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Are you able to read PDF files yet? :confused: PS: Next time, you don't have to delete the url addresses to tell us PDF is not readable in your computer. How many users in today's Internet age do not read PDF files, even if not daily? :confused:

You must be joking!? :D

More answers here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42501 Q Posted by NickelScalper on 12-16-04 05:30 AM: Re: So... This trading plan requires a 1c gain on average per trade to offset commissions. Not difficult. To make any real profit requires an increase in...

The answer is obvious: ANTI-Trend. :D

Take your time. :confused:

You're welcome. Yes, they look interesting. :)

The Risk in Hedge Fund Strategies: Theory and Evidence from Trend Followers www.duke.edu/~dah7/rfs2001.pdf Past trend versus future expectation: test of exchange rate volatility www.econ.ucsb.edu/papers/wp13-96.pdf :confused:

Agree. Yes, an improved (or a newly developed) edge is required. :)

Many thanks Illiquid for the feedback. Say a trader would like to maximise his returns on invested deposit/ risk, and he has two markets to trade/ choose: EUR/USD at price level 1.5000 with average range 100 pips, and AUD/USD at price level 0.7500 with average range 50 pips. As these two...

Thanks for the above input from them (and many others as well), I've been following these advices. They are my gurus on ET. :)

Thanks. The results from gurus like you and others (on oanda site) that have achieved or/ and targeted a 1% daily return on equity would be completely amazing to me. :confused:

Afetr learning and studying this interesting issue (at least to me), I haven't got all clear/ firm answers yet, except more questions (that I might never know the answers). However, I think some variables would greatly impact the issue, such as price level (a daily range 100 pips at price...

Probably due to profits/ losses of a day are determined by the number of points movements and lot/ contract size, an average range in terms of points would determine the potential range/ average/ maximum of profits/ losses for the day. :confused:

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25084&perpage=6&pagenumber=3 :confused:

The link works with me. Perhaps try this way: OANDA FXMessage » FXTrade - Currency Trading with OANDA » Experienced Traders - PRO » Carry trading vs volatility trading :confused:

Do you guys believe this? http://www2.oanda.com/cgi-bin/msgboard/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=16;t=003720#000000 Q 80 pips per day is gbp/chf daily range ....so who can't make 40 pips a day? UQ :confused:

Q "Just as money management needs the method or system; the method or system needs money management." --- The Trading Game (by Ryan Jones) UQ :confused:

Probably win-rate should not be the only or main measure to evaluate a system, I believe. Do you find the Robust Statistics mentioned in Ryan Jones book The Trading Game useful? Would like to know any details for a minimum set of performance measures (such as win-rate, profit factor, etc.)...

As a newbie in trading, I learned that probably most trend-followers would Not expect (or require) a 50/50 win-rate to be profitable. Is it true? :confused:

My 2 cents: Would it be possible that we can see and calculate "an uptrend which is 'very much theoretically :)' a succession of higher highs and higher lows formed by (say 2 or more) consecutive bars, of which the highs and lows are relatively close to a linear regression line moving...