A real live account with real cash? Just checking if it isn't a forward test. It looks good. But float is a bit high. Did you stay in the market during news?

Firebird EA - fixed version -

I think you should run the EA full time. I can understand you won't have it trading unattended. Maybe just configure it to open no new positions during your working hours? Assume Firebird takes a trade. But it moves slowly and by the time you go ...

Firebird EA - fixed version -

They can only group orders into 1 lot if enough people are trading at the same price. 10 minis won't fix the problem either I think. What happens if there are 9 minis in the queue and you add 10 mini's The 'contructed lot' will probebly be the 1st ...

No-dealing desk broker with 100:1 leverage

You can't always blame it on a crashed server. People start asking questions then.....

North Finance under DOS Attack

But with enough trades you don't have to pay that fee IIRC...

Which Broker to go with? (Combined Threads)

I'm using them for over a decade and no problems either. But I have no clue how connect MT4 to them. Yeah, I've read about APIs etc. But that's above my head...

Which Broker to go with? (Combined Threads)

IB has a demo account. It's just the normal program. Use 'cdemo' as the username. But the demo only offer a few stocks/options/etc It has no API fee. But if you generate less than $30/month transaction costs they charge you $10/month

Which Broker to go with? (Combined Threads)

I have both books. The e-book is very to the point. And crammed with info. It discusses a few more MM/RM methods than the real book. If you only have the cash for one book I think your best choice it the real book. But only marginally. But that's ...

Money Management books?

It's simply not possible; and very easy to understand. If everyone would use the same system then everyone would get the same signals. If everybody got a 'go long' signal on EURUSD who would sell that lot to them? If everyone gets an exit long ...

Firebird EA - fixed version -

The only feel an EA has is looking at history. No need for it checkout what's happening. It can get an instant feel by using the historical data. In Firebird that means looking 10 bars back. So if the setup is right it will be instand execution.

Firebird EA - fixed version -

Ha, you refereing to Sharpe and expectancy. That makes things much clearer. I got confused because it ws mentioned, enclosed and link to a thread ws posted. Got some essay about Sortino, Omega, MAR, Treynor, etc ? I'm using this kind of stuff longer ...

Essay: Trading system probability

It's extremely hard to figure out something that is profiteble over a longer period of time. Thousands of people on all kind of fora are hammering the same question as you do. Many knowalls know that it sucks because DD is to big or SL is to big and ...

Phoenix is here!

Thanks a lot for this post silverpike. I'm really amazed about the Sharpe ratio. The P/L is more in line with what I expected (for this version) One question: How can that be for a EA/version that doesn't exist that long?

Essay: Trading system probability

I didn't even know there was a real book. I just printed it for easy reading.

Money Management books?

Is that the Sortino ratio? The ratio that only measures downward volatility. I think it has some good point measuring downward volatility because that's the harmful part. But Sharpe is much wider accepted discussed.

Essay: Trading system probability

Opening a trade is done by either buying a lot or selling a lot. Everything else isn't counted. 100 positions is quite much. If you are trading 100+ minilots consider playing full lots. Besides of that I'm pretty sure that buying 12345 lots just ...

Firebird EA - fixed version -

Spot on Yardie. Are there detailed descriptions of what diffrent versions do? It always make me feel better to know how it exactly works.

Firebird EA, please test this one, it is one of the greats

Well I can't take all the credit... I developed upto 0.65 without any letters in the version number. I'm obsolete now and can sleep at nigh I just recently found this thread and started following it. I didn't test any of the new EAs. But good ...

Firebird EA, please test this one, it is one of the greats

Hendrick, All that tried to develop something themself know about the struggle your in. It maybe best to shut dow your PC completly and spend some quality time with you wife. And start again with a fresh mind. Constantly pounding a problem can be ...

Phoenix is here!

@ accrete If you wife starts nagging again tell her you swap her for a more recent model if the pips roll in (just kidding) Lets get our head out of the clouds a bit and look at reality. We all know life is hard. 90% loose in forex 5% break ...

Firebird EA, please test this one, it is one of the greats