The markets are open again folks. Good luck.
Something for members to be aware of: attempts to access SHF through a torrent or anonymous proxy are blocked for the security of the site.
Have fun.
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Our forum went down for a while last week. We are fortunate to have Tommaso (user name milanese) looking after the 'back end' of SHF; he had us back up and running within a few hours, despite some lack-of-customer-service from the hosting site Dreamhost. They should perhaps be renamed Nightmarehost.
All our thanks to you Tommaso. We are deeply grateful.
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There is a thread that is creating much activity. Try it out: http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 102&t=5447
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I have added a tiny manager for those of us basket trading members of the Slopey family. It might have a limited wider usage. Read the details at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 104&t=5451
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VPS. I am running Eaymon's VPS. Absolutely fantastic. I cannot recommend it highly enough. At the time of writing, I am running 8 demo platforms and it has not missed a beat. Physical memory used = 47%. I have yet to catch CPU usage going over 40% and it is usually in the low teens, so plenty of juice left: http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 103&t=5282
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Official SHF broker
No point in learning to trade like a master trader if your broker is bollocks, so I have decided to make more of a fuss about Global Prime for the benefit of all who can trade through them but have not yet elected to do so. GP is SHF's 'Official broker'. Not just the 'Official' broker (cos we all know what a multitude of crimes this can cover) but my broker.
I am happy that GP continues to offer the transparent and honest service they advertise – it is the ONLY broker I trade with. Before you start trading you need to read this thread: “Why you should sign up with Global Prime” at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =52&t=1475 You can chat to the team at GP on the LiveChat on their website. I remember every time I send a trade, what a breath of fresh air it is to know that I am trading with a genuine broker, not a 'market maker' or 'bucket shop'.
We have a fabulous example of the collaboration between SHF and Global Prime. Jeremy has set up a trading room for members to discuss trade setups etc in real time. Details at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... f=6&t=5128. A number of our leading members are signed up. Here is a quick link to the sign up page: https://forexhangout.slack.com/shared_i ... ZTRmYzE4ZQ
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EA's that members are trading live and profitably
These are the ones I know about. Contact me if yours should be in this exclusive group and I have missed it out. It will never be a large section.
Before you use them there are a few points you MUST understand, grasp and learn to live by:
1) There is an unbreakable, unshakable and unavoidable rule of retail forex trading and it is this: if it can happen and it is bad for you, then it will happen, and probably sooner rather than later.
2) You will have losing days.
3) You will have losing weeks.
4) You will have losing months.
5) The only thing that matters is that the equity curve rises over a longer period of time than most of you possess the ability to concentrate for.
6) You need balls of steel to trade Forex. 2), 3) and 4) will sort you out rapidly if you are a wimp.
7) Never trade with funds you cannot afford to lose. You will be desperate to succeed and fear will cloud your judgement. Guess how I know? Guess why I am so relaxed about trading these days. Only a cretin trades with the pension pot or remortgages the house in order to do so.
- “Slopey Crossy Bob” at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 104&t=5353
- ”Holy Graily Bob's Candle Power” at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =87&t=5272
- "Peaky” at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... f=5&t=5179 This is the EA currently on my trading account.
- “Awesome” original version: http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 102&t=5232
- “Awesome – bells and whistles”: http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 102&t=5259
- ”Peaky on Steroids” at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 102&t=5204
- “Holy Graily Bob 'n Dotty 'n SuperSlope 'n Flying Buddha” EA – http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =87&t=5101. TJF put some brilliant set files at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 38#p154738 This is an EA that US citizens can use.
Gold Mine Threads
These are the threads that I am familiar with whose participants are consistently making profits.
Manual trading threads:
Bob's SUPER CSS-2.0 Read about it at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =88&t=4888 then download the latest version of the indi can from http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 88#p146488
Bob's (nanningbob) Holy Grail Indicator
People are making a bomb out of the Holy Grail Indicator. Bob has come up with a concept that tells use when to trade and exit, and when not to trade. Elixe and milanese have coded this into an indicator, coding which is breathtaking in its scope and execution. Visit Bob's Holy Grail Indicator thread at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 44#p105044 right now. Immediately, Go. Now.
HGI has revolutionised trading. All we have to do is react to its signals. Visit the relevant chart when you hear an alert and do what HGI tells you to do. An infant could trade with this indi.
Renexxxx has a great-looking Matrix at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 62#p105462
So guys, not only do we have Bob's amazing HGI but we have fabulous tools to help us use them (including some automation – see below). Try them out and see what works for you.
HGI fans, read Charles' fabulous post at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 68#p142868
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CJ's 'The Captains Chest - Naked Trading & Other Stuff'
This is all about trading pure price action, without the usual panoply of lagging indicators. CJ has been doing this stuff for years.
http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 184#p44184
It must be daunting for noobs given its sheer size. ncoyte has started a training service that in theory should allow people to get started much more quickly and easily than by ploughing through (at the last count) over 1,600 pages. Daily Forex Circle is not cheap unless you have blown as many accounts as some of us old stagers did in the early years a decade ago; us old stagers laugh at the cost. This thread and its associated website has my blessing: http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =59&t=4795 It has CJ's blessing.Those of you who sign up for the website, please post feedback in the thread. Members need to know if it is an invaluable service; ncoyte needs your feedback if it falls down anywhere.
Don't forget to keep up with jedrula's fantastic software development to help you with your naked trading - http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 01#p135301
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A wonderful combination of trading CSS, HGI and Semafor at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =88&t=4720 RisklessPips will show you some great ideas. Charles is showing us some amazing stuff that other members are running with. You would need to try really hard to lose money trading this way.
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Other EA's to try on demo:
Holy Graily Bob 'n Grid. Allies HGI with grid trading – intensely powerful when the market moves strongly. http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =87&t=4525
Pipcruiser's Pipmasher on Steroids
A pure price action EA that Pipcruiser paid me to develop initially but generously shared it with our members. It is my EA of choice for live trading on my Global Prime account. http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 44#p114044
Committed PPoS users might care to visit Angat's thread at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 67#p116767
Holy Graily Bob – the mark 2 version
This was my EA of choice until PPoS proved to be even better and we fixed HGB mk 1 until we broke it. http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 61#p116761
US citizens, check out spgandau's thread at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 60#p117460. He has come up with ways of getting around the absurd FIFO rules.
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Keep looking at these from previously:
ALR starting at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 504#p94504 This one has its own sub-forum so watch out for goodies emerging from there.
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There is a thread where we can keep track of where to find those really useful bits of software again when we lose them: http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =21&t=4643. Please let me know if you have a favourite that can help members – doesn't have to be an SHF product.
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Tommaso and I have created a shell EA that coders will be able to use to produce quick and easy auto-traders incorporating their fav indicators etc. You can find this at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =37&t=3565
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Tommaso has started a Knowledge Base that will gradually evolve into a fabulous resource. Access it by clicking the KB icon from anywhere within our forum.
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Brilliant news for coders who are fans of w633's scite crqp ql4 editor and have missed it since the Cretins at Crapperquotes foisted their 600+ builds upon us and it was no longer usable – it is back. http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 90#p119990
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Bob's 10.6 thread at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 454#p80454 is fantastic. Bob is transforming the trading practices of a lot of previously unsuccessful traders.
10.6 has been superseded by 10.7; it still has validity and is still worth reading about. Read 10.7 first, then return to see what you can gain from 10.6
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Useful tip for keeping your Empty4 installation tidy:
http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 300#p74300 Quick and easy to do.
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Reported broker scams
Some brokers are even more criminal than the worst we have come across. Read about them at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... m.php?f=72
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Absolute no-no's
These will build/have built up over the course of time.
- at some stage, every newbie trader will become excited by Martingale. To avoid a bollocking from me, read http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... f=16&t=550 before you post about it. Even the most dimwittedly ardent exponent of this lunacy eventually stopped posting – he lost all his cash.
- Anyone trading with TheCollectiveFX needs to read Dewey's post at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... =72&t=3651 Anyone considering opening a live account needs to think again, for the time being at least.