"So, the better we are at "forecasting" the future of price movement the more pips we can grab."
This has NOTHING to do with FORECASTING.
The is SEEING what IS HAPPENING and trading accordingly.
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what is the name of the histogramme in the first posting of this thread. I have had alook through the donational indicators you sent out but can't find it.
Secondly your indicator TR2009_RANGE_EZ_P2 this is permanently fixed to H1. Is there any way of changing it or a later version that when you change from the hourly chart to say the M30 chart it displays M30 statistics and not Hi statistics
Thanks fill
what is the name of the histogramme in the first posting of this thread. I have had alook through the donational indicators you sent out but can't find it.
Secondly your indicator TR2009_RANGE_EZ_P2 this is permanently fixed to H1. Is there any way of changing it or a later version that when you change from the hourly chart to say the M30 chart it displays M30 statistics and not Hi statistics
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TheRumpledOne wrote:"So, the better we are at "forecasting" the future of price movement the more pips we can grab."
This has NOTHING to do with FORECASTING.
The is SEEING what IS HAPPENING and trading accordingly.
Well I don't see where TRO sees the hedge here
anyway let me share my thoughts
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When the bar opens and goes +10 or - 10 pips we just don't know whether it's going to hit the 10 pips on the opposite direction all we know is the percentage
80.84 % of bars go + 10 and never touch the -10
Now let's say we want 5 pips, so we need it to go + 17 including spread
My calculation shows that 57.71% bars that never hit -10 went +17
so we have 57.71% change we going to get the 5 pips
now what about the other 42 %
if we put a stop -10 that would be - 22 loss including spread on 19% of trades
there is 21% that would be exited somewhere between + 5 and -10 if the one wanted to close the position before the bar completes
so here we go
out of 100 trades we make 5 pips on 57 ( + 285 )
we lose 22 pips on 19 (- 418 ) when we hit the + 10 we know that it was one of the 80.4 % so 19 % left
and the rest is what ever
even if we make 4 pips on the rest 21 % that would be ( + 81)
Loss = 418
profit = 369
Am I retarded or the numbers just don't ad up ?
Of course this is the worse case scenario and the accurate result can be achieved only with tick reply as the price can hit Profit target and then reverse within a bar or hit the stop and then touch the PT
I can't see a positive expectation here
please prove me wrong
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Hi nickgurtsu,
Please note that the two samples are independent or unrelated. It is not advisable to make conclusion like "If x happens, then z% of y would occur". A contingency table would be useful if you wish to know the frequency of y occurs if x happens (or vice versa).
Also, the samples are taken from a period where spikes and troughs exist. As TRO has rightly pointed out, your chance of success would increase if you trade at spike period (eg. Opening at NY, London sessions).
Good luck to your trading!
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Please note that the two samples are independent or unrelated. It is not advisable to make conclusion like "If x happens, then z% of y would occur". A contingency table would be useful if you wish to know the frequency of y occurs if x happens (or vice versa).
Also, the samples are taken from a period where spikes and troughs exist. As TRO has rightly pointed out, your chance of success would increase if you trade at spike period (eg. Opening at NY, London sessions).
Good luck to your trading!
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TheRumpledOne wrote:You made the mistake of trading/testing 100 bars in a row.
How about testing the first 3 bars of the NY session.
thanks for correcting me
Let's apply the time filter
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Out of 1000 bars 41 meet the long criteria (never went -10 and are in between 8AM and 10AM Est
68 out of 100 trades would give us 5 pips (+340)
85.37% when the price hit +10 so we're left with 14% stop outs
14 trades would stop us out -22 pips ( - 308)
there is a remaining 18% that would have to be exited in between +4 and -21
Even if there is a tiny edge it can be zeroed out by lack of entry and exit precision
Btw the numbers look much better entering long at + 5 and getting out + 12
85% trades would be ( + 425 ) vs ( - 330 ) stop outs that's 100 pips on 100 trades clean 25 pips let's leave for entry and exit inaccuracy
Not that I know a lot about trading, I've been testing stuff and trading for two years and have not found a way to make money at this
I could not find a mythology or a system that could operate outside of a threshold of randomness
Maybe TRO can show me the light
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Hi nickgurtsu,
I think I might have misunderstood your sampling method (Long Cond Bars/Short Cond Bars) in the first thread.
Let start over again. The condition you are using are:
Trade between 8-10am est using the buy zone method
TP 5 pips
SL 10 pips
Straddle 10 pips
Spread 2 pips (EURUSD)
Assuming the above are correct, and also assuming that either TP and SL are hit within the hour (it's possible that none/both are hit but I am not considering such conditions in this case), in order to find the odds of winning (and subsequently the expectancy), you need the following numbers:
A. (Long winning trade) Out of the 1000 H1 bars, how many of them were between 8-10am est, at or more than 17 pips above open, and not at or more than 22 pips below open
B. (Long losing trade) Out of the 1000 H1 bars, how many of them were between 8-10am est, less than 17 pips above open, and at or more than 22 pips below open
C. (Short winning trade) Out of the 1000 H1 bars, how many of them were between 8-10am est, at or more than 17 pips below open, and not at or more than 22 pips above open
D. (Short losing trade) Out of the 1000 H1 bars, how many of them were between 8-10am est, less than 17 pips below open, and at or more than 22 pips above open
The odds of long winning is A/B and the expectancy is 5*(A/B) + -10*(1-A/B). Similar calculation for short winning odds and expectancy.
Comments are welcome.
Lis
I think I might have misunderstood your sampling method (Long Cond Bars/Short Cond Bars) in the first thread.
Let start over again. The condition you are using are:
Trade between 8-10am est using the buy zone method
TP 5 pips
SL 10 pips
Straddle 10 pips
Spread 2 pips (EURUSD)
Assuming the above are correct, and also assuming that either TP and SL are hit within the hour (it's possible that none/both are hit but I am not considering such conditions in this case), in order to find the odds of winning (and subsequently the expectancy), you need the following numbers:
A. (Long winning trade) Out of the 1000 H1 bars, how many of them were between 8-10am est, at or more than 17 pips above open, and not at or more than 22 pips below open
B. (Long losing trade) Out of the 1000 H1 bars, how many of them were between 8-10am est, less than 17 pips above open, and at or more than 22 pips below open
C. (Short winning trade) Out of the 1000 H1 bars, how many of them were between 8-10am est, at or more than 17 pips below open, and not at or more than 22 pips above open
D. (Short losing trade) Out of the 1000 H1 bars, how many of them were between 8-10am est, less than 17 pips below open, and at or more than 22 pips above open
The odds of long winning is A/B and the expectancy is 5*(A/B) + -10*(1-A/B). Similar calculation for short winning odds and expectancy.
Comments are welcome.
Lis
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Nope monolisa
In the second thread
Long cond bars are 41 out of 1000
that were in between 8AM and 10AM est never hit -10
those 41 bars are broke up in how many pips they went +
5, 7, 10, 12 ... etc and the percentage
so when you look at the +10 pip it says that 85% of those 41 bars went 10 pips then 68% of the 41 bars hit the +17
when I consider stop it would be -10 below open of the bar so when I enter at +10 above open and put a stop -10 below open that makes 20 pips + 2 pip spread
this is stil untradeable BECAUSE when I trade and the bar goes + 10 I have no way of knowing if the bar is going to go to -10
What I need to do is to find out out of the all bars that were in between 8AM and 10AM and went +10 how many went - 5 - 10 - 12 ..etc to find out a best place to put a stop
this is like optimization and from my experience it never holds up in the future
the future is always similar to the past but always different enough to make any mechanical system not to work
please prove me wrong
I'll be back with the test
In the second thread
Long cond bars are 41 out of 1000
that were in between 8AM and 10AM est never hit -10
those 41 bars are broke up in how many pips they went +
5, 7, 10, 12 ... etc and the percentage
so when you look at the +10 pip it says that 85% of those 41 bars went 10 pips then 68% of the 41 bars hit the +17
when I consider stop it would be -10 below open of the bar so when I enter at +10 above open and put a stop -10 below open that makes 20 pips + 2 pip spread
this is stil untradeable BECAUSE when I trade and the bar goes + 10 I have no way of knowing if the bar is going to go to -10
What I need to do is to find out out of the all bars that were in between 8AM and 10AM and went +10 how many went - 5 - 10 - 12 ..etc to find out a best place to put a stop
this is like optimization and from my experience it never holds up in the future
the future is always similar to the past but always different enough to make any mechanical system not to work
please prove me wrong
I'll be back with the test
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