jackprobe, You cannot wait for your first fractal (real-time)... it would be 2 bars late. If you have a completed bottom zigzag (or signal), you must tell your algo that there is a "1" fractal. See, your database contains completed zigzags with at ...

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Oh, so if there is a match with the standard database lengths, then you go with that. What if I create a second SET1 for lengths that are modified when there are "long" bars? I have plenty of memory to do that. So, if there are real-time long bars, ...

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It seems that bar lengths that exceed some pre-determined lengths need to be counted as 2, 3 or more bars, when storing the lengths of zigzags. This oversight could be why so many of us see lots of signals, when we really should not. More lengths ...

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Yep, another change to the algo. That's ok. Getting closer still... Carl

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Seller9, I have been a "basket" observer since the T101 days, where I wrote some software for assisting in basket trading. I have a suggestion that hopefully may help. The idea comes from a bit of portfolio theory. I never got around to writing ...

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That is why I liked my Gaussian method of finding length better, because it would identify the "cluster" of lengths among the set of lengths found. In theory I think it should work better, but I haven't found that it is any more accurate than what G ...

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Beautiful document flx23... excellent detail. Carl PS. Yes, that quasi-Gaussian method seems the better solution for me, for right now.

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ricduc, you did not look at the rest of the examples in my document... please read it again. According to my database at the time, and your logic of subsets of the larger fractal patterns will ALWAYS have more hits, is just not true. We are using ...

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No, i don't mean to predict the current bar to be a fractal. We are predicting turning points (a clarification by GG53), not fractals. I don't think the post you are referring to means you have to wait till bar 8. GG53 has stated before, that ...

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Jim, It has been explained that there will be turning points where fractals have not shown up yet. Remember, we are trying to predict a turning point (fractal). So, if the previous fractal was a low fractal (signal as shown in the screenshot), you ...

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Yes. From beginning of zigzag fractal +1, to end fractal. Carl

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Thanks G, that is perfect. Carl

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Error handling has not been discussed yet... How do you not get early signals? Carl

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@MrPip, In the old thread EURUSDD mentions using NON-LINEAR segments... every other bar, every third bar, etc. We don't do that. All data is LINEAR segments. Carl

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killerno, GG53 posted the document after I sent it to him to check. He has verified the document. It is how I am doing it. I don't know any other way. Carl

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By changing my code to lengths 4-13, I get 16366 for my SET1 Carl

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My apologies.. I just checked my code. I use 4-15 in my database, but I only use 4-13 to filter for SET3. Carl

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beachloup, I have 85164 bars of 5-min data. SET1 = 62406 SET3 = 850 Keep in mind I only have 295 trading days of 5-min bars (little over 59 weeks). So I don't have 2 years yet. Carl

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Currently testing the trigger of 65% "in-length" (-3 to 0) / (0 +3) And 85% "in-zone" (-3 to +3) / ( higher than +3) Carl @candero, I see the same sometimes... several signals in a row, the last signal being a great one for the turn.

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No, please understand... when I say "we"... it means us. "we" = all of us going in the same direction toward the same goal. G does not tell me any more than you already know. I would like all of us to understand the correct way as a team. I hope ...

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