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Programmers, I need clarification and ideas on spread
Jan 26, 2017 at 01:34
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Jan 26, 2017 at 01:34
I am currently working on a ea that is a scalping strategy . It is performing decently well on EUR/USD and I am realizing it is because the spread is relatively low ( or the lowest at any given time ). The strategy will work super well on any other instrument as long as I set the spread really low, but the average spread it than performs horrible.
So , I tried adding the spread to the stops, but no good. What could I be missing? Or am I at a impasse?
Thanks in advance
So , I tried adding the spread to the stops, but no good. What could I be missing? Or am I at a impasse?
Thanks in advance
Everything in the market is like a fart, if you have to force it, it is probably shit
Member Since Apr 25, 2012
269 posts
Jan 26, 2017 at 06:02
I tried adding the spread to the stops..
Increase it a bit more than just spread give it few pips more, if your strategy works well it will continue to do so.
Increase it a bit more than just spread give it few pips more, if your strategy works well it will continue to do so.
Jan 26, 2017 at 07:10
Thank you.
I did add the spread to the stops, and just now tried adding a bit more just in case. I have messed around with it quite a bit to see if I could figure out why the spread is affecting it so much.
So far, it will only work in one instrument, the EUR/USD , while the others will only work if the spread is a below average, which is actually the norm for the EUR/USD.
Maybe this strategy is only valid in one instrument? that can't be right, right?
I did add the spread to the stops, and just now tried adding a bit more just in case. I have messed around with it quite a bit to see if I could figure out why the spread is affecting it so much.
So far, it will only work in one instrument, the EUR/USD , while the others will only work if the spread is a below average, which is actually the norm for the EUR/USD.
Maybe this strategy is only valid in one instrument? that can't be right, right?
Everything in the market is like a fart, if you have to force it, it is probably shit
Member Since Apr 25, 2012
269 posts
Jan 26, 2017 at 07:26
Yes its possible.
Jan 29, 2017 at 07:56
You might want to look at USDJPY. The average spread from IC Markets on my live ECN account is 0.5 pips, but they take 0.07$ / micro lot. I still prefer paying commission since it gives me the option to include / exclude it from my profit targets.
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Feb 07, 2017 at 12:41
I worked on this spread problem/phenomenom for many years before the solution found out.
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