Flying Dutchman

Hi turnip,

Cheers pal.

And without promising one damn thing lol (as it's a minefield out there ),
but if I can hold together & just wait until I see their final committment to completing the project then
I can sometimes find a final 10 pips or so (?) towards their end target.

Sometimes I trade "ugly" to get it too & I will also often close just before the actual final hit, but that's just me and my defensive play in the markets .
So no guarantees pal.

Put up a template or two on your TradView Simulator and run some days from the past during "your usual" trading session times and just see what pops up.
Better maybe than jumping in straight away with live trading to start with, as you filter out false signals AND flip-overs which can occur during news releases.

All the best sir

Cheers folks, appreciated.
Okay here are two testing Simulators BUT

For MT4 charters only, sorry.


These simulators CAN be used on the weekends also when the markets are closed.

For myself, it was a way I could SHORTEN my market study by running a tick-by-tick Simulator across past days. (NOT a candle-by-candle pretend simulator like just using the F11 stepping approach for example)


The tick-by-tick approach allows us to see the delta of each candle change during its growth right to candle close (on ANY timeframe you select).
I started with a 15m chart but more recently had another look on a 1hr chart and the delta changes during THAT 1hr candle explained extra to me about what the 15m changeovers meant.

I still prefer the 15m to see the peaks, troughs & triangles though.

(You can simulate on the 1min of course but it doesn’t allow you to change timeframe mid-testing so I lost the fuller perspective of where price was in the bigger picture, and I didn’t get to see the Swing Targets to the left that the market chases - so I suggest starting on a 15m chart before then going higher or lower).

Plus during the simulator operation you can pause. And then switch over templates also. Test as many templates as you wish at the same testing time.

The benefit I found from template switching was that once I could observe the process of how the market runs its many targets, over and over, that in the end the template was less important than the market process itself. By that I mean that ANY of the 10,000 thread systems & methods could possibly be used within the market process to achieve similar results. Sounds strange eh, all system templates might have imo the same success OR FAILURE rate which leaves the only variable likely as …. US/The Trader.


Okay, for Training Purposes only
The first Simulator I saw (and there must be MANY others out there) was


You can use this one free on ALL or any pairs, indices, metals etc

https://www.mql5.com/en/code/9220?ut...ce=mt4terminal


Setting up the simulator

Install it in your Experts folder.
After install and restart open an MT4 chart and use Ctrl-T and Ctrl-R to show the simulator screen.

“Select the Training2 downloaded expert advisor from the list of drop downs”
“Choose a symbol of your favourite PAIR”
“Choose the slowest model operation EVERY TICK to begin with”
“In the Use Date choose any time from the past (eg 3 months ago or earlier)” and the end date at now if you wish (or any other date after the begin date)
“Tick Visual Mode but do NOT tick Optimization”



The next one I have seen (among many others out there, I guess) can ONLY be used free on
GBPUSD
But what a great pair to test it on imo.

In fact you likely only need one pair to observe what the market process is as
ALL pairs, indices etc would seem to operate to this same market process.

THIS simulator also allows you to start ENTERING TRADES by your choice of Lot Size on a set $10,000 a/c

You could download this one for GU free if you wish from FF here, I believe the free demo is still available though listed about six years ago.

The SETUP again in your Experts Folder will be the same on mt4 as the setup on training2.exe above

https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...&reply=1#reply


It’s the weekend now.
Live trading is over for currencies.

Why not try and test a simulator for a few hours over the weekend.
What can you lose other than time.

Trade safe, trade well folks
(NO day review chart for GJ lol. But you know it would just look the same as the others anyway )

Perhaps a forex scene from the New York Open


(actually it's up near Wessel Island in the Northern Territory)
(come visit Aus for some swimming & sun - just dont do it after dusk maybe lol )


sharks vs a lone croc

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0P2iWDy...eo_watch_again

Beautiful waters in the land of OZ ! ...reminds me of Mexico except no Crocs on the Pacific side lol... No gracias !

OK I marked up some charts meaning to post them in "No Indicator Trading System" thread
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...6#post14676556

But will post here as I had question that pertains to Order Blocks...No I dont use them...and No there
is nothing new under the sun... Market Mechanics/Market Structure/Market Psychology Nothing new
Just new words etc.. Maybe some have noticed I mark off closes of candles when drawing a TL whether
horizontal or not...(for the most part) WHY..Because it represents the Close.

WHy the close ? Because thats what daily performance of all assets is based on...THe Close.
2 most important times of the day the Open and the CLose...THen we have the High and LOw OHLC

Heres some charts that I have marked up showing these concepts... Some of the charts you will see an
extended green line from the prev days NY equity open 930am NY... Pay attention to the Open
Pay attention to the Close and to Highs and Lows..4 critical areas.

RUnning out the door to buy some more xmas lights and get them hung up while its not raining...
So will explain later.. but heres a Dump of charts...that Ive been meaning to explain more but no time at
the moment later today or tommorrow

Cheers
Kevin

The Open....High Bull Low Bear candles...retracements with wicks only
Timings - Levels - Behaviour of Price ( notice the times marked off on Oil chart)

I'm off to bed. Tired eyes from reading late at night
Looks like I have more reading to do tomorrow Kevin.
Learning never stops - never a 'done deal.'

Jajaja trato hecho mi amigo....off to the hardware store for the second time today... need another 2 strings of Xmas lights to finish
my project before dark.... Hasta luego..... Vamanos

Becareful mate

Plugging in two extra sets might take out the whole of Mexico!!

Easy with the reading matey.............

After going through the manual a few hundred times.

Squirrel - latest trading tool. Just feed it nuts

One wonders at the mindset and intellectual evolution of people who revel in the grotesque

Had a good morning and afternoon
Hope you all did likewise.

Last post this year from this guy.
Has a great approach and talks common sense imho.
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...3#post14679053

Sometimes simple is the best, we can as Humans, over-complicate things more than they need to be.

Interesting. I've been on lisinopril for past few years now for HBP and I swear it gives me brain fog and a lack of concentration/motivation (not too surprising I guess when you find out it's something derived from Brazilian snake venom). I was watching a documentary here the other night on antidepressants and the whole argument about serotonin and how much we really know(or don't know as it turns out). But at the end of the day NOTHING will get in the way of Big Pharma pushing long-term-untested drugs on the unsuspecting public via doctor kickbacks and FDA bribes in the name of quick returns on R&D for happy investors.

Did you notice a significant drop in blood pressure from diet change, or was HBP not a problem in the first place?

Health break.. I don't know........

Where be price going now chaps ?

Yesterday no trades wasnt feeling up to snuff..
Today back at it feel good...Took a scalp on SPX for 4pts

Then Oil for 63pts..Closed at LEVELS ...
THen saw price come back down...but then had to tend to a Emergency Cat Litter box issue ................
and missed the double bottom entry that was a picture perfect A+ setup for me..All in..but mmm nooooo ^^
Missed out on a further 100 pt move...ouch

Calling it a day no need to give anything back.

Heres a TV chart and MT5.... I really dislike marking up MT4/5 charts..TV soooo much easier.
WHich is why I always post TV charts. and the MT5 is for the message to show a real chart...
A REAL CHART LOL.... ya okk
I have shown alot of charts in the past...mt4/5 charts.. both pre trade during trade and post.. So heres one for you,,thats it.

I am here to try and help is all...Give back to what I have found has helped me..Were all different and there are many ways to
trade successfully.... this is just my view on the charts and how I read them..If it helps you great... if it doesnt no problem.

You can sit over my shoulder and watch me trade live everyday..It will not help you.. As you have to PUSH the buttons.
Its a whole different ball game when YOU are pushing the buttons.. Everything you watched someone else do will fly out the
window when you start dealing with YOUR emotions before during and after YOUR trade.. THis is all about you...
So dont worry about what I do.. I do just fine thank you very much. Worry about how you Execute not me !!!

Finally Roadmap is used on my charts watching the close of the bars in relation to the channel 8ema...
the red 20ma is a stacey burke filter I use...I need price to be closed on the correct side and I use it on the
1m thru 5min...

OK rant done



I do wish YOU all the best .