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Buys act differently than Sells

black — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:24:35 GMT

It seems that the market behaves differently with Buys than it does with Sells. Because of this, traders should have different parameters for trading Buys than they do for Sells. Settings in strategies should reflect the differences as well.

What

Strange market movements

Mihai — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:46:21 GMT

I dont know if is just me or someone else have noticed this: Every time I find a combination of few indicators that predict the market movements very good it works a couple of times and then after about a week or 2 of using them when my indicators predict

Nice signal by MACD indicator! Can somebody try to write this one?

mwitamath — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:31:24 GMT

buy
if macd cross 1 below 0 is lower than macd cross 2 below 0 and price during cross 1 is higher than price during cross 2

sell
if macd cross 1 above 0 is higher than macd cross 2 above 0 and price during cross 1 is lower than price dur

Martingale 'for real'

GregorAnton — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:26:03 GMT

Who uses the martingale with a REAL account (not demo) and what has your experience been?

MACD is the simplest thing.

black — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:43:04 GMT

A MACD is simple. Yet, it is a good indicator. It is the difference between a smaller exponential moving average and a larger exponential moving average. For example, the EMA 12 minus the EMA 26. That is a MACD.

The MACD signal is a simple moving

Ignoring active stops and limits until

black — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:51:34 GMT

In well over half of the trades my Strategies make, both testing and live, if I allow my trades to run until the end of the period when a Stop or Limit signals a close, my profits are better.

What this means is, imagine that you had an open trade

need help! bollinger bands

mwitamath — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:51:10 GMT

I want to create a strategy that uses 30M for entries and exits, the strategy is very nice, but there's lack of knowledge putting it into reality. i need to have two bollinger bands in the same strategy with different deaviations, so how to write it? it i

Just another way to use an indicator.

black — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:20:16 GMT

Often we like to use an indicator in a standard way. Consider a SMA of 20.

Normally, when the price crosses above the SMA, we Buy. When it crosses below the SMA, we Sell.

How about Buying if the current close is greater than the previous

Basic Closing Data

black — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:36:54 GMT

Most of the time we base our Strategies and Indicators on the closing price of the period. Once in awhile we base our calculations on the opening price. A few Traders might base theirs on the High or the Low.

The other standards that people base

Martingale success.

black — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:15:34 GMT

One way to succeed with Forex investing is to use the Martingale with the right Strategy (or indicator set if you are doing it manually).

Nobody can predict 100% what is going to happen in the Forex next. Some Strategies, however, never lose more

The best indicator

miner — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:32:46 GMT

Hello everyone :))!!!
who knows the best indicator for trade? :) :)

Pivot Points

cloud — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:19:01 GMT

Has anyone tried to use the Pivot Points indicator from the Code Library? Does it really show support and resistance levels well? I need such kind of indicator to use it in my strategy. Can anyone give me advice?

trading strategy gap

patato72 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:38:43 GMT

Famous patterns

frad — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:50:34 GMT

Can anyone advice where I can look for information on candle patters? I am using triangles and wedges in my techanalysis, but I heard that there are many more... let's discuss :)

Opinions sur les cours

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