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Anybody knows how a smoothed moving average is derived? The line is different from an SMA or an EMA. It's available in Ensign but cant find it in any other software. pretzel

It's an exercise to put the theory into action. You can find it on page 189 - "Learning to Trade an Edge Like a Casino" pretzel

Agree http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=189797&#post189797

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Anybody can claim they average 10K per day - http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=219927#post219927 pretzel

Yes, thats my experience so far - I have my last contract remaining when there is another entry signal. I'm considering one of 2 things - 1. make the target for the last contract tighter so that I will be flat when the next signal arrives 2. keep my current target but open a new...

if you are wrong, you are wrong from the start (cut losses), if you are right you are right from the start, but if you are right, you dont know how right you will be, so scale out 1. to lock in profits in case the market reverses 2. to stay in a trade longer in case the market takes off (let...

From what I have read so far, most advice for multiple contracts is to 1, enter into a position all at once (no scaling in) 2. scale out of a winning position (to decrease risk and lock in profits). 3. always have a stop loss 4. close all your positions at once if there is a sudden move in...

Situation - You find a good system - win/loss ratio of 80%, etc - but after trading live, you get 3 straight losers, do you give up and look for another system or keep going? Losing 20 straight trades in a row (the risk) is a remote possiblity even if the system you're following has a...

Yes, that's the main reason. Two situations - 1. You're just one tick before hitting your target and the market reverses and you're stopped out at a loss. 2. You get out of a profitable trade and then the market takes off leaving money on the table. At any point while in a trade, how do...

Seems that the results show that players who do multiple contracts trade more than 5. I have moved up to trading 3 contracts and my results have improved. I'm following the trade management suggested in Mark Douglas' Trading in the Zone. 1. 3 contracts entered at market on an entry...

Just wondering how many contracts do you trade per position? And how do you scale out? pretzel

How do you use ADX? 1. As a filter? 2. As a set-up indicator? 3. As a trigger indicator? Any changes made to the standard 14 period? Time frames used? pretzel

Here's a primer on Fibonacci by enthios - http://www.enthios.com/FibonacciPrimer.htm He is also working on a book which will be out by June. pretzel

Here's a snapshot preview of the excel file. pretzel

So, if I have a narrow bar breakout system setup and the next bar breaks out on both sides (long and short = outside bar), can neoticker determine which came first - the upside breakout or the downside breakout? pretzel

EliteThink, I mentioned your system a month ago on the "Keep It Simple" thread. Nobody seemed to notice at that time. Your system is definitely simpler. pretzel

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Do you use stops? Suggestion-also include the total number of trades and win/loss in your tally. pretzel

Try this. pretzel