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| Author: | SteveHopwood [ Fri May 18, 2018 7:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Slopey Peaky Bob |
Great to see your results, but your lot sizing will get you into trouble and blow your account eventually. I will describe my live trading results tomorrow; Gareth's tiny account only just survived so please read my upcoming post. You will also find that your TP looks good, assuming it is a basket tp. |
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| Author: | Zennor [ Fri May 18, 2018 7:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Slopey Peaky Bob |
Thanks, Steve, to be honest, I was thinking that 0.03 lots might be a little on the heavy side hence the reason for forward testing. As for the TP yes it is basket closure. Initially, I was using 0.01 lots per £1,000 and may have upped it a little to high so may set it to 0.01 per $500. Looking forward to your post over the weekend. |
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| Author: | SteveHopwood [ Sat May 19, 2018 10:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Slopey Peaky Bob |
I am becoming increasingly excited about SPB. This week added $151 to three live trading accounts, trading 0.01 lots. My main live account with a $30 TP. The results result from two basket closures: Here is since I loaded SPB onto the account and representing 8 closed baskets: ------ Now the account I split from the main, starting with $1,000. A $20 TP, so again two basket closures: Since starting and representing 4 closed baskets: This account has suddenly become much more important to me than it was a month ago. One of my very much loved victims wants to do a World Challenge. These things cost c. £4,000 so I am going to put the profits from the account into the fund; it will make a sizeable dent in the bill if SPB can keep going at this rate. ------ Gareth's account. This is a $5 basket TP, to the profits this week represent 2 closed baskets: Since loading SPB and representing 20 closed baskets: ------ This means I have added c. $435 to the three accounts in about five weeks. Someone with a GP starter account with the minimum deposit of $500 would be feeling pretty pleased. Last week was interesting. All three accounts had baskets that went to c. -$130 DD. This did not bother my main account at all; it bothered my split-off account not a lot. It represented over 25% of Gareth's account and took the margin percent down to a distinctly uncomfortable 129% before recovering, so I have cut the grid size to 3 and the increased the distance between trades to 40. The idea behind Gareth's $5 is to be in and out quickly whilst the balance grows. This is working as intended but I am going to increase the TP. My main account grew by $249 with 8 closed baskets whilst Gareth's grew by $99 over 10 baskets. The c. $130 DD disappeared within a hour or so when the markets finally moved back in the right direction. I have noticed that a basket closes rapidly when this happens - it can go from DD to TP within minutes. I am wondering if I am leaving too much on the table with my TP - is anyone here demoing a much higher one? Looking good. |
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| Author: | SteveHopwood [ Sat May 19, 2018 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Slopey Peaky Bob |
Folks will start to contemplate live trading as the good results continue to accrue. Trouble is, members will not replicate these results if their broker is bollocks so this is a reminder: if you are eligible for a Global Prime account and have not yet opened one, then do so ASAP. There is a link in my signature; Jeremy's thread is http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =52&t=1394 and my debunking of standard poor-broker misbehaviour is at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =52&t=1475 |
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| Author: | MurphyMan [ Sat May 19, 2018 12:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Slopey Peaky Bob |
I have been running SPB live for three weeks now. So far, so good. I am using a .01 lot per $1,500 dollop, which seems okay. Pretty much OOTB, with $30 TP/basket. However I have FkMinimumMarginercent set to 1,500 because I'm a big chicken. That limited some trades opening up and maybe more baskets, but I'm okay with that. In the three weeks I'm up 1,756 pips! Thanks to all. |
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| Author: | Wavegarrick [ Sat May 19, 2018 1:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Slopey Peaky Bob |
Excellent stuff Steve, I am also running SPB and results are coming in very good. Thanks for showing us your results.. Once again, perseverance pays. To Thomas and Rene..Fx testify web. We can drill down into good performing Ea's. Absolutely great work by both of you. Cheers Leon |
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| Author: | SteveHopwood [ Sat May 19, 2018 1:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Slopey Peaky Bob |
V 1h is in post 1. From the updated user guide and the "Trend time frame Super Slope" section: 1h also fixes a bug that was preventing stop order deletion following a full opposite direction signal. The DIY is simple: Do a search for "extern int HtfSsSlopeATRPeriod" and add these this: Code: Select all Code: Select all Code: Select all Code: Select all |
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| Author: | SteveHopwood [ Sat May 19, 2018 1:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Slopey Peaky Bob |
One of the thingies we have learned over the years is that being chicken is a seriously good idea.
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| Author: | isabek [ Sat May 19, 2018 2:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Slopey Peaky Bob |
Steve, thank you. SPB (3 weeks) SPB 13 Pairs(EURUSD,GBPUSD,AUDUSD,NZDUSD,USDCHF,EURCAD,GBPJPY,GBPCAD,AUDJPY,NZDJPY,CHFJPY,NZDCAD,CADCHF - Weekly CSS), D1 SS 0.0 threshold Peaky H4 AtrGrid 1D 60 0.5 Individual 75 All 100 |
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| Author: | SteveHopwood [ Sat May 19, 2018 7:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Slopey Peaky Bob |
Version 1i is in post 1. I was driving home from teaching Katie and her mum - you have met them if you are following my, "Thingies That Happen to Steve in his Other Job" thread - when I had an idea. The idea was inspired by my doubling the lot size and basket take profit on my main trading account, to 0.02 lots and a $60 basket take profit. I think I know what is safe in live trading, but am taking the chicken route followed by MurphyMan. It occurred to me that automating the basket cash take profit might be a good idea. This way, using LotsPerDollopOfCash to calculate lot sizes and some way of dynamically calculating the basket take profit would be a good way forward - or merely increasing the basket TP if I increase the lot size manually. From the updated user guide:
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