- Search Metals Mine
- ianf0ster replied Sep 9, 2008
I know you didn't claim 85% wins — Hi BlueAce, I know that you did not claim 85% wins, i appologise if i gave the impression that you did. My point was that there have been many people on FF who have claimed very high % win rates fro their ...
the Set and Forget Pivot Net system
- ianf0ster replied Sep 9, 2008
Differances in values for daily/week's average range — Hi, Using my indicator, I still had a setup for UJ last night/today. I now see that there can be quitre large differances in the week's average range depending upon how you calculate it. ...
the Set and Forget Pivot Net system
- ianf0ster replied Sep 8, 2008
Good Set and Forget systems — Hi Spice, If you look up in FF the profile of 'The Real Thing' and go to his blog, you will find the Forex Challenge. You can sign up for free for the details of his 2 free systems and regular emails on entries ...
the Set and Forget Pivot Net system
- ianf0ster replied Sep 8, 2008
Backtesting for me is vital for an objective system — Hi Scott, Most systems are not 100% objective, so i have to forward test in demo before committing any funds to trading them. For those few which are objective, backesting saves me several ...
the Set and Forget Pivot Net system
- ianf0ster replied Sep 7, 2008
Check out my indicator for this — Hi Guys, I like the idea of this system and wanted to backtest it, without it taking too long. So I modified the Pivot Lines indicator by Jason Normandin - taking out the S3 and R3 and putting in the TP lines ...
the Set and Forget Pivot Net system
- ianf0ster replied Aug 4, 2008
Regular and Hidden Divergence - they are opposite — Hi Raz, You were thinking of regular Divergence which signals a reversal, whereas Hidden Divergence signals a continuation. Hidden divergence is stronger than regular if the 2nd indicator ...
Trading Aussie Jacko Style
- ianf0ster replied Aug 2, 2008
Rap - so you would look on larger scale than this? — Hi Rap, I think you have totally missed my point about trends - which is that they are subjective. Even the methods which rule out subjectivity are subjective because you have to make a ...
Technical Analysis Fallacy
- ianf0ster replied Aug 2, 2008
Thanks Musgrove — Thanks Musgrove, 1. But what is a 'fortified castle' if not an area of potential S/R ? 2. Is this what FTI meant by his posts about Elliot Wave. I understood that as in his posts about support/resistance, that we should not ...
Technical Analysis Fallacy
- ianf0ster replied Aug 2, 2008
I do not understand - my replies in Red — Dear FTI, I am sorry but I do not understand, perhaps (after more than 6 months of reading this thread) I should conclude that I will never understand what you are trying to say. My latest replies in ...
Technical Analysis Fallacy
- ianf0ster replied Aug 1, 2008
another confusing day reading this thread — Hi All, I have had yet another confusing day reading this thread. As I recall, FTI says; 1. ignore S/R - so why the post about not attacking until below 50 ? 2. Dont use Elliot - so why are people ...
Technical Analysis Fallacy
- ianf0ster replied Jul 29, 2008
Alerts and signals — Hi BlueBird, If you are using a broker with an MT4 platform then you can use the alerts available (of which there are many) for MT4. I attach Tesler's Alerter and instructions for use.Ther is also the Chin Alerter, but I ...
Leighsww Journal
- ianf0ster replied Jul 29, 2008
I am sure that your Spreadsheet MM is good — Hi Leigh, I am sure that your Spreadsheet will give you a fantastic ROI. I have a copy, even though I may not use it (at least for quite a while). I am trying to keep things (relatively) simple by ...
Leighsww Journal
- ianf0ster replied Jul 28, 2008
Your Tango is very like Tiki Trader's TT5 method — Hi, Thank you for continuing your log. Thanks also for showing two of your dances. Your Tango is very like Tiki Trader's TT5 method _if you have not seen it go to url When I did backtesting ...
Leighsww Journal
- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2008
G/J - a sudden spurt of activity — Well done Tiki, I missed this one (and G/U), I am in both A/U and U/J but at slightly worse prices than you, and only for the 50pips rather than my usual 100. Good luck to us both, Ian
Tiki Trader Trades
- ianf0ster replied Jul 10, 2008
RichD - De Mark — Hi, Since you mention De mark trend lines, are you using DIBS with the T De Mark targets (as in Mouteki)? Just curious, Ian
The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues
- ianf0ster replied Jul 9, 2008
It seems obvious to me — Hi, Its strange, but it seems obvious to me: Periods are bars/candles (e.g 1 hr, 1day etc). Thus for a 1hr (DIBS) chart, Bemac's defaults are: STPeriods = 45 bars i.e. the last 45 hours MTPeriods = 100 bars i.e. the ...
The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues
- ianf0ster replied Jul 9, 2008
Be careful about over confidence — Sorry Tiki, I'm afraid that 17 trades, or even 17 + 28 is still far too small to determine if you really have an edge. I would say that you need a good record over 100+ trades. That is real trades, demo ...
Tiki Trader Trades
- ianf0ster replied Jul 8, 2008
My take on getting in — Hi Matt, I don't know if Tiki has something more sophisticated now, but he once said that once it hits one of his lines he just asks his cat. Personally, I base all my TT5 trades off the 1 hr chart (so its really a ...
Tiki Trader Trades
- ianf0ster replied Jul 8, 2008
GBP/USD TT5 yesterday — Hi Tiki, Congrats on anoyther successful TT5 trade. I too took this one (a few hours earlier at 1.9674). Feeling a little nervous about it (since I was already in a FirstStrike southbound), initially I only set my TP to ...
Tiki Trader Trades
- ianf0ster replied Jun 13, 2008
Trumpcard, if I may answer some of your questions — I hope this helps, Ian
Tiki Trader Trades