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- Lain replied Jul 20, 2011
I've also tested this with my platform (not MT4) on 4HR bars just to see if it made a difference. In my tests it cuts the # of trades in half, hitrate stays about the same, profit drops due to less trade, profit per trade goes up though and draw ...
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- Lain replied Jul 20, 2011
Cool, looks like you have some pretty good confirmation for it. Good luck!
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- Lain replied Jul 20, 2011
I'm guessing you went long, but doesn't Stochastics look weak? Not confirming at a very good angle.
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- Lain replied Jul 14, 2011
Hi Roger, Thanks. That's kind of what I thought, it was simply looking at the change from the previous bar since it's a fixed 0-100 scale. But just wasn't sure if there was something fancy going on behind the seems to get a slope value. Thanks ...
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- Lain replied Jul 14, 2011
TDI slope indicator — does anyone know how the slope is calculated in the in the TDI slope indicator? would like to code the slope for my platform. is there something special about the slope or is it really just the change in value from the ...
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- Lain replied Jul 12, 2011
Excellent post. I found that out very quickly by demo trading as most of my positions move against me for at least 1 bar. When I first started seeing this my inital reaction was panic. But most of the time the position seemed to end in a profit ...
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- Lain replied Jul 12, 2011
Aw cool. I thought when Big E talked about Forex Basics he was talking about things like Support/Resitance, Trends and Fibs. But looks like he wasn't. Thanks for the calification.
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- Lain replied Jul 12, 2011
I'm pretty sure that's still part of the system and is considered part of the Forex Basics (Support/Resistance, Fibs, Trendlines, ect.) Big E keeps talking about.
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- Lain replied Jul 12, 2011
Any of the pros that have been trading this system for a while seen any really good cross signals worth while on the 4HR charts this week? Most of the pairs seem to be trending from last week so haven't seen too many crosses. There were some but ...
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- Lain replied Jul 9, 2011
Ha Ha, I already see 4HR charts when I close my eyes at night.
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- Lain replied Jul 8, 2011
Hi dcginc, Thanks for the reply, don't worry about being critical we are all here to learn and make money, so any help is welcome. Tell me as much as you can
Sorry I probably should have explained the charts. They are actually setup with all the ...Trading Made Simple
- Lain replied Jul 8, 2011
I picked up some bad trades yesterday and they all turned into losses. Still demo trading so I'm trying to learn as much as possible off the losing trades. I've attached charts of the signal bars (when TDI crosses) so I enter on the next bars open ...
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- Lain replied Jul 7, 2011
Thanks Big E. Your simple method is ridiculous (in a good way
) Glad to see you're back. Hope you're feeling much better. Take care! LainTrading Made Simple
- Lain replied Jul 7, 2011
So do your 4HR bars start at 8am EST like mine (which is how I was in 15min before the move)? This is the first time I've dropped down to the M15 timeframe to manage a trade and it worked pretty good. After a move like that I'd feel so bad to give ...
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- Lain replied Jul 7, 2011
Congrats on your pips too. Looks like 2 of the 4 I was in are pulling back so got out almost at the top. News can really help out a trade sometimes. Might keep going up but I got my pips
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- Lain replied Jul 7, 2011
It looked like the move slowed down so I just took my profit, probably will keep going but I made 270 pips in 45 min so I can't complain

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- Lain replied Jul 7, 2011
Should I close my trades I just posted at the top of the prior swing or just let them ride? I'm already up over 200 pips in about 10min

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