Tenapenny
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Anyone here tried this out at all? http://forexsb.com/wiki/start
I've backtested recently with the latest version on 40tp and 40SL from year 2008 to 2010 and it seems to be more profitable without BE. Alpari can only generate backtesting results with 90% modelling quality. I have yet to backtest with oanda tick data as it is very time consuming.
Just got home from work...plus 32. I`ve checked out Smart markets Spread betting (Mt4 ) and have a demo chart up. Their spread is 2 pips, my live account at Latitude Fx NZ has 4 pips as the spread on GU. All the other main pairs seem the same so I don`t know why my local broker charges so much on just the one pair. Strange...
That's a good question. today a 42 pip SL would have given me a 40 pip win! I was a little slow on my analysis today and did not catch on quick enough so I let the EA do it, otherwise I would have opened that stop by an extra 10 pips. It is not an easy call since who wants a bigger loss? It looks like a few people are using 44 pip stops since slippage is happening and also some brokers have wider spreads.
Also we have to realize that the ideal trade time actually varies and we use a set trade time. Today the ideal trade would have been an hour earlier, which would have given us a lower stop and a win. Some days the ideal entry is later, but this can only be seen in hindsight! which is too bad!
My next step is to possibly adjust the sl and tp for what shows as an ideal entry time.
tkbieber.......I wonder how this would work running it 24 hours? I am going to try things on a demo and maybe more than 1 pair on small lots. Thanks
tkbieber
Did you modified your Stop loss? I see today's Nov 18 trade, you enter at the same price as others at 1.59318 at 6:30 am London time .But your EA that you modified exceed the "hard" 40 pip stop loss by 3 to 4 pips ( 43 to 44 pips instead of the 40)
Today was a red alert news day. Unless you have a crystal ball, it would have been a huge gamble to go into the release with a large SL. News was bullish, so with hindsight it no SL was the right move today. But going into the release, it you could only guess what to do.
FMT today for me:
GU triggered a 'long' trade, hit SL=40 pips
EU,NYopen did not trade- 'No Trade' signal.
I hear some of you saying they raise the SL to something higher than 40 with or without spread but where do you draw the line ? Ok , it might work today but tomorrow you get hit with 40+ loss ? IMO, the system is working fine with SL=40, so why 'guess' at something better ?? Leave it alone, let it go !!....collect your money !
cheers !
I'm glad you noticed. Yes, I use a 40 pip SL but I add 4 pips for the broker spread. The spread can kill you if you don't add it. Great example, last night where EA was safe by a spread.
FMT was safe by 2 pips and the Extended version was safe by 12 pips. View Results :clap:
I do not think this had anything to do with the spread and everything to do with the Asian session support so close to the 40 pip FMT Stop lose.
But thank you for your reply. Best of Luck.
PS: I like the fact that you put your money were your mouth is and show a public record showing your trades.
Wish all these 'after the fact" traders, you know the ones the sell system claim "I made this and made that" with no proof . maybe they will learn from Mark.
Hello, for those who run the EA on 2 orders, do you open 2 charts on the same MT4 platform or do you open 2 instances of MT4, and do you have to change the magic number? Thanks.