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gza979

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  1. Re: Does Some One have a simple Moving Average Cross to detect ?

     

    I should have mentioned i used those numbers on a daily charts, where the average (big) winner was 15-21 days (Small winners and losers generally got cut well before this point) I know this is a much longer time frame than most retail traders seem to trade forex. I'm not really sure how well those values would perform on a 1 or 5 min chart. As a side note, for establishing a trend, it is very useful to be to use the trend from a longer time frame and generally stay with that trend, as it is the more powerful one. So for example, if the 4 hour is up, and i get a down signal from the one hour, I will not trade the one hour from a short position under most circumstances.

  2. Re: Commitment of Traders

     

    to me this is the most important indicator for me (combined with seasonality) when i take a non swing position. The important thing is to realize the numbers are relative and not get overexcited about what seem to be bullish or bearish numbers. This really paid off in coffee for me recently.

  3. Re: Does Some One have a simple Moving Average Cross to detect ?

     

    I used 5, 10 and 20 when i started trading(it was in futures), using the five crossing the 20 as the entry point and the 5 crossing the ten as the exit point, but there have to be other conditions or you'll get whipsawed all the time. You also have to be patient because the winning percentage is not high, but it can still be very profitable. For some reason though the 5 and 20 numbers work the best that i could find.

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