Dr_P->Demo (By Dr_P)

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Dr_P->Demo Discussion

Oct 25, 2011 at 08:40
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Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Oct 25, 2011 at 14:51
Seems that the PinBar system works pretty well! I use H1 and D1 time frames. Still need to perfect the exit strategy on the 'free trade' - I guess leaving S/L at break even would increase the pip gain rather than setting a 25-30 pip trailing stop... We'll test - we'll know :)
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Oct 26, 2011 at 09:46
Tough time to trade - everyone is expecting the news... Market can explode in either direction.
Yesterday Silver and Gold began their raise towards long term MAs - but... I'm not interested :P I stick to the system and await PinBars.
Happy trading!
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Oct 26, 2011 at 09:56
Because of news uncertainty I locked small profit and left 50% in free trade with tight S/L on break even.
EU guys could be releasing some statement during lunch break...
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Oct 28, 2011 at 07:23
I backtested the strategy and figured that H1 is too small for commodities - thus from now on I will use H1 and D1 for currencies and H4 and D1 for commodities (and indexes).
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Oct 31, 2011 at 17:09
It seems that the system has about 80% accuracy, when 'dumb trading', e.g. taking opposite positions just based on signals. The accuracy can increase by another 10% if the trades are more conservative and only the signals from highest time frames are traded (e.g. if you have long signal on D1 and short on H1, you only trade D1).
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 01, 2011 at 08:14
It's probably worth mentioning that trading this system takes about 1 hour each day:
15 min for D1 time frame and 15 min for H1 time frame each morning
15 min for H1 mid day
15 min for H1 in the evening.

Morning @ London Open
Mid Day @ NYC Open
Evening @ NYC Close
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 01, 2011 at 10:30
Probably a nice improvement would be to automate stop-loss and profit lock management - now i do it manually.
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 01, 2011 at 14:21
With all those ongoing discussions around Greece and with the panic in EU, I placed stops for my open trades on B/E.
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 02, 2011 at 09:37
Seems like Gold is ready to skyrocket in the coming days...
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 02, 2011 at 10:35 (edited Nov 02, 2011 at 11:02)
And in 30 minutes we'll sell some sugar.
Give me some sugar, Sugar :)

Edit: Whoops... I miscalculated the time :/ The bar needs another 1,5 hour to close. So maybe no sugar today...
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 02, 2011 at 13:40
Either way the sugar bar closed within the pattern. So the trade is on.
At 3PM a setup for short GBP/USD may emerge.
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 03, 2011 at 10:13
OK, I begin having some conclusions around agriculturals - it seems that sugar is not really following the pinbar patterns... On the other hand currencies, gold and silver follow it perfectly! so from now on I stop trading sugar in this system.
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 04, 2011 at 11:58
yes, decision has been made - currencies, gold and silver only.
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 04, 2011 at 22:04
Nice gain this week, but now it's WEEKEND :D
have fun!

Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 21, 2011 at 13:06
My cool broker asked to close all trades so that demo can be extended... Waiting for their confirmation to begin new trades...
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 22, 2011 at 14:18
Restraining from trading is also a trading decision... not that I'm not doing anything, but I don't see any clear signals.
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 24, 2011 at 08:06
Not sure how you guys see it, but for my signals the market is really confused. No direction on anything I traded last month.
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Nov 24, 2011 at 16:05
Yeah, sure - now I remember that US guys are having a turkey now :) no wonder the market is asleep... I should do the same.
Member Since Oct 18, 2011   25 posts
Dec 07, 2011 at 22:05
It's been interesting couple of days. I have been trading on my real account and it turns out that trading on demo in parallel is not easy :) so for sure i missed some opportunities. Last night I entered a long on VIX, keeping in mind all those uncertainties in Europe - it seemed like a good move with a decent gain. I believe VIX is still about to go up (i entered it some minutes ago on my real account as well) as the discussions in Europe intensify the market. Cheers
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