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    system expectancy question

    thx bpr
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    system expectancy question

    bpr- was wondering how a system with an expectancy of 0.47 compares to most other systems. Do most traders systems have expectancies in this general range?
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    system expectancy question

    ok thx, good to know. So I guess the systemis not that great, guess I will keep looking for a better one.
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    system expectancy question

    All thx for responding. bpr - Thx for the dropbox spreadsheet. I have all my trades documented in an excel spreadsheet and that is how I did the calcs. Just to make sure I am using the right expectancy equation, I used: Expectancy = (Avg winner x win rate) - (avg loser x loss rate) = (3.73...
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    system expectancy question

    bpr thx for replying - I have broken the data set into sections already and have found that when I get a bunch of losses and the system expectancy goes down, say when NYSI goes negative and the market corrects. The system expectancy goes back up when NYSI goes positive and the market rallies...
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    system expectancy question

    Hey all I was trading a mutual fund system a couple years ago for which I calculated an average per trade (expectancy) of about 0.95%. This was based on a set of 465 trades. My win rate was 52% and loss rate was 48%. Average win was 3.74% and average loss was 2.04%. Over time the average per...
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    Hard stop vs trail stop?

    Winston I actually forward tested this strategy originally using 2 lots, or batches. The first lot had a 5% profit target, and the second lot continued until the end of trade signal. I decided to only use the end of trade signal since the 5% target did not give nearly as good results...
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    Hard stop vs trail stop?

    All I am trading TNA/TZA using a mechanical swing system that employs daily close data. My stop loss currently consists of a 2-day "time stop" where I dump the etf after 2 days of lower closes. I also recently added a hard stop of 10% to the system strategy, although based on trade history...
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    Learning to read Price Action with P&F Charting

    You may be interested in this site, has S/R levels for many indixes and stocks, etc. The site is a paid subscription but he also has a free set of charts on stockcharts. I am currently subscribing to the paid site. http://thetedlines.com/...
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    Learning to read Price Action with P&F Charting

    As of EOD on 7/27/09, there were 1262 NYSE stocks that currently have a buy signal, out of a total of 1819 NYSE stocks. Does this mean that the remainder (557 stocks) are currently on a sell signal? http://stockcharts.com/charts/NYSEBPI.html thx
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    Learning to read Price Action with P&F Charting

    dentist that is a great site and has the info I am looking for, thx.
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    Learning to read Price Action with P&F Charting

    All I have been looking for daily numerical totals of buy and sell pnf signals with not too much success. Looks like stockcharts does not have them, or at least I cant find them. Does anybody here know where I might be able to get pnf buy signals totals? I want to try comparing daily trends...
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    Learning to read Price Action with P&F Charting

    Bone - what other things were you referring to above? thx
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