that actually talk about ...

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because you need official research to know this.... — Hormones, incentive, experience "make best traders" LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists say a perfect combination of testosterone, experience and a hunger for a share of profits can ...

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rather than worrying — about trivial things like the size of the trailing stop to use........the longer the trail, the larger but fewer wins you will see, or " finding the IB bar that can't fail", one of the major issues I see, and it applies ...

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data downloading from Meta trader — make sure the data is intact - I have noticed small chunks of data missing

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Here is my logic — Say I am playing using a 20 day MA and using daily charts only looking for inside bars, I basically use the MA as a buy/sell line in addition to my trailing stop. It makes sure I buy a rising market and sell a falling ...

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I am in the midst of putting together a small portfolio for my son - he is six, so I want to include a few pairs that should have little correlation between them. I suspect that if I put together a portfolio of G/U E/U and US/CHF, I would probably ...

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The right side of the moving average.... when price is above moving average go long..........below, go short as for the moving average..........build your own model and find out

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I hear that if you only take.... — Inside bars when the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars you will never lose. It is really amazing how much people are focusing on co-incidental and possibly meaningless variable such as ...

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The discpline isn't... — in the trading...........it's in the stinkin' back testing!!!!

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on the issue of backtesting... — I am trying to do some backtesting with using daily data, but with the day starting at 6 am gmt rather than 00 or 01 gmt - cant seem t do this with metatrader - I could reformat the data manually - have it all ...

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Is there something magical about DIBS or — is it just a good way to: a. Develop a structure to control your risk via a limited number of entry opportunities, b. control risk because it gives you a specific kill point for a trade; c. trade with ...

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Classic...

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Here is 1 minute of my life i wont get back.............

Razors Journal - Basic trading with PA at S/R

most people fail to realize the power of a system with even the the smallest of edges I have one system - not DIBS, that has an edge that ranges from .95 to about 2.3 per trailing 100 trades(I evaluate my edge over groups of 100 sequential trades). ...

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James......I beat you........im up for 1 am EST I am a total zombie.................

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