. It's a systematic method whcih is good. Plus I see how it does work a majority of the time, especially with the way he does it. Someone new to the game would have a real difficulty with it. Quote from athlonmank8:
I talked to profit. I take back most of what I said. It's a systematic method whcih is good. Plus I see how it does work a majority of the time, especially with the way he does it. Someone new to the game would have a real difficulty with it.
My opinion is that....
In addition, he's right it's only going to work on the indexes with consitency. It's probably not because of the data set though.
It's the result of what a larger data set does to produce a more reliable setup for this.
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I did exactly what you did. Back test entries and search for optimal stop level. The answer I got was, "WayTF down there!" I couldn't find anything that was reasonbly close that didn't reduce the edge so I keep them far away.
I'd have to write a book on my method to explain it fully but briefly, I'm trading very small position sizes relative to my account size and I measure the amount of risk I take on each trade and each day for the past 4 years. I have predefined limits that I trade within. As long as I trade within these boundaries I'm good. The biggest 1-day loss I've taken over the past 2 years is 2%. You just have to be disciplined enough to know when you've gotten beat.
You mentioned that many times you'll build a larger and larger position as the market is moving against you. What information do you look at in deciding the market has no intentions of reverting to the mean?Quote from ProfitTakgFool:
Indeed, you do need to be careful. You need to have a circuit breaker on your platform and you have to be disciplined enough to know when you have to hit the trade out button. To use a positioning/scaling/averaging/whatever you want to call it method, you have to have predefined limits that trigger the trade out. Going bigger, and bigger, and bigger, in the face of cascading losses is a recipe for disaster.
Have you never heard that Market Makers and locals buy on the way down and sell on the way up. Think about it and you may understand how professional traders make their money.Quote from athlonmank8:
His stops are further away? Who gives a shit. He's adding on the way down. REAL traders add on the way up.