
Cheers,
Dave.
Fab! I assume this is OOTB settings?spotdespot » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:03 pm wrote:Results update for my standard setup for info (not the xfactornos jumping stop one). I am running that also but early days.
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Cheers,
Dave.
Thanks Dave. Just wondered as Gerje kept his trades open over the weekend is all.spotdespot » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:00 pm wrote:No broker worth the name trades over the weekend.freeman » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:48 am wrote: Thank you :hi: My broker does not trade over the weekend, would that be a problem?
It is a question of risk as markets can move over the weekend even though we don't have access to them with the result being gaps on open Sunday/Monday. If the news is significant then the gap could be big and your trades taken out well past your stops. Of course they could also benefit from the gaps.
Everyone has to use their own judgement on this and (imo) it is basically a function of risk appetite, whether you can afford to lose your funds (worst case scenario) and size of account.
Cheers,
Dave.
It is pretty awesome - thanks once again PC. :hi:pipcruiser » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:13 pm wrote:
Fab! I assume this is OOTB settings?
Over 100% (incl floating green pips) in 3 months trading hands off.
(let alone the last 3 month included 3 NFP'S, a Christmas period and the biggest unexpected currency move recorded to date ever (CHF).
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PC
Yep - I do too but I am not trading quite the same way as I am not using the jumping stop version on one of my demo's so trades can be open for quite a long time (longest with Pipcruiser was 34 daysfreeman » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:15 pm wrote: Thanks Dave. Just wondered as Gerje kept his trades open over the weekend is all.
@ Gertje: May I please know if you keep all positions open over the weekend, or just the ones that are going your way? Thanks.Gertje » Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:17 pm wrote:Yes and yesfreeman » Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:20 pm wrote: Thanks Steve & PC for a great system!
PC your thoughts about a JS of 100?
Gertje would I be correct in assuming you are on 100:1 leverage and do you keep open positions over the weekend?
Thanks Dave.spotdespot » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:05 pm wrote:Yep - I do too but I am not trading quite the same way as I am not using the jumping stop version on one of my demo's so trades can be open for quite a long time (longest with Pipcruiser was 34 daysfreeman » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:15 pm wrote: Thanks Dave. Just wondered as Gerje kept his trades open over the weekend is all.) so gaps don't affect that version of the demo as much.
The only trouble with this logic is that it doesn't take in to account the fact that I scaled out of a lot of positions, which somewhat distorts all those stats on myfxbook. I'm not sure if it's better on FxBlue - Gertje likes that so I expect he can tell you.basch312 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:24 pm wrote:Sorry for ask stupid questions (deleted post)... I guess avoid sleeping is worst than I thought![]()
Now serious, that's what I wanted to show you.
You can take the spotdespot's MyFxBook demo account as an example to see what is going here...
Average Win: 259.14 pips / £206.59
Average Loss: -100.19 pips / -£173.70
Win Rate%: 70%
That is: BE winRate % (pips) = 27.8% (this would be real if you never change your lot size)
BE winRate % (money) = 45.6%
So, as long as he keeps the winRate% >= 45.6%, he would never lose his money.
obviously, you can know if a system is profitable or not looking the Profit Factor stat for example. I just thought that this would be helpful.