GOLD, Gold and XAUUSD - page 137

 
Martin Stibor #:
[D]oes the edge survive when you scale it up — or do spread and slippage start eating the thin-margin scalps before the size does any good? Have you hit any ceiling there yet, or is it holding as you grow it?

"Survive" is such an appropriate word for my strategy when intraday volatility is low. During those days, my EA goes into "self preservation" mode by reducing position size to the minimum allowed─and then waits for the market phase to change back to volatile, when the 1% of balance position size goes back into effect. The growth curve is basically a vibrating upward line interspersed by smoother sideways steps─most within 2 or 3% drawdown, with %5 being the worst. I've not noticed an issue with slippage, and spread is baked into the testing/design of the EA.

The underlying concept is to use tiny positions as "crash test dummies" for the purpose of detecting when live trading conditions return to a state of profitability per the rules of my strategy.

 
Alexey Dudin #:

Chill out, mate xD Let the market do its thing


I also got a bit of a hit today and took a bit of profit; it’ll still make some money by tomorrow anyway! This is my new system on the sub-mega-upgrade ‘Veroniya-7-29-Astral-Anisotropic-Hunter-The free radical’

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Veronika Terenteva #:

I’ve also tweaked it a bit and dialled it back a little today – it’ll still be working by tomorrow anyway! This is my new system on the sub-mega-upgrade ‘Veroniya-7-29-Astral-Anisotropic-Hunter-The free radical’


In fact, it went up from 200 cents to 3,171 cents in one evening, but to withdraw the minimum of 40 dollars – the ‘broker’s limit’ I had to transfer funds from another account to this one, so the actual profit for the evening was over 1,500 per cent.
 


a dreadful side effect

 
Satan Claws #:


a dreadful side effect

Most likely until September

but I’d be selling until around 10 September ;)


 
prostotrader:

Hi!

Is it worth buying gold at 1130 ?

Well, this question aged like fine wine. 

At $1,130, the answer turned out to be a very definite yes. 

Sometimes the best investment strategy really is just patience.

 
Wilna Barnard #:

Well, this issue has matured, just like a fine wine.

At a price of $1,130, the answer was a resounding ‘yes’.

Sometimes the best investment strategy is simply patience.

Wine! + Tyapnitsa (TGIF) – soon to be fully compatible devices!
 
Satan Claws #:


a dreadful sideways trend

Switch to the M1 – it’s a madhouse over there!
 
Satan Claws #:


a dreadful side effect

The crash is coming soon – don’t miss out, don’t fall for it; these are the wiles of the devil
 
Veronika Terenteva #:
The crash is coming soon – don’t get caught out, don’t fall for it; these are the wiles of the devil

I agree, in about a month’s time

By the way, is there a reason for that?