Hi TJ, I mostly trade off of daily charts, trying to catch short-term trends that last a few days to a few weeks. I note the current...
This was also one of my breakthroughs during the past year. Taking partial profits at multiples of the ATR (measured at the time the trade is...
I definitely get your point about longer backtests giving one more confidence in the results, and working with a computer science professor was an...
Hi Handle, I'm glad to see that you're still sharing your thoughts here at ET and I wish you well. I backtest methods manually, primarily...
Hi Brian, The chart you posted appears to have candles that are all the same color. When backtesting entry signals, I find that there is value...
To answer your question, don't we need to know how much we will lose, relative to the "nice profit" we'll get if we win, if the loss occurs?...
Hi K P, Backtesting can be done by computer program or it can be done manually. I didn't become consistently profitable until I got serious...
Hi EliteTrader, Good PF numbers tend to be in the 1.5 - 2.5 range for a lot of strategies I've seen and your PF of 8.0 is unusual. I...
Hi Johnny, On a day when you make around 50 trades, approximately how much do you pay in commissions?
- Handle's suggestion is a good one. - Also, consider trading the way Cornix does. My understanding is that he trades NQ near the opening for...
Hi Wide Tailz, Hadn't heard of BTD before so I went to an acronyms website: acronyms.the freedictionary.com/BTD The choices included...
Took the screenshot using either the Snipping Tool or the PrtScn keyboard button and edited the resulting images in several different ways. None...
Just tried simply adjusting the pixel width to 950 with no other changes and it looked about the same. Trying 950 pixels + 300 dpi now. It...
Hi Deucy, You're right, that last picture I put up wasn't as sharp as it should be. I'm trying the .png format right now. It does look a bit...
Interesting... Is Jack #1?
Last one: Natural Gas [img]
Another chart for EUR/USD. One would think that trendfollowers would have done well here. [img]
Quote from AFJ Garner: ââ¦As everyone and his uncle, mother, brother and granny now know, trend followers have increasingly hit bumps in the...
I had to play around a bit before I found success in posting a chart. Here are the steps I found to work: 1. Select Post-a-Reply or Quote to...
3 inch chart, 300 dpi: better? [img]
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