Too good to be true??

As is - what is happening

RN
no kidding. I hear of some who make money on what has happened. And others who make money on what is going to happen. That leaves a lot in the middle for those of us that can only make money from what is happening.

and sometimes what is happening can take a long, long time.

and sometimes on New Years weekend when the market is closed, old losers like to talk like they know something

and sometimes support holds

and sometimes you just got to scalp

and sometimes you need to hold on and position trade

and sometimes you just need to get flat

and sometimes you don't know and just have to get in long or short

otherwise, it's a pretty easy living.

beats the heck out of working (if you can afford it)

an Elite Trader isn't somebody that makes money. An Elite Trader is somebody that has money to trade. And if you are just starting out you should probably try to buy support and sell resistance. At least that's how most Elite traders that have money start out
 
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no kidding. I hear of some who make money on what has happened. And others who make money on what is going to happen. That leaves a lot in the middle for those of us that can only make money from what is happening.

This I like ^

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Rest of of it - I disagree with most of it


RN
 
Hi ET Gurus,

My first post here. I have been working on a building a system / strategy for some time. Its essentially combining Elder's impulse system with Support/Resistance. The system gives me an Entry, Target and a Stop loss and Exits the trade if Target or stop loss hits or if the entry criterion is voided. In a backtest for over 2 years I am getting 70%+ profitable trades with Avg Win/ Avg Loss of 2.5:1. Most of the trades last for few days and some for about a month.

Before I dive in with this system, I wanted to check with ET gurus here if these numbers are are too good to be true and I may have made error in the back test. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ucicelos
The numbers mean nothing without knowing what they're based on. How many trades are you talking about here? An exact number please,, not some round-off. I would also like to see something more precise than "70%+". Looking forward to your update.
 
This I like ^

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Rest of of it - I disagree with most of it


RN
and that's what makes a market, You like the middle someone else likes the edges, as long as we all agree on who the mark is

the rest of it I just added in because it gets boring if we all agree

except of course, who the mark is

can't make any money unless somebody has some to take it from

And Lord knows traders don't have any money

If they did they wouldn't be trading.

Elite Trader is where people who have worked all their lives go to lose their money. Our job as Elite Traders is to take it from them and send them back to working so they can make more money for us to take.

What? Did I say something wrong?
 
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What? Did I say something wrong?

I can reasonably assume you posted what you believe


In no particular order:


With respect to trading..., I do not concern myself with right / wrong - only conducive / non-conducive

I am no where near qualified to tell another human their beliefs are wrong - would be way overly egotistical on my part - not to mention..., no way I can know another's internal to that extent

Again - I can only address conducive / non-conducive


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Some of your previous comments are non-conducive to consistent / successful trading.., nor do they reflect the reality

I'm referring specifically to day trading


RN
 
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The numbers mean nothing without knowing what they're based on. How many trades are you talking about here? An exact number please,, not some round-off. I would also like to see something more precise than "70%+". Looking forward to your update.

The numbers above are based on 1932 trades, out of 2394 signals over the last two years. The 462 trade would not have happened because the market moved away from the Entry price before open and didn't revisited that during the day. Attached tables shows breakdown by long and short. Please let me know if this provides you with enough detail.
BackTest Stats.png
 
I can reasonably assume you posted what you believe


In no particular order:


With respect to trading..., I do not concern myself with right / wrong - only conducive / non-conducive

I am no where near qualified to tell another human their beliefs are wrong - would be way overly egotistical on my part - not to mention..., no way I can know another's internal to that extent

Again - I can only address conducive / non-conducive


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Some of your previous comments are non-conducive to consistent / successful trading.., nor do they reflect the reality

I'm referring specifically to day trading


RN
if it is consistent then it is no longer trading
 
if it is consistent then it is no longer trading

You're thinking in absolute..., consistent does not mean / is not 100%..

Trade to trade - outcome is uncertain

Over a series - most times profitable EOS (assumes trader capable of managing their self)

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Full disclosure:

I did see your previous post this one replaced - I take it trading is quite a taxing undertaking

Not meant as a flippant observation either (been there / done that = no damn T shirt to show for all the stress/ bullshit - and..., it unsustainable)


RN
 
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