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Suddenly occurred to me... Why don't I just do the opposite of this? Lol.

I'm not bored at all. You shouldn't speak for other people.

Problem using 3% on EUR/USD because that would require a daily move of about $0.035. That never happens. I want to stay with Fx pairs because I think they are most likely to follow TA patterns compared to other instruments. EUR/USD has a low bid/ask spread so it's a good choice for me.

Funny anecdote: The trade I mentioned above that had a historical loss rate of -333%... I just closed it manually at a gain of $765.40 (on $10,000 margin). That's great money for a few hours. Although I take zero pride in that because I know it was just luck.

Ok. But you can hardly fault someone for not being able to predict the future.

1. Please define "bar length >3%" 2. What should the sell signal be?

Then there's no point in me trying to make "sense" out of TA. Although I have had several nice predictions lately based on fundamentals. Unfortunately, they were very easy because of the temporary corona situation. I could have made an enormous % return if I bought and held the S&P futures...

Ok so you need to have the math skills of a theoretical physicist. This is beyond my ability to do. I don't have the time or energy to invest into something that complicated... But perhaps there's a toned-down version? Instead of making $20 billion like him... I'll be happy with $20 million. Or...

Explain in detail. The only problem that I see is that there are so many possible parameters that it would be impossible to test every combination.

This thread will be a continuing journal of me backtesting different TA indicators and combinations of indicators. Technical indicators are all derived from raw numbers and are mathematical equations. Therefore, if TA has any merit, it should be able to be proven that by using an indicator or a...

I changed it so that I only buy-to-open when 50ma>200ma, and only sell-to-open when vice versa... Now I only lost money at -135%/year.

Ok well I just backtested EUR/USD to see what would happen if I bought every time the momentum of 50MA turned positive, and sold every time it went negative. I was encouraged to do this because I saw it would have gotten me a nice gain since from 5/28 - 9/22. But when I went back 9 months, I...

Pretty sure "momentum" is what I'm looking for.

What's the indicator that is the derivative (slope) of the moving average? In other words, it's positive when MA is increasing and vice versa.

You said how often do I want to be staring at a screen. I can definitely place limit orders so it sells when it hits a certain price.

Is there a reason I can't just set stops and limits when I place the trade?

I build homes for a living. That is not random. I know the costs going in, and I know what the house should sell for assuming there's no downturn in the market while I'm building. And the market would have to crash about 30% before I break even. I can't do anything that is like gambling. I...

And how successful are you? Be honest.

The original question was just looking for a statistic of individual companies. But then the thread got sidetracked into a debate about FA vs. TA.

I can do historical pivot points, so there's a lot of data for me to back test