I received PMs on the PriceSwingAction indicator (the old version is in the Indicators zip files) which I used on the set up. If interested, please visit the following post for the details:
I welcome any feedback, comments and suggestions for improvement.
Please discuss the PriceActionSwing (PAS) indicator in this thread. Any comments or suggestions are more than welcome here. If you have a more private issue send me a PM or better an …
Yes, the HH/HL/LL/LH/DT/DB labels have been very useful to me. For example, if the suggested entry is very close to a Price Action label, I may choose to place a Stop order 1 tick above or below the same.
You're right Hapster. Sim is great to start off and identify DO's and DONT'S while creating one's system + developing one's trading style. Do have the urge to do real ones .. like a pilot trainee .. haha ..
When I placed the first Short, I thought it's after 10:00 am when the 2 medium priority news were over. It's right around the 9:55 am news ... oh .. Tightened SL while it did go to 6 ticks before hitting my SL. The second Long was based on the most recent HH (also OR) and Resistance on 8R. I placed a Buy Stop @701.10 (not 700.90 or 701.00) to safeguard its stucking around 00 area. Upon entry, I did tighten SL to 1 tick below the entry bar. Who knows if it may have enough strength to run.
2 trades this morning and it's a green day of 7 ticks LOL!
Here it comes a crispy recap on the sim trades (only the first one mostly in the morning) I did between 13 October and 29 October (13 trading days):
No of Trades: 12 (all 1-contract trades)
No of Winner/Loser: 10 Winners/1 BE/1 Loser (I counted the first one -5 I did this morning)
Winning Tabulation: Biggest Winners 4 (+12) | Winners 1 (+11) / 1 (+10) / 2 (+8) / 1 (+7) / Winner 1 (+1) | BE 1 (0) | Biggest Loser 1 (-5)
Total Ticks: 88 before commission
Net $ after commission: 88 x $10 - (12 x $4.01) = $831.88
Looking at the recap, feel like I did succeed in managing SL quite successfully. It's a Great month .. haha ..
Take care and enjoy a Relaxing weekend.
Beth
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19 total trades
14 winning trades
5 losing trades
Probability of win = 74%
Probability of loss = 26%
Commission cost = $105
Average commission per trade = $5.52
Winning trades produced +124 ticks ($1,240)
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Oct stats:
- 12 total trades
- 11 winning trades (incl 1 BE)
- 1 losing trade
- Probability of win = 92%
- Probability of loss = 8%
- Commission cost = $48.12
- Average commission per trade = $4.01
- Winning trades produced +93 ticks $930
- Losing trade produced -5 ticks -$50
- Average winning trade after commission = $80.54
- Average losing trade after commission = -$54.01
- Net profit after commission per trade = $69.32
Expectancy is (0.92*80.54) - (0.08*54.01) = 69.78
Question please: What's the acceptable/ideal expectancy rate? Thank you.
Beth
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It basically means that over <x> trades you can be expected to make <y> per trade.
If you look at a larger sample, say 100+ trades, and it is positive expectancy, you are making money Make sure and don't forget commissions and/or slippage (which you have included, good job).
If the expectancy value is $10 then you can expect to make, on average, over a similar sample size, $10 net per trade. etc etc.
Thanks Cory for your kind suggestion. Yes, I've been using my thread to document what I experienced both good and bad. It's an effective tool for me to identify the following Ws:
- When to trade (I prefer the morning session by 11:30 am)
- What to use (I am quite content with the current system)
- Where to enter (when both 8R and 4R mostly align)
- How to manage a trade (PT/SL and decision to exit early)
- Who is responsible (Me of course and no one else)
Yes, I do have a checklist handy .. still peeking at my notes now and then .. smile.
Beth
Good Trading is about Trading Right!
Want What the Market Wants!
Trade With the Trend!
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Hello Beth. Thanks for a great thread. I downloaded the indicators and templates but i'm confused about one thing. In your screen shots it shows one chart being an 8 range and the other being a 4 better renko. Is that what you are using?
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There is a new type of Renko bar in the elite download section called BetterRenko.
Why create yet another Renko bar type? Because they are all broken and have issues backtesting. There are lots of flavors: Renko, SbsRenko, MedianRenko, WickedRenko. …
Make sure and don't forget commissions and/or 
Yes, I've been using my thread to document what I experienced both good and bad. It's an effective tool for me to identify the following Ws:
