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Hello, So I spent about 5-7 months manually backtesting and forward testing a strategy that was not very profitable and just did not know what I was doing. Good news: through the process I gained alot of chart screen time and discovered some other ideas I would like to test. However, I will...

Hello ADONAI1ST, ES means S&P 500 Emini Future contract. Every point it moves, its worth $50 per contract. @Handle123 @Xela (or any other experienced traders) I would appreciate your comments on the advice I am giving ADONAI1ST. Do I sound about right? Backtesting manually means if you think...

pinabetal, I agree, trading ES with one contract is what I sim trade manual backtest now with a system. 1 contract is doable.

Hello ADONAI1ST, I like day trading future cause by the end of the day I know if I made or lost money. Futures are more centralized and not bother by company earnings and so forth. I prefer trading NQ, CL, and ES.

Hello whitepaper, Congraluations on passing the combine. I am still in combine after 2 months, due to some mistakes of my own. Yes, the first 10 days in the funded will be challenging because you have to trade 10 days straight and better hope the markets is heavily trending those 10 days...

I really appreciate everyone response. In conclusion what I have learned from other who may read this thread: 1. Anyway you prefer to trade can be programmed, automatically backtested and live automated. This will require programming skills or hiring a programmer. 2. As learner2007...

Thanks for your comment learner2007, I use thinkorswim Ondemand to manually back test. How much sample data do you use when manually backtesting?

learner2007, According to other comments on this thread, the answer is "yes". As a discretionary/manual price action trader or whatever trader, I am learning that we can not ignore algorithm trading, especially when backtesting our ideas. This is why i ask the question can price action be...

learner2007, lol haha no worries. Congrats on your 1000th post. We just discussing trading. Here is a picture of the example how I define trend for myself. 5 minutes chart on /CL in real time just a few minutes. Trend of the moment is downward. I want to get on board with price going down...

learner2007, Regarding the trend. Honestly, I discretionary intraday trade now, and i define the trend by waking up and looking at the instrument chart I trade, whatever way price is moving is the trend of "that" moment. I just simply want to get on board of whatever way price is moving from...

Thanks learner2007 for the comment.

Thank you InvBox for the recommendations. I have not programmed in #C since college (7 years ago) but the logic brain is still here. So I am still newbie.

Hello Handle123 and thanks for the comments. This is a information to know as I use open and close candles to define entry. I trade futures only and still reviewing platform I will decide to use. Thanks,

Hello learner2007 and thanks for the comments. Very logical. Currently, I trade similar to you: discretionary screening/analyze and lots of time manual backtesting an idea. I agree with you, but there is some limitations on my part with manual backtesting. Here is the problem I (maybe...

Thanks for the comments InBox, I am still reviewing different platforms. Do you have any recommendations? Thanks

Thanks algofy, Yes, this is what I am trying to do. Track and count price movements up and down, then take action if or else then. Still learning to program, but nice to know what can and what can't be done.

Thank you Algofy, So if I use range bars, say 8 tick bars, NinjaTrader can be programmed to count X amount of bars and if X is greater then 4, buy or sell? I am use to candles charts or time base bars. Thanks.

Thank you Turveyd, Why do you say this difficult? Are you referring to range bars that's do not plot another bar until x amount of price movements? For example, a 5 tick bar range does not plot another bar until 5 ticks go up or down. Thank you

Thank you wrbtrader for responding. I am more interested in programming an idea and then automated backtesting using NinjaTrader for instance. I never programmed and beginning to learn. Entry, exit and stop loss will be programmed as well. Can 5 minutes bar be programmed as well? For...

Hello, I currently trade price action only, no indicators. I just watch the charts with a 2 emas for trend, look for patterns (trendlines, etc) and support and resistances. If I can calculate the support and resistance, can price action be programmed, backtested, and automated? Just asking as...