This seemed to have worked!! I didn't have such issues with the previous build Thanks for the suggestions guys....

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Real-time so the array will need to be able to grow over time.

How to track account balance?

Hi FerruFX.... Nice to hear from you.. and I hope your trading is going well..... OK... that would make sense.... I've not that familiar with Arrays so I'll take a closer look at the online documentation.... Out of interest, if I find an array ...

How to track account balance?

Hi FerruFX, Thanks for the suggestion. I have tried that and there is not much difference. The price bars can still be seen behind the labels. I use a white background on my charts and was ideally hoping to be able to fill the label with a white ...

Left price label (obj_arrow_left_price) issue

Not necessary IMO... A characteristic of long-term trend following systems seems to frequently be a low win rate but a high RR....(this was my experience when trading equities anyway)... if the strategy has been designed to capture such long term ...

High hit rate vs big R:R - Which one do you prefer and why?

When I first started trading I focused on trading equities and would sometimes hedge a winning position with a spread bet type of trade. I used to do this when I was unsure of short term direction whilst remaining confident in its long term ...

Hedge a losing position?

High Win Rate or High R:R ?? The one which brings in the biggest profits.... IMO Thats the most important statistic in trading.....

High hit rate vs big R:R - Which one do you prefer and why?

I traded longer term with equities. I would download the data each day and trade based on the signals provided by my system. The orders were placed manually with my broker. Hence I can't really comment on the auto trading side. In terms of learning ...

Best platform to build and execute automated trading systems

I share your view. I started off with Amibroker trading equities and also loved the backtesting functionality of it. I linked it to a separate piece of software (TradeSim) for carrying out Monte Carlo testing on portfolios and found it really ...

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This one simple sentence sums it up so well. Trying to find a real edge that is not just a part of a normal randomness set is the challenge IMO

Now I know why 95% of traders are on losing side

Having read that book many years ago and for those on here who may not be familiar with his works, are you actually referring to the range in price when you say spread?

What helped you the most to be profitable?

Excellent post Copernicus... Kcarmack... I would say that it depends on your underlying strategy methodology. Personally I like to use two types of underlying strategies; trend following and mean reversion. There are trade offs but I like this kind ...

How many strategies does one need?

IMO it depends on what kind of approach you are planning on taking in the markets. I originally begun my trading experience trading equities using mechanical methods (a bit like using EAs in forex). It order to skew the R:R in my favour I held ...

what is the best forex book?

Hi Scalpz, How do you define your groups? Do you use specific criteria? Just interested.... You also mentioned that you use FXCM. I'm currently in the process of choosing a broker and would welcome your thoughts on them? Thanks in advance Chorlton

Building an equity millipede

Hi Numbnuts, Are you suggesting analyzing the strength/weakness of a currency compared to another one and using that information to base trading decisions on?

What helped you the most to be profitable?

Why do you want to go so far back? Wouldn't the markets between 1996 and today be sufficient in order to test different market conditions? Just interested... Update: Actually based on your last comment I'm assuming that you're trading daily ...

Looking for LOTS of historical data (1985 and earlier)

Hi All, Would be interested in feedback or suggestions regarding the above, if anyone can help. Thanks in advance, CCH

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