i've found what i was looking for. monte carlo simulations are a very usefull tool for a system develloper .

Determining Risk

very good thread. maybe somebody can say some things about monte carlo simulations and how this relates to trading. i'm very interested in the maximal drawdawn and typical drawdawn problem.

Determining Risk

i got a question if i still trade this pattern. from my perspective this pattern can be profitable but on the h1 there are very few opportunities. now i have created 2 systems which use a combination between price action and indicators. keep on ...

2b pattern

could you describe the mechanism used to steal by the broker?

Question for experienced traders

it's obvious that he wants to sell his strategy. it seems quite cheap.

My Strategy: Tell Me What You Think...

any entity capable of following a set of rules. possibly even a female monkey. )))

Who is the best in trading? Men or women?

it seems to me that you have a valid strategy. how long have you studied to reach those results?

My Strategy: Tell Me What You Think...

in this day and age if you want to be on top of the things in forex trading 20% is poket change. the real target should be above 60% monthly .

20% per month. Is this possible?

maybe the problem could be inverted. what if you can predict random data with technical analysis?

TA-Charting on Brownian Motion

technical analysis is worthless. a trading system based on elements of tehnical analysis which has worked since the begining of stock exchange is an asset. there could be a another usage: elements of TA and fundamentals .

Views on technical analysis

negative nancy why don't you go to a casino forum then?

If you could ask one question to the best trader in the world

this is what i listen to. scooter - the learning process video

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

why don't you use manual backtesting? all the best ideas came to me when i see the transactions in front of me. you can start by looking at a window of 40 trades . see what is best for those 40 trades and after that move to another 40 trades window. ...

How can I enhance my system?

if you have the same rules for trading you can see that indicators give you an exact location which repeats itself over time. i don't use anymore supp/res because if you're in a position every level in front of you can cause problems. the solution ...

How can I enhance my system?

well the first step towards eliminating traders will be the tobin tax in europe. this will more the double the spread and successfull day trading strategies will be washed away. only with a 0.05% transaction tax.

The Future of Forex?

very nice post ; laughable. although there are quite a bunch of successfull discretionaryies i also hate those kind of expressions in regards to trading: 'i feel that' or 'i think that' or the best one :"listen to what the market is telling you" , ...

Mechanical vs. Discretionary

for me a systematic aproach IS trading. i cannot help you in the discretionary aproach. but i can provide you with a website i recently discovered called iasg.com. there are 600 managed funds there and you can do you're own research. one of the ...

Mechanical vs. Discretionary

systematic trading is when you found something that has a clear statistical edge over 50 years of data with clear entry and exit rules. discretionary traders are a specimen which can give arsenal (good trading ideeas) for the systematic trader. ...

Mechanical vs. Discretionary

an observation which i found very usefull is on thinkorswim platform. this platform has 2 Atr. average true range and atrwilder and they are different. avearage true range is the same both for thinkorswim and for metatrader.

Calculation of Average True Range (Wilder)

have you tried yahoo finance?

Looking for 15-20 years of end of day historical data