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    Partial TPs/Scaling out/Exit half, your thoughts?

    May I ask what is stopping you from those multi Ms every single year? The market itself? Can't you make the same or similar amounts of $ each year?
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    Does TA work better or worse on lower or higher time frames?

    Can you elaborate on Point 3? Data that chart didn't capture?
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    Does TA work better or worse on lower or higher time frames?

    I am currently trading on higher time frames but when I run it through lower time frames like 5 minute, it has results significantly differing from what I gathered on higher time frames. Just curious why :D
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    Does TA work better or worse on lower or higher time frames?

    Could you elaborate why "That's not to say that one's results from using it "equally" on different time-frames will necessarily be equal, of course.", what causes the discrepancies between time frames where the exact same TA system is applied? Spreads, slippage. My question is why is there more...
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    Does TA work better or worse on lower or higher time frames?

    Are algo trading based of TA? If so it should work better on 1/5 minute or even seconds charts. If not will it work worse? (Worse stats compared to higher time frame trading) Or does TA not work as well on time frames like weekly monthly daily etc? Because of fundamentals taking over?
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    Partial TPs/Scaling out/Exit half, your thoughts?

    How about scaling out? Half out, hold other half. Your thoughts?
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    Partial TPs/Scaling out/Exit half, your thoughts?

    I'm a forex day trader. Often not ride trend, just one in one out, one "leg", thats what I target (i have a system for when the leg ends), however not all setup complete the leg/swing, most move but stop me at break even. (Not too bad,1-3 times my risk, because I often target a little higher) An...
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    Partial TPs/Scaling out/Exit half, your thoughts?

    Good points by everyone. I am thinking of partial profits because most of my losers are stopped at break even. Which leads me to think that I can take some profits off before they are stopped, this however causes my winners to have less profit since I exit halfway. Of course I have to test it...
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    Partial TPs/Scaling out/Exit half, your thoughts?

    Expectancy higher or lower? Better for psychology? Thoughts?
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    How many higher highs/lower lows then is considered a trend?

    So you qualify a trend when 2 "timeframes" do the "ABCD" pattern or rather impulse correct impulse?
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    How many higher highs/lower lows then is considered a trend?

    True, the later you enter you higher risk and lower probability I find. Do you try to trade with the trend? Or believe in trends?
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    How many higher highs/lower lows then is considered a trend?

    3? 4? 5? How many then it becomes likely to continue?
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    Successful traders, what did you do to increase your performance stats?

    Like for example I have setups in counter trend and trend, I risk more in trending markets which will push my setups in my favour? Just an example, I have backtested and it has shown no significant difference
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    Successful traders, what did you do to increase your performance stats?

    Let's say you are already profitable, what did you do that caused a jump in performance? EG Win rate, RR
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    Good Track Record/Trader Stats for Reference/Analysis?

    Thank you in advance.
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    How do you calculate break even stops into statistics?

    Sorry for making you triggered. Pls have a beer to cool down too
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    How do you calculate break even stops into statistics?

    Sorry for making you feel very offended.
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    How do you calculate break even stops into statistics?

    So How do you calculate break even stops into statistics?
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    How do you calculate break even stops into statistics?

    Ok so its high 60%s with break even trades calculated together it's around 50% win rate.
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    How do you calculate break even stops into statistics?

    Is my win rate = Winning trades/Winning + Losing Trades? Or Winning trades/Winning + Losing + break even trades? More than 50% of the trades that I don't win are stopped out at break even.
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