I understand what you mean and maybe someone will create such an EA -- but that strikes me like scratching an itch on your left ear by reaching around the back of your head with your right arm. If it ever reached the point where MT4 went away I ...

MT4 End of life, timeline?

It's not as simple as "adding a module". That's like thinking you can convert a cat into a bird by adding some wing modules. MT4 is a single-threaded app, whereas MT5 is mult-threaded. Totally different architectures. If you aren't a software ...

MT4 End of life, timeline?

What about Kangaroos?

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Yep -- another shallow thinker. And someone who doesn't give a damn about the children. You have no trouble repeating easy-to-remember slogans, but you never mention the children... Lefties don't care about people -- only about power and getting a ...

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You ask whether we should trust calculated limits or futures volume data. But most of us don't have access to futures volume data or understand how to incorporate it into our trading. I would like to be able to participate in answering your question ...

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I get the viral load thing -- we've been down this path before. My point is we are in uncharted waters. At first the COVID vaccine was touted to save us, then to flatten the curve, then to stop the spread, and now to keep us out of the ICU. Previous ...

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It seems that cT is pushing the premise the market is random and is continuing down that path with his Markov analysis. Someone should ask him to prove it -- i.e. what's his evidence. Otherwise he risks misleading struggling traders...

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Don't knock it until you've tried it...

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Same as forex -- even I can look at any chart at any time and guesstimate the high and low of the current channel. But what I'm talking about are the temperatures in between the high and low. Suppose you were to log your temperature every 30 seconds ...

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Wait -- then we kind of agree (sorry to disappoint you). I also said a staged market couldn't be programmed -- and I was referring to a simple EA. When I refer to an algorithm I'm referring to the simple algebra that gets coded into an MT4 EA. I ...

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It just occurred to me -- an analogy for the FX market: body temperature. Our body temperature fluctuates within a range, just like price. Would you say that body temperature is staged or random or ???

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TT -- great, great post. Thank you. We trade differently, but we're on the same page. Because I approach trading from a programmer's point of view then my brain will only see things that it can describe as codable rules. I envy your ability to see a ...

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I like the word "staged" -- it implies some control. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it "shouts out" its direction, but it does imply there are some forces at work pulling it in one direction or another. And let's leave out what those forces ...

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TT -- loved hearing about natter'ing with the ponies -- great story. You say that price is going somewhere -- sure, that makes sense. Forex is a complex system and price is pulled in different directions. I believe there are feedback mechanisms that ...

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From Wikipedia: "A Markov process is a stochastic process that satisfies the Markov property[1] (sometimes characterized as "memorylessness"). In simpler terms, it is a process for which predictions can be made regarding future outcomes based solely ...

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Random is not the point. Random allows for infinite resources and time. My point is that statistics does not take into account the SEQUENCE in which events occur. In the case of trading, the SEQUENCE of wins and losses matters. In baseball the ...

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Hmmm -- so the purpose of yearly flu vaccines is to keep us out of the ICU? I thought the purpose of the flu vaccine was to protect you from getting the flu. My bad -- I guess I should have first read your lefty-manifesto... Ahhh -- right, I forgot ...

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Markov and probability assume infinite resources and time. When you trade a $1000 USD account in real-time you have neither. It doesn't matter if, after 20 trades you win 10. And that's because you've blown your account after the first 3 losses. In ...

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Let me get this straight -- Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, vaccinated, boosted, anti-vaxer hater, vaccine mandater, and lockdowner, tests positive for COVID. And you think it is lunacy to question vaccine mandates and the collateral ...

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When we fail we always look for an external excuse -- that's the way we're wired. It has to be that way. Can you imagine if you blamed yourself the first time you got turned down for a date? Our species would never survive... PS: Okay, perhaps some ...

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