Hi ibthescottb, I believe I was the first to point out the spread flaw. Don't feel bad, I discovered this (.2 vs 2 pips) the hard way testing a different EA. There a few people on these forums that do have valuable opinions. Magix is one who can be ...

Testing new Breakout EA

I noticed on your charts that the spread was "0", and on the back test the spread was 2, which I believe on the new versions of MT4 is actually .2pips. Either way the spread should be more realistic.

Back test starting from $100 to over 180 million

I'm very impressed with your analysis. Please keep posting. Do you have a set of conditions you are looking for besides fibs, S&R, trend lines? You seem to have nailed most of your calls. I'm interested in how you pick your targets. In other words ...

Forex Fantasy - technical analysis plus

I've run into this before with a different broker. I was told that some brokers use MT4 feed for their MT4 charts whereas the quotes come from the brokers server.

Tallinex - Which one is real bid?

Thanks GVC, Your suggestions were good - everything lines up now. The computer was at the highest resolution, but there is a setting there for font size which I had at medium. Thanks again for the great dashboard and your suggestion.

Dashboard Trading

I don't think this has been covered. I am getting misalignment of headings on columns. I tried 2 different computers and monitors. All functionality is OK, but this is very annoying. Can anyone suggest a solution?

Dashboard Trading

EPN You are right on your comments. I did trade this on another platform, but to help those just learning, I have learned not to trade patterns in isolation. I normally trade off M15 charts which I show below. In this trade, I also used a 2 period ...

Profiting from simple classical chart patterns

Good topic. Another common pattern is the triangle. below is one that just broke out

Profiting from simple classical chart patterns

Maybe "kemp" I'm trying to get better kemp!! How does that sound?

The Truth About Trading With An Edge

Who coined the term edge??? Perhaps knowledge coupled with experience, patience and mindset should be coined into a new term - kepm?? Or suggest your own.

The Truth About Trading With An Edge

For anyone wanting to practise this method, I might suggest downloading the free trade simulator from FXBlue (formerly FX1). You may have to download additional 1min data since your platform only keeps a few days. I find it very helpful.

45 Combo - momentum system

Quick question Ty: From your experience, do you find any days of the week yield poor results? I suspect that the least productive would be Sunday night (pacific time).

45 Combo - momentum system

2R just refers to risk-reward. The profit should be at least 2x stop loss.

45 Combo - momentum system

Ty, could you comment on Crete's entry (on his chart). It doesn't look right to me.

45 Combo - momentum system

Or just drag it to another location with the title bar

45 Combo - momentum system

Did you hold on to that EU trade? If so, you just got lucky

45 Combo - momentum system

On my Oanda platform it definitely touched (GU that is)

45 Combo - momentum system

Anyone else in the GU short?

45 Combo - momentum system

Out of curiosity, what was your stop on the Euro trade? Maybe I missed it, but I wasn't sure whether to take the stop back below the previous pin bar, or the most recent low.

45 Combo - momentum system

I also got my 20 pips

45 Combo - momentum system