Engulfing Outside bar

garyfritz · Post by **garyfritz** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:15 pm

Humm, OK. So if you're long and you get another long signal, add another long. If you're long and you get a short signal, add a short -- or, if you don't want to hedge, exit one of your longs.

I'll work on that. Thanks smilee!

smilee89 · Post by **smilee89** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:33 pm

garyfritz wrote:Humm, OK. ....
or, if you don't want to hedge, exit one of your longs.

I'll work on that. Thanks smilee!

I do not suggest exit longs for shorts, or shorts for longs.

Post by **gaheitman** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:22 pm

smilee89 wrote:
garyfritz wrote:Humm, OK. ....
or, if you don't want to hedge, exit one of your longs.

I'll work on that. Thanks smilee!
I do not suggest exit longs for shorts, or shorts for longs.

Can you tell us which timeframes/currencies you've had the most success with?

smilee89 · Post by **smilee89** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:06 pm

gaheitman wrote:
smilee89 wrote:
garyfritz wrote:Humm, OK. ....
or, if you don't want to hedge, exit one of your longs.

I'll work on that. Thanks smilee!
I do not suggest exit longs for shorts, or shorts for longs.
Can you tell us which timeframes/currencies you've had the most success with?

GU - 30 MIN
AU - 60 MIN
AU - 4H
EJ - 4H
EJ - 60 MIN
EU - 4H
EU - 1H (not the best statement)

garyfritz · Post by **garyfritz** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:28 pm

smilee89 wrote:I do not suggest exit longs for shorts, or shorts for longs.

Why not? "Go long 1, go short 1" has exactly the same effect as "Go long 1, exit long 1" except now you don't have two orders to close.

smilee89 · Post by **smilee89** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:34 pm

I don't know what is your goal in trading, but when I open a trade my goal is to have a winner (both long and short) and not closing a loser.

Post by **gaheitman** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:09 pm

smilee89 wrote:I don't know what is your goal in trading, but when I open a trade my goal is to have a winner (both long and short) and not closing a loser.

I'm having trouble visualizing how you'd get into and out of both a buy and a sell trade successfully anyway. If I get a trigger and end up taking a sell, and then get a trigger to buy on the next bar, won't the take profit for the buy be beyond the stop loss for the sell? Or is your "X" pips buffer above/below the high/low > then your TP?

Can you dig up a screen shot of a pair of trades that panned out?

smilee89 · Post by **smilee89** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:51 pm

Yes. My "X" pips buffer above/below the high/low > then my TP?
I attach a short parallel to long picture.

smilee89 · Post by **smilee89** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:59 pm

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Post by **gaheitman** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:56 pm

smilee89 wrote:Yes. My "X" pips buffer above/below the high/low > then my TP?
I attach a short parallel to long picture.

OK, I can visualize it now.

What makes you get out early on some of the trades?

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