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  1. hilmy83

    I want to hire an experienced developer for an Algo build

    I use MT5 freelancer service. Its cheap and the devs are pretty good. But the only futures broker using it are amp and ironbeam with cqg data
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    Who Thinks Swing Trading is Dangerous?

    How do you deal with zone zig zag action? Do you just keep reversing?
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    I'm looking after a reviewer for my trading system

    I refuse to believe someone with IQ over 100 made that PDF.
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    Who Thinks Swing Trading is Dangerous?

    All i know is, if someone presents you a chart without showing your the timeframe, where would you put your stops/targets? I don't think swing trading is any more "dangerous" than scalping or daytrading. It's all relative. I'm primarily a volatility breakout guy, so I only care about the...
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    Who Thinks Swing Trading is Dangerous?

    Dude that's fractals indicator. You want to swing but want to cut the trades short cause you're stuck on this scalp stops nonsense. Your original stops were basically atr 1 period.
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    Who Thinks Swing Trading is Dangerous?

    So basically in you mind a good trade is only when it shoots straight out of the level without the "headfake" retracements. Which is fine if you're trading volatiltiy breakout, but you're using daily charts, so I'm not sure why you think that was a good place to put stops. I would do something...
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    Who Thinks Swing Trading is Dangerous?

    What's the logic of putting a stop at the breakout bar low?
  8. hilmy83

    ES, yield curve and gold

    what's 200k in terms of % return for you? If you can pull off 40-50k week, then 200k seem low. Are your dd typically larger?
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    Who Thinks Swing Trading is Dangerous?

    You need a bigger account swing trading ES if $3k rattles you..
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    I'm looking after a reviewer for my trading system

    Here's a suggestion, it's probably best for you to use some 3rd party analytics than some simple spreadsheet to show your performance that looks like a high school student just made. Better yet, forward test that algo and see how it performs in live market and money. Something like...
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    Spread trading with Rithmic

    That's interesting. I'm pretty much at the same spot too. Just aiming for like 40-50% annual gains but with full automation. I'm resigning to the possibility this is the best I can do and focus more on other things in life like my career or other business ideas.
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    Spread trading with Rithmic

    More important question is how is spread trading going for you? As far as consistency/return. I figure this can easily be automated
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    Index futures automation

    Created variables reverse lots. Basically algo will now compare net position (after reverse AR) status with calculated reverse lot (CRLT) before setting target. double CMMS,CMMR,TRLT,CRLT,ARLT; void CLRV() // CLEAR FIELDS FOR NEXT PROC {...
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    the myth of averaging down for traders

    What we think will happen forever: In reality:
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    Andy's Less Random Walk

    yes that's him. I was waiting on neke's update from 2022
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    Andy's Less Random Walk

    Your pnl journal format remind me of another user, can't think of a name.
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    Do You Actually Enjoy Trading?

    He's talking about going out on your own so early and wasting time making the mistakes instead of focusing on building tangible skillsets and enjoying life while your metabolism is at optimum. If you have a profitable mentor at that age, consider yourself lucky.
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    the myth of averaging down for traders

    What exchange supports advertising stop orders on the order book?
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    Do You Actually Enjoy Trading?

    I love everything about trading BUT trading itself. I love backtesting new trading strategies I love seeing day to day market moves and how I make out each day I love seeing my automation come to life and work exactly as it's programmed But sitting there watching charts and analyzing, and...
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