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whatfx replied Jan 23, 2011for example todays gap on gold was just 1 pip. how would you trade that ?
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whatfx replied Jan 20, 2011not always. sometimes the gaps dont close. sometimes there is a huge drawdown before gap closes. so how do you handle that ? for example eu this week opened with gap down, never closed the gap, missed it by about 5 pips.
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whatfx replied Jan 16, 2011try the gap ea attached by roundrock above. what strategy do you follow to trade the gap ?
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whatfx replied Jan 16, 2011these are not ideal situations for a trader ! i dont think any of us would wait 10 years to make such money ! we want to be profitable at the end of each month, or ideally every week. i.e. up on our balance after all losses and profits. a system, or ...
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whatfx replied Jan 16, 2011also, on the above example, if we wait for gold to go up more before entering short, at what point do we decide it has gone up as much as possible ? and when to enter short ? kind of hard to predict. if you enter short say 2-3 candles after, it may ...
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whatfx replied Jan 16, 2011sure. gold never retraced on the weekend of 20/12/2010. opened up with a gap. never retraced back down to fill the gap. so you would have been stopped out here on whatever stop level you entered. also, i did a quick backtest on alpari. hardly any ...
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whatfx replied Jan 14, 2011is this system still working for all ? is everyone making consistent pips every week ?
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whatfx replied Jan 14, 2011sorry guys, but this system is a fail. good luck in making it a success.
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whatfx replied Jan 14, 2011are we all looking for gold to shoot up next week ?
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whatfx replied Jan 14, 2011i dont know how to load charts here. but i can provide you with the date gold never retraced. also, there are hardly any weekend gaps on gold . maybe once in a month. and even then the gap usually is not significant enough. how many gaps do u get a ...
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whatfx replied Jan 10, 2011there are plenty of systems on higher TF trading. have a look at sburtonhome's thread for a start.
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whatfx replied Jan 10, 2011hi honkin, what method do you use to trade your gaps ? some of the pairs you have listed , my brokers weekend spread for those are just huge. around 13 pips ! so not any significant gains to be made there.
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whatfx replied Jan 10, 2011i see. the question of stop is extremely important. you say if you are trading the retracement up, then the stop should be just below the low. but the low will be about the same point you entered trade ! also not sure what you mean by 3 stops being ...
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whatfx replied Jan 9, 2011hi the chart you posted above is that of eu and not gold. the problem i see with gap trading on gold is this: during weekdays there are hardly any significant gaps between day close and open. in fact i could not see any weekdays gaps in the last 2 ...
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whatfx replied Jan 7, 2011dont understand this ? also, each broker has different opening time for gold. so the gap times will vary.
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whatfx replied Jan 3, 2011well, just as i predicted in my post no. 356928, the news release was indeed 'in between'. but i still hold my short position entered at 13330. currently at around + 15 pips in profit. a good new year for me so far. made 90 pips on shorting the EU ...
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whatfx replied Jan 3, 2011ahem.....a bit embarrassing this. but iam actually a man. did you know that phanti ? my avatar is of a woman i used to fancy crazily. yes she was hot. but thats not me !
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