Recent content by STD Deviant

I'm dealing with Forex. Just a few hours on Sunday evening count toward an entire day's calculation. It's weird but the option to exclude is not available on the basic ATR indicator which is included in every copy of MT4. Of course I can find ones that will do it but I'd rather use what's most...

What about Sunday being included in the calculation? I would assume most ATR indicators include Sunday. It sure seems like it would needlessly skew data on the low side.

Well, it's rules based but some of the rules act on information provided by other web sources. It would also require inputting new parameters for each trading day.

I don't know if this trading strategy could be automated. It would be a pretty complicated algorithm. I will admit, I am a little technologically disadvantaged when it comes to automated processes in this field. But what I've read/learned/heard is that automated systems are not all they've...

I'm not using "code". You mean trading plan? My trading is manual. Initially during my "manual" backtest, I was using the daily ATR (closed bar) numbers. Upon live trading I was using that morning's, of that day's, ATR number. After learning that the daily ATR was updating live, I knew my data...

This particular indicator doesn't allow you to choose parameters like "high, low, on close". I could however just use the previous day's number as suggested by mushinseeker. I just wanted to obtain some feedback on what was normal protocol.

Exactly! I was in essence using an ATR crystal ball. I haven't identified yet how much of an impact it had on my overall profitability but I'm certain there was some. I also just got an idea: Say I'm in a trade and the ATR is adjusting real-time - reacting to higher or lower than normal...

I completed a very extensive manual backtest and just this week started trading it live. After reviewing some of the data I noticed my "daily" ATR number was differing from the number I was using at the open of the US trading period. To my horror I quickly recognized my indicator was giving an...

That "warning" was amateur hour at it's finest. Thanks for the lols! :thumbsup:

Braggart! :finger::mad: See: survivorship bias :p

You can be sure that in every trading day there are around 50% of the participants crying and 50% rejoicing. I tried to explain to a friend what this business is like. I told him in a normal job you get paid regardless of what you do during the day; in a sales job you go home flat if you made...

That delicate balance between intuition and the solid facts staring you straight in the face... I pushed it.

Yup. Spread - prem received = my margin cost. :thumbsup:

Iron condors in the RUT and SPX while long GOOGL spreads. Google was literally the only stock down yesterday when the SPX was roaring. I was near my uncle point yesterday but held on for the final kick in the nuts this morning.