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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
But one must keep testing and analyzing even a live system — Yes, but one must keep testing and analyzing even a live system. Otherwise when market conditions change you are in difficulties. I have had to modify my main live system twice in ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
perhaps I am mistaken — Perhaps I am mistaken, but dont you have two Hull(12) histograms? The stand-alone indi which is in the fiste sub-window and the thn current chart TF line (H1 in this case) of the 4 TimeFrame MegaTrend MTF indicator in ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Repainting indicators do matter .... — Hi, I disagree. Repainting indicators do matter at almost every stage of trading: 1. When devising a strategy a repainting ind gives a false impresion. 2. When doing initial test trades - either Demo or ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Hi Irathi, Isn't the Hull(12) redundant, surely its just a duplication of the 4TFMT H1 line? Or am I missing something? Ian
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
So price repaints does it - blasted Brokers! — Hi, So you say price repaints, does it - who is your Broker? If they change historice prices at which a pair has been traded then they are definately one to avoid!!!!
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Why did you enter ? — Hi Terri, Why did you enter the short? The TM and the Trix were flat as a pancake for ages before this - that is a big no-no to me. I waited for some sign of life the trix, then entered long - still open , so may be a ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
No news - not quite so ... — A no news day for the EJ and everyone has ignored it for the last three hours.. Then NEWS time on the other three pairs ..and.. everyone jumps back on the EJ and 'boom'

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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
I didn't take it ... — Well done DXT, I didn't take this( wish I had), because on my chart the Trix did not go down enough before it. So it would have been a re-entry (had I entered the previous - but did not because it was before 11GMT) ... ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Multiplying by 2 — Steve, Since the methods I use only trade on a once per week basis, when backtesting I don't consider any P&L on less than an annual basis. If it has a good profile per year over several (recent) years, has a good profile ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
My demo trades this morning — For anyone interested, my demo trades this morning. (My live trading is longer TF and with different broker.) I was late in entry and once exited too early, also forgot to stop at 08:30 - distracted by FF threads ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Well CB, in that case... — Well CB, In that case, I hope that I have not offended you. Ian
How I found what works for me
- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
To Codebreaker — I see you don't accept PMs or email. So I left a message for you here url
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
For Codebreaker only — Hi Codebreaker, I was going to ask you why you keep taking the p1s55 out of TG. (Or am I just cynical?) I have now just seen your profile & can't figure you out - she actually vouched for you! As you are probably aware, ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Accusation? — Accusing? Why accusing? - It isn't illegal or unethical to use an EA. Surely everyone is allowed to write an EA for this strategy/method if they want to. If he thought it worthwhile, I'm sure that Swingman would have already ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Ah backtesting — Ah backtesting, personally I always apply a factor to backtest results. Depending on the frequency of the strategy of course, on th weekly strats I use, I took 8 yrs of results then multipiled both consecutive losses and ...
Steviet's Live Trades!
- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Indrek, if you are going to break the rules ... — Indrek, if you are going to break the rules ... ............................................................the with a 100pip win is a good way to do it. Just beware of overconfidence. Well ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Siuol - you might want to try ... — Hi Siuol, A humble suggestion: You might want to try using the 12LWMA weighted close as your primer rather than TM, because the 12 LWMA is usually faster. However the TM is very good for showing ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Being a math major does not help in trading — Hi paradoxical, Being a math major does not help in trading. In fact having any science based career or qualifications probably makes it harder - unless your speciality is Uncertainty Theory or ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Yes, but ... — Hi paradoxical, Yes 3 EEE,C Trix is faster, but from my reading of your chart (more difficult to see actual price because of HA candles) there are also 2 bad signals. So as I said in one of my first posts yesterday, it is a ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 14, 2009
I don't agree — Sorry Irathi, I don't agree , I feel you are just disrupting the thread - that is why I answered. If you were the Originator of the thread, or if TG was the originator of the thread .. then you certainly should have the freedom ...
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