as i was discussing with dmjservices earlier tonight, the problem is on such timeframes there may be a 1hour or 30min bar that goes up a heap, then retraces to tp then goes straight back up but isnt really reflected in the bar... thats why i keep ...

Nanningbob 60x90 EA

what are your thoughts on going countertrend CW? Ive in the midst of reading Jacko's thread and he seems to only going with the overall trend... i may try and splice my manual trading education between this thread, james16 and jackos...

Silent Service Method

i knew i had read the idea somewhere, guess thats where i got it from... i wan initially going with AUDCAD, AUDNZD, NZDCAD and EURGBP, GBPNZD, EURNZD but thought a better mix was more appropriate... i find the first 3 mentioned there quite ...

Nanningbob 60x90 EA

from what i have seen from jthomas and bob it looks promising... what we are looking for is settings for a currency pair that produce few levels, meaning fewer multiplication and hence a lower SL amount with a 1st level TP that is often hit and whos ...

Nanningbob 60x90 EA

the OP reminds me of Harry Banes starting out

Are There Any Good Forex Trading Programs?

i see i see, dont let the amount of pips dicate when to bring your stop to break even, wait for it to get past a S+R level and then place it behind that...

Silent Service Method

my question is, for my trading specifically, when do you move the SL to breakeven... ive been typically moving it to breakeven once 100pips up then putting like 150pip trailing stop... when is it right to move the stop too breakeven?

Silent Service Method

quite simply, we earn or hope to earn more money... more money = more tax, more tax = more welfare for bludgers and 'stimulus' packages

What does a forex trader contribute to society?

depending on how big my drawdown is before i probably will trade live, i think my settigns fit perfectly for a spike then pullback

Nanningbob 60x90 EA

yes the best thing about it is it doesnt affect manual or vice versa... nice lil short off the usdcad atm

Nanningbob 60x90 EA

im not sure about magic numbers or coding in general, i just made an EA for each pair with a different name to avert this

Nanningbob 60x90 EA

oh sweet, i was having issues with ECN brokers and this EA, wouldnt open any trades... whens MB trading going live with mt4? also does this oene have the hidden tp? dont think we really need a hidden SL considering how far it is away

Trading aud/nzd successfully

i use a 5min chart for all currencies aswell, i make the changes to the MA for 'riskier ones'... the lower the ma the more violent the movement has to be to hit the first level... the MA is very choppy as opposed say a 200ma... the benefit i feel is ...

Nanningbob 60x90 EA

my replication issue is sovled, dont really know how though... i removed all mt4's from my vps and reloaded them... with different magic numbers for my ibfx Ea's and different magic numbers for my Gomarkets EA's... also would for say the audnzd and ...

Nanningbob 60x90 EA

usdcad and eurusd was a lock of the week... i started at daily to look for a pin bar or something then gradually moved down to 5mins chart to get entry.... now i need to work out a exit level, which is always hard... i typically will have lots in 2 ...

Silent Service Method

wow that makes it alot easier then me having to go in and change the code everytime i adjust the system... does this mean we jsut have 1 universal EA that we apply to each chart and then change settings for each pair whilst in mt4? cos currently I ...

Nanningbob 60x90 EA

thanks for the help, yeh i have in another one installed on my desktop (i run them off my vps) but i never loaded the experts or anything on it... ill check the terminal thing... my mind is baffled, its the rise of the machines, arnold warned us ...

Nanningbob 60x90 EA

cheers... its very strange tho... im gonna upload a brand new mt4 and not even touch it...if its still opening trades theres something seriously up.... i have an mt4 that is on my desktop (the one i trade off/run is on my vps) where i have a login ...

Problem with mt4 replicated positions...HELP

this is ridiculous.... my open position for 1 micro on the audnzd (which was replicated so effectively 2) then went to level 2, which is fine but level 2 opened at 0.09 so almsot a mini (which is replicated - so if it had of gone lower it would have ...

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