Recent content by YachtFund

I started off using Metastock for charting and back testing. The charting was very good, the coding for back testing isnt so flexible or easy to learn. The analysis of the back testing was also pretty poor. And it's a little on the expensive side. I moved onto Ninja Trader which for charting...

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Hi All Im trying to build a list of mechanical reasons for not trading for a day and wondered if anyone had a similar list that they would share (mainly FX). For example dont trade when non-farm pay rolls are due. Another one I read was dont trade when the major currency pairs become...

Hi Call the human resources department in some of the top banks in the city, explain your situation and Im sure they will spare 10 minutes to let you know what they look for both educationally and personally. Cheers YachtFund

Hi Is it worth going back and looking at your automated trading, I presume it was intra-day? Cheers YachtFund

Have you tried creating strategies on correlated pairs that when compared are not correlated? And she sells seas shells on the sea shore. YF

Hi All I am looking for some advice on modifying my position size based on correlation. I have, for example, four simple moving average cross strategies in cable, swiss, euro and yen. Im trading these on hourly charts. I work out my position size based on possible consecutive losses, the...

Someone has already said that things haven't changed, its always been this way. Maybe we strive for something that is not, and as long as humans are involved, ever possible. An interesting article on the role of the press:- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13492.htm If the...

Hi All Does anyone have any good previous days high/low breakout for an hourly chart? Or some links? Many Thanks YachtFund

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Four pages in and nothing interesting. Maybe if you answered T-Walkers question on page 2 this thread might begin its promised purpose. YF

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I agree with GJ. I would be interested in more resources that discuss correlation and its impact on risk across a portfolio of closely correlated markets. Any one have any? YF

As an example could you explain the risks relating to your company (not the theory of trailing stops) involved in having a trailing fx stop for say 4 days that lasts over a weekend. Many thanks YF

Thanks for your response. Could you describe in detail the process of how stops/trailing stops work within IB and TWS, specifically for spot FX. Or point me in the direction of any existing literature that would describe it. Many Thanks YachtFund