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Trying scalping with a 1000 bucks - Scalping is expensive! 39 replies
strategy builder/tester for new scalping strategy 1 reply
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Disliked{quote} Hey @niks, I am following your xauusd charts and they are helpful. Just a question. Are you following the same m1 ema strategy? If yes, I was wondering how you overcome the big pushes when price is volatile? I'm practicing gold on demo and sometimes the drawdown gets a lot if I get trapped in a long trend. I'm also trying to decode volume (ticks) and see if I can relate them to reversals. Are you using volumes in gold or adr? I'm also noticing some stoch/rsi levels are also good confirmation for gold..Ignored
Disliked{quote} Thanks @nick! As you said, money management is the key. I'm happy I'm experiencing the challenges using a small accountIgnored
Disliked{image} Toyed around with the strat a bit more and It seems to have some legs. There has to be a relationship between the size of SL and distance from 200 so that a RR of at least 1:2 is maintained.Ignored
Disliked{image} Toyed around with the strat a bit more and It seems to have some legs. There has to be a relationship between the size of SL and distance from 200 so that a RR of at least 1:2 is maintained. This should cover the bad trend entries. The distance from EMA rule mostly covers this. For smaller bunched up candles that creep out away from and back into the BB gradually, its worth waiting for them to cross the 9 before entering if you feel like doing so. In my screen grab I'm not paying attention to the distance from EMA, simply feeling out the...Ignored
Disliked{quote} Thanks for sharing, let us know how it goes. I am skeptical about the use of SLs and ratios in countertrend strategies, so I would never use them that way.Ignored