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rolfwidmer

Tham gia từ Oct 20, 2009 36bài viết

Dec 12, 2009 at 08:55

Tham gia từ Oct 20, 2009 36bài viết

for those watching at this system: i had to close parts of my positions to prevent an early margin call. this is the classical issue with martingales like ILAN. now I am definitely in a situation where prices go persistently to the wrong direction and retracements are not big enough. if trends will persist like this my account will be closed (manually or forecfully) next week. as the next big support is somewhere at 1.4500, I will not have enough equity for this move.

san4x

Tham gia từ Oct 20, 2009 83bài viết

Dec 12, 2009 at 09:12

Tham gia từ Oct 20, 2009 83bài viết

Yeah, bummer Rolf. Especially after such a nice run you've had. We'll see.

The trick here is to turn off Ilan before big news comes out that could have big impact on EUR or USD.

I turned it off an hour before news yesterday, expecting a big move (fundamentals!). Will turn Ilan on again when things have settled down a bit.

rolfwidmer

Tham gia từ Oct 20, 2009 36bài viết

Dec 12, 2009 at 10:22

Tham gia từ Oct 20, 2009 36bài viết

the main problem is that you often are already in a position when news come out, so you should turn if off 3 days before and as he have news with potential big impact almost every week (maybe not as NFP, but like CPI, home sales etc etc) you are out of the market 30-50%.

My experience is that eurchf is much more suited to that style of trading; i trade it on my other accounts, slow but steady growth.

san4x

Tham gia từ Oct 20, 2009 83bài viết

Dec 14, 2009 at 17:43 (đã sửa Dec 14, 2009 at 17:44)

Tham gia từ Oct 20, 2009 83bài viết

True Rolf, but as you know, there are lots of times when the EA is flat. In my case, this was a few hours before the news on friday.

Alternatively...the cost of closing a few small trades far outweigh the risk of potential larger losses (or even blow the account) when news hits and EURUSD goes against you.

Just my opinion and style of trading.

rigor01

Tham gia từ Dec 07, 2009 7bài viết

Dec 15, 2009 at 06:29

Tham gia từ Dec 07, 2009 7bài viết

Hi Rolf, it's strange I tried run on the EA on the same pairs, broker (demo) and TF, but the trade (OP) is much lesser than yours. How did you carry out the optimization?

rolfwidmer

Tham gia từ Oct 20, 2009 36bài viết

Dec 15, 2009 at 06:40

Tham gia từ Oct 20, 2009 36bài viết

you find the settings above in this thread

EURUSD	1.13724	GBPUSD	1.33802	AUDUSD	0.64971
USDJPY	142.423	USDCAD	1.37712	USDCHF	0.82152

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