Seekinglight.....you hit it.....I call this phenominon....The Greener Grass syndrome, no matter what it is people think the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.....just out of reach

Why are we afraid of simplicity?

I have also found the strategy tester fairly unreliable....translate that to useless........

Major problems with Strategy Tester

Hi guys...... OK I will try to clear things up RE, the strategy I use. trade size is 90% of available margin. which =s 16.20 per pip at this time. as the account balance grows the pip value also grows accordingly. TP is 3 pip = 48.60, which is just ...

My New TradingSystem Need Help!

there is just one problem with back testing .......... it is wrong most of the time, I agree it will give you an idea, but there is nothing like forward testing to get the proof

My New TradingSystem Need Help!

Here is the transaction history for todays trade.... image earnings were actually just a little over 1% in a perfect world this would come to over 1000% per year....but I am not delusional....I do realisticly expect around 500% however.

My New TradingSystem Need Help!

orders were placed at 1715 PDT Short limit hit at 1732 PDT TP hit at 1957 PDT earnings.....1% of NAV

My New TradingSystem Need Help!

I use Oanda and it works out fine...

My New TradingSystem Need Help!

yup.....it'll tighten yer sphincter:surprised if you sit and watch it sometimes .... but I set my limit orders and come back the following day....also time of day has a bearing, I find between 3 and 4PM PDT seems to work about the best, also the ...

My New TradingSystem Need Help!

I use a similar strategy... My parimiters are .... TP = 3 pip SL = 25 pip position size is 90% of available bal....... this gives me about 1% per day compounded return, and yes the SL has been hit a time or two and it takes some time to regain my ...

My New TradingSystem Need Help!

Boy that was worth waiting for..............

japan CPI

at the risk of being redundant, I shall reiterate....the reason most fail is I believe 1st they are always jumping from system to system, The greener grass syndrome if you will.......... When they find a system they miss trade it, stops are to ...

Forex Market Mechanics

bump......want to keep this thread in the public eye....I think there is some potential here.

Forex Market Mechanics

I too just saw your post.....it takes some time for the response you may be waiting for since some of us do catch a little sleep from time to time.... By the way I found your post very interesting please continue.....

Forex Market Mechanics

Actualy I kill a chicken and study the entrails before I place a trade......

Precognitive trading

I think you suffer from greener grass syndrome..........you said you jump from system to system spend 7 hours a day losing money.......sit back relax....sytem jumpng and over trading will tear anybody apart. and definetly do not revenge trade.....it ...

Please tell me your method!

trading the news seems to be in vogue right now but as was stated in anoher post it will only be a matter of time before the news becomes very untradeable for what ever reason...I have been noticeing fills have been getting worse, spreads have been ...

Agressive news trading?

nathan...... Always trade with the dominant trend, use longer time frames, learn to identify the ranges and support and resistance of these ranges and trends, expect to have the market retrace from your entry point before it reaches your take ...

Lost...?

No problems here, ....Saturday morning they were down for maintainance untill noon PDT.

problems logging onto Oanda?

judex001.... can you move all the various updates of the indicators to page one, there have become enough now that trying to go through all the replies become quite laborious to find them and sort them out. thanks

The tlatomi method

natgo....... here is some reading that may help you put it together.... http://strategybuilderfx.com/showthread.php?t=15439

How to avoid being shaken out