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    • Markj replied Dec 22, 2006

      PS. As a recommendation I would suggest that if you use an indicator as a strong part of your trading system that you spend some time understading the logic behind the indicator. This will give you a much better understanding and confidence in the ...

      Parabolic SAR
    • Markj replied Dec 22, 2006

      Moultan, Parabolic SAR indicator was developed primarily for setting trailing stops on long and short positions. It is more popular for this use rather than establishing a trend or direction. Wilder the developer of this indicator recommended that ...

      Parabolic SAR
    • Markj replied Dec 21, 2006

      GBP/CHF Not really and exciting day for this pair. The sell entry line was near the previous months high so took the trade on the second attempt at breaking it. This was when the trend indicator was showing a reversal as well. Closed both lots of ...

      BatFink Daily Range trades
    • Markj replied Dec 21, 2006

      GBP/JPY Another busy pair today with 4 trades. We had an absolute disaster at the start of the day and took to 2 full loses. Trade 3 and 4 were more succesful with 1 full trade profit. Close both lots of the 4th trade at target 1. The only reason ...

      BatFink Daily Range trades
    • Markj replied Dec 21, 2006

      End of day Trade summary for the 21st of December Well today wasn't a great day but an interesting day for the system we had some bad losses in the morning but took some good trades later in the day. Rushing the trade this morning I missed the ...

      BatFink Daily Range trades
    • Markj replied Dec 21, 2006

      Mike, Thanks for the suggestion, I haven't tested a tighter stop. The benifit here is obviously it would cut down on your loss amount but would we get stopped out more often, increasing our win/loss ratio? I have thought about tightening it up on ...

      BatFink Daily Range trades
    • Markj replied Dec 20, 2006

      December 21st: Attached are the trades for the day. I will be taking one lot profit at take profit 1 and then trailing the stop at 25 pips. If the trailing stop is not hit I will be closing the order for 60 pips profit at take profit 2. GBP/USD The ...

      BatFink Daily Range trades
    • Markj replied Dec 20, 2006

      Gtketum, Just found this out this morning. I was at a lose yesterday to the market behaviour. The Baht took over a 350 pip drop. Aparently the goverment recanted that decision today after the stock market took a 15% drop. That may have be some ...

      BatFink Daily Range trades
    • Markj replied Dec 20, 2006

      LOL, I know. There were good trades today and the decisions to stand on the sidelines was purely emotional after market headed no where on the fundamentals this morning. The GBP/USD, USD/CHF and USD/JPY all had trades around 3pm GMT. The range ...

      BatFink Daily Range trades
    • Markj replied Dec 20, 2006

      <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o></o> Thanks John, I trade full time so this makes it a little easier. <o></o> <o></o> I'd started a manual backtest on the method 2 days ago and it's really ...

      BatFink Daily Range trades
    • Markj replied Dec 20, 2006

      Trade update 20th December: All the news came as actuals so not real Market movement and is just consolidating. I have decided not to trade for the rest of the day. The GBP/CHF has strong resistance from 1/3/2004 and probably should have stayed away ...

      BatFink Daily Range trades