Nina Cat50 The entire system was based on price crossing a 50 period moving average, yet it had a huge following with its own dedicated sub forum for quite a long time.

The Scrap Heap

Your right, it isn't that important..just pointing it out. As you say, the important thing is that the system works....but does it really? How can you rely on signals that change completely depending on how far to the right your chart is scrolled, ...

Montana and Yarara

Just fyi the "yarara" indicator is just a renamed indicator that has been around for quite some time called VQ, created by a fellow named Raff and posted on another trading forum quite a few years ago. I suspect that the "montana" indicator is also ...

Montana and Yarara

Um, what are boilerbands?

Stop fooling yourself; There is no system

Great post

No more BS - What have you learned?

I didn't specify the nature of the prediction, all I am saying is that prediction is an inherent part of trading. I would also say that predicting how your system will perform has a lot to do with predicting the market, one depends upon the other, ...

No more BS - What have you learned?

How is it different? You say your playing probabilities, but your still predicting that the probabilities will play in your favor. In this case, you are predicting that your wins will be bigger than your losses.

No more BS - What have you learned?

You would think that would be painfully obvious to anyone capable of rational thought. Why are traders so afraid of the word 'predict' anyway? I hear this alot "I don't predict, I react", well what the hell does that mean anyway? You are still ...

No more BS - What have you learned?

I consider S/R trading to be counter-trend, or reversion-to-the-mean type trading. I think, if done properly, it can be profitable. Using a scaling-in or semi-martingale approach can be very helpful in this regard.

No more BS - What have you learned?

Hey Justin, I started forward testing an EA on a demo account last week. The EA had accumulated 50 open positions(using microlots). The EA attempted to execute its CloseAllOpenPositions function, where it basically runs a loop trying to close ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Different strokes for different folks, and whatever works for you. Time is the most important element in studying momentum, if you beleive that there is such a thing as 'momentum' in price movements. If you use 'momentum' as part of your analysis, ...

Time frame charts are for the 95% losers?

I think trading tends to attract people who enjoy problem solving, and who have strong analytical skills. This also applies to most computer related fields.

Geeks and FX

As a naturally impatient person, sitting in front of my computer for 10-20 hour stretches waiting for trading signals or babysitting trades is extremely frustrating and stressful. The sleep deprivation for fear of missing "the really good trade ...

I love Trading

Trying to find a consistent edge is fun and challenging. The actual act of trading though, I despise, which is why I've focused 100% of my efforts on automating the process.

I love Trading

When you say "of course if we THINK it will go up we buy" doesn't that contradict your statement that you have no idea which way it will go?

this is a debate about how to not predict the market

I have to make predictions at some level, whether it be on a large scope or a microscopic scope, how can you ever place a trade if you dont? Maybe it is the way we define the word 'predict'. I hear a lot of people say "I dont predict, I react", but ...

this is a debate about how to not predict the market

Travels wouldn't make much sense, but travails does. Might wanna look the word up before putting someone else down for their grammar.

Travails of a Money/Fund Manager

Futures is a highly regulated market, you dont have to worry about broker manipulation......shading, unacceptable widening of spreads, stop-running, its really hard to know if your spot forex broker is doing this or not, but trading futures is much ...

Trading forex futures - Why?

I disagree. I think a profitable automated system can be developed, that is purely technical in nature. What I am certain of, is that it would have to be a hell of a lot more complex and comprehensive than anything you will find on a public forum.

Which EA is making money for you?

I've had similar experiences. I mainly focus on higher timeframes(1h and higher) but I occasionally will drop down to the 1m timeframe. The 15 and 30m timeframes are pretty much just a noisier and watered down version of the 1h to me anyway, but the ...

Timeframes and the learning process