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Yeah agree, most important part is right trading venue because trading conditions, especially spreads and swaps matter a lot. Some spread sensitive strategies can be profitable only with low-spread brokers like HFM, etc.
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14 hours ago, aimhi said:I will be switching once the MT4 options closed by the service provider anyways i have a change of mind and i have downloaded the new mt5 version today.
Which broker best MT4? Or they are all same?
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On 3/29/2024 at 4:15 AM, aimhi said:MT4 is good and will be good until their parent company keep updating the software, later mt4 users will have to switch to mt5.
How long have you been staying on MT4 and why don't you want to switch to MT5?
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On 9/11/2024 at 9:52 PM, aimhi said:The key is to learn and trade on a demo account before investing real money into live account. Demo trading helps a lot while they comes up with free virtual funds and real market trading conditions.
The key reason why traders lose is because they ignore money and risk management practices. If you make mistakes you have to make sure you pay very low price for it. Thanks to HFM webinars I learned for free how to do that
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This is where hotforex trading contest comes to help. It's risk free however competition is fierce, in 9 months there was only one month where I got a prize place.
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Traders should definitely not have to try to trade without stop loss, practice shows this behavior will greatly accelerate the onset of disaster.
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Could you kindly guide me to the section in my personal cabinet where I can subscribe to receive this analysis via email?
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Merely a century ago, individuals devoted the majority of their time to securing provisions for sustenance, maintaining clothing, and ensuring the cleanliness and warmth of their homes. Presently, society enjoys ample leisure time and historically unprecedented living standards. However, a prevailing sentiment of discontent persists, often directed at societal structures. The call to action arises from a collective oversight: the realization that our pursuits for achievements or possessions may not inherently lead to greater happiness. In truth, we possess all the elements needed for happiness; a slight shift in perspective is all that is required.
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On 11/24/2023 at 3:52 PM, barako said:I think it was a limitted time only, though the document or the ToS is available online, currently on the website there is only a 20% topup bonus, better yet its a lot safer to contact support directly for clarifications
Unfortunately yes, such offers don't last for long. But thanks for the recommendation I didn't know about the top-up bonus. Is every deposit eligible for this bonus or only the first one?
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Indeed, dollar started to feel weak recently as US economy starts to show some some cracks in consumption, investment, labor market strength, etc. Fed is about to achieve terminal level of its restrictive policy stance after which rate cuts should ensue. My view on EURUSD is bullish that's why I keep small long position on Hotforex, hope my forecast is correct.
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Thanks, look a bit complicated but will try to implement on my Hotforex account and will let you know how it goes.
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What's your outlook for Gold for this week? Can we expect a breakout above 2K or the bullish run is over?
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On 6/1/2022 at 6:27 PM, aimhi said:I guess during the news release we can see high volatility depending on the nature of news. Some news are high impact like nfp or fomc which bring more volatility as compared to other low impact news.
I really like to trade high impact news with Hotforex because volatility offers great short-term opportunities also market imbalances that arise are easier to trade than markets in equilibrium.
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You can also enjoy a tax advantage when engaging in cryptocurrency speculation through CFDs, like trading with Hotforex. Since no actual cryptocurrency transactions take place, and you simply enter into predictive contracts with your broker, there are no taxable events associated with your activities.
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Deglobalization can boost commodity prices because it leads to more localized production and trade. When countries focus on self-sufficiency and reduce global supply chains, it can create supply shortages, increasing demand and prices for commodities like oil, metals, and agricultural products. That's why I hold small investment positions in commodities via Hotforex CFDs. Quite cheap and no expiration like in futures
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It's why excessive reliance on credit has a painful backlash during shocks. It just accumulates issues and shifts their resolution to the future.
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On 7/16/2020 at 6:55 PM, pipsaholic said:OK looking for a list of different types of charts some brokers offer.
Candlesticks, Line, Bar, Renko, Range, Tick, Mountain, Point & Figure, Dots, Invisable (I joke you not), Order flow/Price ladder charts,
Any others that help you trade?Candlesticks are best in my view since many traders use them, which makes it possible to create system based on candlestick patterns.
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Thanks looking forward for the ceasefire in Middle East should be a good buying opportunity for assets affected by risk-aversion.
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On 4/9/2013 at 4:59 PM, jswanson said:It's time to look at another simple trading system which can be found in the book, ”Short Term Trading Strategies That Work” by Larry Connors and Cesar Alvarez. In this article we are going to look at the Double 7 strategy. This is a simple strategy that can be applied to the major market indices such as DIA, DOW and QQQ. It can also be applied to the futures markets.
The rules of this system are very simple.
- The instrument must be above its 200 day moving average.
- If the instrument closes at a 7-day low - buy.
- If a long position is open and the instrument closes at a 7-day high - sell.
The trading system follows two basic concepts we have talked a lot about on this website. Namely when trading the major market indices, like the S&P, an effective strategy is to buy pullbacks in a major up trend. This system does just that. The major up-trend is defined by price being above the 200-day moving average. A pull-back is defined as a close below the lowest-low over the past seven days. Once a trade is entered, we simply look for a new seven day high to exit. Super simple. Below is an example of some trades on the S&P Cash Index. Click the image for a larger view.
Looking at the trading rules, you will also notice it's a long-only system. Later in this article I will also reverse the rules and test it on the short-side. But for now, let's look at the performance for the long-only system. At this point I'm going to test it on the S&P cash index ($SPX.X for TradeStation).
Unless otherwise stated, all the tests performed in this article will be based on the following assumptions:
- Starting account size of $100,000.
- The number of shares traded will be based on volatility estimation and risking no more than $2,000 per trade.
- Volatility is estimated with a five times 20-day ATR calculation. This is done to normalize the amount of risk per trade.
- The P&L is not accumulated to the starting equity.
- There are no deductions for commissions and slippage.
- There are no stops.
Here is the position sizing formula used:
Shares=$2,000 per trade / ( 5 * ATR(20) * Big_Point_Value )
This looks very promising. Keep in mind, the system has no stops.
Is The 7-Day Optimized?
Let's look at changing the 7-day look-back period for two reasons. First, I would like to see if the default seven value is optimized. Secondly, I would like to know if other nearby values are used, would the system remain viable. In short, I would like to test the robustness of the look-back period. For example, if we change the 7-day low value to six, I don't want to see the system's equity curve drastically change. Likewise, if we increase the 7-day low value to eight, I don't want to see a drastic change in results. The neighboring values around seven should still produce positive results. In fact, it would be great to see the system remain profitable over a wide range of values.
I will use TradeStation's optimization feature to optimize the look-back period over the values 2-20 in increments of one. Keep in mind this single input value controls two look-back periods. The first is the entry look-back and the second is the exit look-back. As the trading system is defined, both these variables use the same value. The results of the test are in the graph below. You can click the image to see a larger view. The x-axis contains the look-back period while the y-axis contains the trading systems total P&L.
This looks great. Any value you choose produces positive results. Each change in the look-back period also does not drastically change from neighboring values. The default value of seven is near the peek, which is six, but it's not the most optimal number. It's also important to keep in mind we will be using the default value of seven for other instruments as well and it's highly unlikely the bar graph for those instruments would look exactly like what we have here. In any event, I think this brings a lot of confidence to the look-back period.
Is The Regime Look-Back Optimized?
Just as we did for the look-back period for our entry trigger, let's perform the same type of test on the regime look-back period. Again, I will use TradeStation's optimization feature to optimize the look-back period over the values 20-200 in increments of ten. The results are in the graph below. You can click the image to see a larger view. The x-axis contains the look-back period while the y-axis contains the trading systems total return.
This looks great as well. All values produce positive returns. In general, the longer the look-back period the more profit the system generates. While I did not study the numbers just beyond 200, I feel confident that a 200-period look-back is not optimized.
Taken both these tests we can feel confident that this system does not appear to be optimized and it's robust given a wide variety of input values.
Going Short
The original system is a long-only system. Let's try to use the current rules to short the market. We can do this by simply reversing the rules. In other words, we will modify the regime filter to only open trades when price is below the 200-day moving average. Trades will then open when price makes a new 7-day high and close when they make a new 7-day low.
- The instrument must be below its 200 day moving average.
- If the instrument closes at a 7-day high - sell short.
- If a position is open and the instrument closes at a 7-day low - buy to cover.
I created a separate trading system to study only the short-side. The results of the system can be seen in the equity graph below.
This is not so great. Most of the time the equity curve is below the zero line. It's choppy and ugly. Clearly the market participants' psychology during a bear market is different than simply a mirror image of those found in a bull market. One would think shorting new highs in a bear is a good idea, and maybe it is, but this system is not successful at capturing profit. Taking a wild guess simply from past experience, I have found that exiting quickly during bear markets tends to work better than in bull markets. Thus, maybe a modification of the exit rules to only hold a trade until the first profitable day or only hold for a maximum of three days may produce significantly better results. However, such modifications are best left for another day.
To further test our shorting idea, let's now look at testing a range of look-back periods just like we did during our bull market. If our shorting concept is truly flawed, I would expect to see not much improvement in modification of our look-back period. In fact, since my wild guess is we need to exit quickly to remain profitable, I would expect to see greater losses as we continue to increase our look-back period. Likewise, I would expect to see greater profit as we shorten our look-back period. I will optimize the look-back period over the values 2-20 in increments of one. The results are in the graph below. You can click the image to see a larger view.
Just as I expected. In general the shorter the look-back period, the more profitable. However, since this is our first look at the Double Seven Strategy, I don't want to over complicate it by introducing a shorting component. We'll keep it simple for now and apply our long-only strategy to several major market ETFs.
Double Seven Strategy
Confident the long-only trading rules are robust and appear to hold potential, let's now test this system on several major ETFs. Let's test, SPY, QQQ, DIA, and IWM. For this test we are going to use all the same trading assumptions and position sizing as we did above except for the following modifications.
- $50,000 starting account
- Risk 2% of account equity per trade
- P&L is not reinvested
Conclusion
The Double Seven Strategy does produce positive results across the four major market ETFs we tested. Is this system tradable with real money as is? Probably not. Remember, there are no stops. However, this does appear to be a great start to a viable system. I would imagine if some of the larger losing trades could be eliminated by some type of stop method, this system could be viable with real money.
Downloads
You can download the source code here.
Looks great, thanks for sharing. I wonder, is it possible to adapt this EA for MT5 platform. I use one from Hotforex.
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I always buy the dip when it hits some key MA line and also if the price is near some key round level like 4000 points at S&P 500. I guess it is an extremely safe trade.
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Yeah I also think that cryptocurrencies will gain wider adoption with time, however this process is slow and erratic, which reflected in severe up and downs in the price of crypto. I really enjoy scalping on crypto pairs with Hotforex, because technical analysis works better there, imo.
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This would be too easy dumb trade, the information about halving should be already in the price. I would look for more subtle developments that could impact the the price.
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On 4/29/2018 at 4:26 PM, adamal7 said:Hello guys,
I'm starting to swing trade commodities, especially soft commodities (corn, sugar, coffee, cotton, soybean, ...). I'm also checking gold and oil.
My problem is I'd like to know what is the best broker for trading those markets (regulated, large commodity choice) ? For CFD trading.
I'm thinking of IC MARKETS who are very good with forex and have good trading conditions.
The concern I have is that I need a broker that offers MT4 as a platform, and also I'd like to be able to open mini lots positions for a better risk management.
As a swing trader, I'm less concerned by the spread but looking at the financing fees.
Wish you have a nice day, and thanks in advance.
Alexandre.
Have a look at Hotforex their conditions are quite competitive maybe they will be suit your requirements too.
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So does it all mean it's time to short US Dollar because of reckless fiscal policies?
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Yeah agree, that's why I use 1:50 leverage with HFM and pretty tight swaps to keep loss limited as much as possible.