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- zamakhtar replied May 27, 2008
Locating a strong support is easy, but locating the strong resistance level seems to be more difficult. How do you go about doing that? Sometimes you run the risk of cutting your winners too short because you closed at a resistance level that was ...
- zamakhtar replied May 23, 2008
With regard to what is possible through analysis, what is a good time to enter when you know something is trending, and a good time to exit when you there is a strong probability the trend is over? I am thinking that a good set up for entering a ...
- zamakhtar replied Apr 19, 2008
Oh looks like there was a thread recently about this topic: url
- zamakhtar replied Apr 14, 2008
Some of you are in binary mode. Forex is not completely random nor completely 'not random' from a trader's perspective, remember a lot of the time a trader can correctly predict the direction of the trend but still fail due to poor entry timing, ...
- zamakhtar replied Apr 12, 2008
Markets are also moved by fear and greed based on chart patterns and price action, which gives some technical analysis validity.
- zamakhtar replied Apr 12, 2008
I think any sensible trend following system will work provided the market is actually trending. When the market is not trending, do not trade a trend following system or else you will lose money. Part of being a good trend trader is figuring out ...
- zamakhtar replied Mar 16, 2008
Not a good idea to go long my friend
- zamakhtar replied Jan 13, 2008
I like this observation, as I find myself taking profit and missing a major move at times, thinking at the time of taking profit that I will "just get back in" if it starts to move in my direction again, though due to whatever factors psychological ...
- zamakhtar replied Jun 9, 2007
good post, as with all endeavors intention is of the utmost importance.
- zamakhtar replied Jun 9, 2007
Here is my input, I will offer some arguments for both views. Forex can be viewed as immoral for two reasons: a) it is gambling and b) transactions do not provide a good or service to anyone. The first one is easily dismissed because not all Forex ...
- zamakhtar replied Jun 8, 2007
I wonder what kind of stop and trailing stop sizes Jacko prefers? I am the kind of guy who likes big stops so I would have a 100 pip trailing stop on EUR/USD, I am going to try this anti-hedging method as it seems to be a good idea if you use big ...
- zamakhtar replied Jun 7, 2007
Thanks for these explanations!
- zamakhtar replied Jun 7, 2007
I think it has more to do with determining what has a higher probability of happening not what is absolutely going to happen.
- zamakhtar replied May 15, 2007
Yea but micro lots are really important for me. I already know FXCM offers interest free accounts but not micro lots, same with North Finances I believe. I'll check out your thread, I think I read it before though.
- zamakhtar replied Apr 22, 2007
I haven't done any testing, but I will backtest and that is the level I am going to start with. Any advice at what would be a more optimum indicator of volatility in the direction of the trend?
- zamakhtar replied Apr 21, 2007
I have a new potential method for HAS that I want to begin testing, it is completely untested yet. Here is the method: Monthly, weekly and daily bars must all be the same color (indicating a strong bias and trend toward one direction) the 4H must be ...
- zamakhtar replied Apr 21, 2007
How about Heiken Ashi Smoothed? It seems like the kind of system that works on everything all the time, though the exit and entry rules would change depending on the kind of market I would think.
- zamakhtar replied Apr 14, 2007
Here are my backtest results, one year of data shows that this system is very profitable, even without my modifications. The +-200 Ergodic filter, interestingly, doesn't help that much because although there are a lot of losing trades between those ...
- zamakhtar replied Apr 13, 2007
Hey Mikhail, I am currently doing a one year backtest on the GBP/JPY, it is going to take some time to finish. I am going to analyze what level the ergodic blue line hit for each trade taken. I feel the +-200 ergodic level is similar to the ...
- zamakhtar replied Apr 13, 2007
Swing trading is my preferred way Though I don't understand your point about interest. It would seem to me that position trading has the greatest interest accumulation if you are holding the currency with the higher interest rate for a long time.