Informative post, thanks for explaining the difference between fractal art and mathematical fractals.It is a very nice post, thanks for contribution. However this is my opinion: The problem with your last paragraph where you talk about the ...

Preferred Timeframe for Trading

If a trader knows what he is doing then he will probably, sooner or later, find the best period suitable for him. If the strategy he is using, and he already has settled the time horizon of his trades, are matched with the TF of his choice then its ...

Preferred Timeframe for Trading

Did you ever considered that other people read this thread too, if we know that, doesnt mean that others know it too, let other peoples learn too, nobody starts as a pro.

Preferred Timeframe for Trading

Perhaps but you still need to define a timeframe, by looking at M5->D1 you actually looking at D1 but zoomed in. You have to define the period which is the maximum that you look back too. Or in other words how much you need to look back into the ...

Preferred Timeframe for Trading

Yes but i`m not asking about timeframes in general, but rather why did each individual trader choose them, what made them choose the TF they choose and which one is it. Those 2 questions are the main topic of this thread as stated in post #1. Mostly ...

Preferred Timeframe for Trading

I think setting a monthly target is wrong, you should grab what the market gives you , you cant dictate how much the market should give you, but instead do your best, and accept what the market gives you. And always constantly improve your strategy ...

Advisability of setting a monthly target

Is there anyone else who wants to share their opinion about timeframes? C'mon guys i really want to keep this thread rolling so please dont be shy and share your opinion, thanks!

Preferred Timeframe for Trading

Well everyone needs to find the TF suitable for his strategy.A long term portfolio manager trading 6m-12m periods wont really gaze at M1 charts wont he? But yes i see the trend that most people try to stick intraday, which is a result of better ...

Preferred Timeframe for Trading

I dont know what is not clear about my explanation, i explained it 2 times already.

Statistical mean of the market [quant corner]

Winrate : 20.97% Maximal drawdown: 17.89% Average consecutive wins: 1 consecutive losses: 5 Pretty rough, and lower WR but the expectancy is much much better.No SL&TP are used, because i dont have the SDs calculated yet, i open a trade at a signal ...

Statistical mean of the market [quant corner]

Ok let me explain it again, if you look at the overall market , that is since 1950 or so since FX was born, the mid line is the median because thats the mid of the probability distribution aswell, as the market has confined between the HIGHEST HIGH ...

Statistical mean of the market [quant corner]

Ok i here is the 2ND generation of my filter. I had no other way of quantifying the precision, than to take trades off them and measure the expected profit. The FIRST generation had an EP of 0.21 which was lame, and almost random, not really an ...

Statistical mean of the market [quant corner]

There are more variants to the moving averages than there are grains of sands in the desert, just look here how many MA's are there url I didnt had time to check all of them. However just by looking at it with my eyes, i can see that its has small ...

Statistical mean of the market [quant corner]

Here is how the poll looks like so far, with 55 votes: image Looks like more people tend to trade between M15 and H4 and there are scalpers on M1 aswell, the rest is empty. The sample size of 55 is too small, so new readers of this thread,please ...

Preferred Timeframe for Trading

Hehe i think you confuse the statistical mean with the statistical median, i`m looking for a mean here not the median. The median is (HIGH+LOW) /2, while the mean is the middle price of the price's probability distribution.The mean changes too, ...

Statistical mean of the market [quant corner]

On my bands research, i specially modified the parameters to reconstruct a good mean for a "band type" of strategy, so that i can put the SL outside the bands, in this case outside the 2nd standard dev. and have a very small chance of being hit, but ...

Statistical mean of the market [quant corner]

Yes indeed, its renko chart, although i dont know whats the difference because a 10 pip price chart is a 10 pip price chart.If its the lagg, then anyway its plotted on historical data, i would not really use price chart on live data. I think the ...

Statistical mean of the market [quant corner]

I used this indicator to construct the chart, its explained there how to use it url The MT4 strategy tester is already set to optimize the balance, i dont know what else you can do about it.Also long/short trends doesnt matter, a good filter needs ...

Statistical mean of the market [quant corner]

Yes indeed i agree completely, the H4 is very smooth, and the M15 is good for entry picking, depends on what you want to trade, the breakout or the pullback. For breakout i think M1 is the most accurate, but for any other tehniques its probably from ...

Preferred Timeframe for Trading

What do you mean by equity curve, i dont have such options image

Statistical mean of the market [quant corner]