If I took the time to post all the failed Rat trades, as you take the time to post the successful Rat trades, the end result would be Whiplash hell for those silly enough to think that you can trade this way without having any idea where the bottom or top will be.
Bottom Fishing, called Trading Like a Rat. Top Fishing, called Trading Like a Rat. This was being done before you were born, son. All the cute flashing light don't change that fact. Its Bottom/Top Fishing. Nothing - absolutely nothing new. Buy Zone? Bottom Zone. Sell Zone? Top Zone. LOL, what's new?
Ask anyone having any experience in COT. Ask anyone having any experience on the floor of the Futures - especially, the Futures. You've successfully repacked an age old idea and spun it like it was something you created, Avery. That, all by itself, smells of ulterior motive. Why would anyone be interested in selling their indicators, if they worked so well?
To all the massively uneducated traders out there who fell for this "Donational" prankster: Get Smart! Get a Grip! Go to the library and pick one of many books on trading that helps you understand what Bottom/To Fishing looks like. I developed indicators along these lines, years ago and was discussing them in public, years ago. There is Zero new about this stuff, folks. Zero.
This works great - in a sideways market. But, when your Rat gets caught on the wrong side of the "Buy Zone" during a market when ballistic is the only word that aptly describes current market behavior, then you will get yourself Whiplashed to death. Telling people that all they need is a "Horizontal Line," and Bottom/Top Fishing approach to the market, is not only foolish, but dangerous.
The other glaring problem with this is that newbies are being told to Buy or Sell on a reversal candle at the previous candles Daily high or Daily low, set a 10 pips stop and "take whatever profit you can get." Whose "Daily High," and whose "Daily Low?" Is my closing your close? Is my Daily High your Daily High? Of course, not. This all depends on which platform you use and how your intermediary likes to segment their bars of data. So, if either the High or Low is not objectively defined for all traders of the Rat method, then you've got people out there who think they are trading the same method - when in fact, they are not.
Where is the RAT EA Equity Curve thread?
This is antiquated - the whole method. It is childlike. There are far superior locations in the market for Bottom or Top Fishing, or for trading the Lower Shadow or Upper Shadow of the Daily bar, without getting Whiplashed to death.