Recent Content by Slope Trader

  1. is there a "minimum number of days" condition in TOS scanner?

    Not sure if this is what you mean, but when you add a condition you can require it to have occurred within the last N bars: [ATTACH]
    Post by: Slope Trader, Mar 20, 2025 in forum: Technical Analysis

  2. Overlay chart of EuroFX futures contract with EUR/USD spot

    Another view... 1 min candles from Monday, Dec 9th (to avoid the holiday period) are very similar but usually not identical in structure. [ATTACH]
    Post by: Slope Trader, Jan 1, 2025 in forum: Trading

  3. If you had to do it all over again ?

    I wouldn't do too many things differently except for this... When a student told me in 2012 that he was buying this weird new currency called...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Dec 31, 2024 in forum: Trading

  4. Secrets of the Moving Average

    . Thank you for describing your approach to trading with moving averages. Are the smoothed 3day and 233day EMAs you mentioned calculated simply...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Dec 22, 2024 in forum: Technical Analysis

  5. Moving averages

    As others have said, there are several different ways to employ moving averages in rules-based systems. My preference is to use short-to-medium...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Dec 21, 2024 in forum: Trading

  6. Losing Days

    . This thread reminded me of this... Losses Hurt More Than Wins Losses Hurt Worse Than Wins Give Pleasure: A Behavioral Economics Perspective...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Dec 19, 2024 in forum: Journals

  7. Scalping - TOS Paper Trade Results

    . Hi ironchef, Not sure if this is helpful but I prefer to use a simpler measure of profit:risk which is simply the net profit divided by the...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Dec 7, 2024 in forum: Trading

  8. I want to learn trading

    . AI2trader, I think the posters encouraging you to focus on your education to develop a solid vocation while continuing to read books related...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Nov 27, 2024 in forum: Trading

  9. What are some basic strategies ?

    Sekiyo, Do you also test the impact of using different methods of order entry after a signal appears, e.g., with limit, at-the-next-open, or stop...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Nov 7, 2024 in forum: Trading

  10. What are some basic strategies ?

    There are ideas that might be of interest to TA aficionados at the site linked below. Many different system descriptions are listed in the Basic,...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Nov 4, 2024 in forum: Trading

  11. darwinex zero

    LOL, sorry for the misunderstanding... was thinking about this thread that talked about blasting with pending orders multiple times, but now see...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Nov 2, 2024 in forum: Journals

  12. darwinex zero

    . Your results tables consistently show remarkably strong profit factors and low max drawdowns. Do I remember it correctly that your approach...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Oct 31, 2024 in forum: Journals

  13. Mean Reversion or Momentum ?

    Momentum that is in the same direction as the short-term to mid-term trend
    Post by: Slope Trader, Oct 28, 2024 in forum: Trading

  14. How do you avoid getting shaken out ?

    . You're right, got to maximize gains when candles are trending and mitigate losses in the regions of severe chop... My imperfect compromise is...
    Post by: Slope Trader, Oct 27, 2024 in forum: Trading

  15. How do you avoid getting shaken out ?

    Just changing the EMA length again and again and measuring each outcome over many trades while keeping the other rules/filters constant.
    Post by: Slope Trader, Oct 27, 2024 in forum: Trading