The system I will be trading is perfectly suited to H4 or Daily TF, but for the purpose of the thread I will be trading 2 instruments on H1 and 2 on H4 - On H4 it can go a week or 2 without a signal and the thread will move too slowly. The aim is ...

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Simple trend trading 2019-2020 Here is the plan for the next chapter of this thread: 1. We are going to repeat the 1 year live test with 2 more systems. 2. We are also going to show how these simple strategies become infinitely more powerful and ...

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nice post.... interesting to see he had a 50% drawdown, stuck at it before realising huge gains, no risk - no reward as they say

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It is a good point Nivad, although I don't think the message is that they can not be beaten. When you are a fund managing other peoples money and large amounts that will put boundaries on what is achievable. You see very few funds doing 100% a year ...

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much more to come BlackNapkins, bear with me.

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1 year live test of a simple trend trading strategy completed Week 52 -10R (shame to end on a losing week... but being a good loser is where the money is made!) Results: 452 trades, +119.5R Total return 59.75% Thank you to everyone for your ...

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Great post Djo, I'm a big fan of Andreas

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sorry Rajini, i'm English and the test match was on... Will update tomorrow

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great post Dave, the only bit I don't agree with is the wasted years, knowing what doesn't work can be as helpful as knowing what does. I like the idea of boiling it down to one simple idea - let your winners run......etc and let's be honest, ...

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Week 51 0R Results: 441 trades, +129.5R A rather dull, choppy, break-even week.... one to go image

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Dave, cheers for posting the links to Flotsom's posts, enjoyed reading them

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Dave you should check out James Clear's book 'Atomic Habits' he has some great systematic ways of dealing with psychology, I personally use some of his ideas and they really have merit

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wow, great posts Dave and C....this is the guts of the whole trading debate. Couple of thoughts: 1.Most institutions are looking to sell a product to investors, so remember they are selling something so they try to offer what is wanted and not ...

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It's a great question Dave, I'm not sure I can give a definitive answer to it. As I understand it the rules of thumb are this: too small a backtest - more likely big error in assumptions - too large a back test - also can make wrong assumptions - ...

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I have 2 weeks to go for a full 52 week test. (the exact length is more than 1 year as I had time off to get married) I have seen many EA's give different results that are all based on some simple rules, this can be for many reasons: a ...

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Definitely Danzka, there's a certain amount of grind and repetition you need to go through, it is easy to believe in long term effects but nothing trumps actually living through the process. After a while, the entries just become a habit and little ...

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this post is from 25iq, it's one of the best blogs on the internet - you should read it, often, until the concepts are ground into you Lessons from Annie Duke (Author of “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts”) ...

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Thank's for that C, you have a real talent for explaining these complex ideas. I will try and add another important concept, LUCK I believe it is important to understand the role of luck in all this, everything has a mix of skill and luck involved ...

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