Rob, it got me by a couple, ho hum... lol Grant

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the rule back then was: ema in top third of box go short ema in mid third set long and short just letting the first trigger ema in bottom third go long cheers Grant

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hey Rob, yes the ema was present but the no trade in box rule was not in force then, so your results will be different... i'm happy at the moment with 75 pips as the TP, daily range average i have is 145, so its still around half despite it ranging ...

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Olpip, for the method that bears my name (4-6 am UK) then you need 5-7 for alpari cheers grant

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Olu, I have 5918 and 5968 cheers Grant

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[quote=robl45;3420341]by your example there, if stoploss is 1.6510 on the short side and tp is 1.6420, if you have 2 pip spread, its really 17 loss or 73tp right? shouldn't we adjust the the short side for the spread like we do for the long side? it ...

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Rob, none whatsoever mate, you can set your SL and TP to whatever suits your style and risk appetite. as i have said i trade for clients that like seeing minimal DD so went with the settings i have cheers Grant

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look for the NY Big Dog thread Zaba, they have a breakout method for the NY session cheers Grant

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no worries Soon lol

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Soon 25 SL would have been hit today as well... NEXT!! lol Grant

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Rob, examples:- candles highest point in box 1.6500 + buffer (7) 1.6507 (entry) SL 1.6492 TP 1.6582 BE @ 1.6532 candle lowest point 1.6500 - buffer (5) 1.6495 (entry) SL 1.6510 TP 1.6420 BE @ 1.6470 if you have the inputs for buffer (amount ...

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rob, with reagrd to a no BE move please find attached the comprehensive backtest i did for the TP's using 7 and 5 as buffers and 15 SL. you will see that using no move to BE is indeed the most profitable way forward. As i trade clients money with ...

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Rob, the 7 and 5 include the spread so just add/subtract them from the highest/lowest candles in the time period to get the entries... where the yellow box finishes is this point so, highest candle + buffer and lowest candle - buffer. these are my ...

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HI Rob, apologies for the lateness of my reply but i have been away. i have no idea why the results are that diferent, feeds maybe, i just dont know.. i use 7 and 5 for the buffer because whilst using the EA to optimize the settings i had it test ...

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Rob i have no idea why your backtest is so different, thats why i manually checked each and every trade myself to make sure the results were correct. i'd also put more weight onto the live forward test results from sept onwards. the EA i posted has ...

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Hey Ifee, welcome along. the time used is 4-6 am UK time year round. at the moment that is the same as GMT. the 5-7 quoted was in answer to another members question whose broker is gmt +1 cheers Grant

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Rob i stopped trading for the year on the 14th Dec where as i think most traders stopped on the 18th... the backtest ran from the first day of trading in 2009 (5th jan) to the end of august where my live account results take over... as i'm in the UK ...

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i know that Scull had 3 wins in Dec compared to my 1 loss, cos he traded further into the month than i did. i would have had the same but took some time off, my wife thinks i'm glued to the pc too much as it is.... lol Good weekend all Grant

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an EA. Grant

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HI sebasound, attached are my live results for Jan. cheers grant

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