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 ...

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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

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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 ...

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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

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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?

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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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I just spoke to IC Markets about opening an account and when I asked about historical data I was told that it comes from Metaquotes only. They don't provide it for the MT4 platform. As I need the ability to backtest using the actual brokers data I ...

Looking for LOTS of historical data (1985 and earlier)

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Is there a Stocks forum like FF?

Thanks RParm..... Good advice also.... My strategy is more longer term but I will be drilling down to lower timeframes to place orders throughout the day.

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Hi Hayseed, Appreciate the clarifications. Am I right in assuming that I would use a downloaded version MT4 on my phone?? This might sound thick but if I have the EA running on my PC at home with its own magic number and I log into a ...

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Hi Hayseed, Really appreciate the reply. Great info, so thanks!!! Reading through your comments I do have some further questions. If you have the time I would really welcome some clarification as Im fairly new to MQL4 programming. Are you able to ...

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Thanks blamshakk... that puts my mind at rest.... I only plan on having around 4-5 EAs running at any one time....

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Just thought I'd bump this up in case someone who can help missed it

Best Way to set up EA Trading at Home

Just thought I'd bump this up in case someone who can help missed it

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Thanks for the reply Pharley....

90% of traders fail...

Hi Pharley, You seem to have a good approach. Couple of observations: 1. Have you considered dropping down to an even lower timeframe (15mins, 5min, etc) in an attempt to get tighter entries and improve your R:R even further? 2. If I have understood ...

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