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[hayseed]

Would you mind explaining what you mean by "buys watch 1 and 5"

My gut says that this means there is a general long-bias, and the 1M and 5M are in retrace and your next long entry...

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yes...... the indicators are named to the right and each vertical column is the current signal of each indicator in the 1,5,15,30,60,240 and 1440 timeframes......

the words themselves , in this case "buys watch 1 and 5" , are determined by the saywords() function posted in the learning mq5 thread.......

if the alma, hma(10) and hma(20) agree on the 15, 30, 60 tfs, i'll watch the 1 and 5 tfs for entries.....

when things align even more the words returned might be more aggressive, like "buy with both hands".......

it's making some simple common sense assessments of the indicators and returning words......

just noticed the lower numbers were mostly 0.0 ..... those the point value per symbol , atr per tf and the equivalent $ value for 1 micro contract for that atr......
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there is one row about the middle that does not have a description...... those are the hma(89) of each tf..... it is best if they all agree......

if there is a square in the symbol==20 row, it depicts a new buy or sell.....

major indi algin is when is when a set group of indicators align buy or sell.....

ask >< hilo 1, reflects current price being above yesterdays hi or below yesterdays lo.... hilo 2 and 3 is when the current price is above the 2 and 3 days ago hi or lo.....

lot more going on there but it gets hard to explain.......

as like in much of your work? ...... yes, exactly.......
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the goal is at a glance to see the overall situation on each symbol and act accordingly......

like the saying, trade what you see not what you think.......h

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[hayseed]

Good to see your work going on. I've done a simple dashboard (not as good as yours lol)... in fact its a rather different style, but still fine tuning certain things

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i need a bigger monitor..... leaning towards a philips brilliance or maybe a samsung odyssey.......

that samsung was almost half price the other day........

daily atr on a couple micro mnq futures should cover it......h

 

[hayseed]

even a 1 minute countertrend can hurt.....

and a 15 can be 15 times worse...........h

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[TradeChaser]

even a 1 minute countertrend can hurt.....

and a 15 can be 15 times worse...........h

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Giving me the itch again hayseed… darn you…

 

[hayseed]

Giving me the itch again hayseed… darn you…

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lol..... resist the urge to scratch.......
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there are some very believable numbers from very believable people right now......

it's said, that out of 1000 traders only 40 will pass a evaluation attempt...... out of those 40 only 5 traders will get a payout........ 5 out of 1000.......

and it is probably worse......

if you must try, only use a single apex 50k futures account and only at 90% off...... slightly under 20$...... so your max loss is 20$.....

don't use any of those gimmicks to pass...... do it right......

trade a single micro mym contract..... trade with the trend and only with momentum......

it will not be easy......

so resist the urge to scratch.......h
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[TradeChaser]

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lol..... resist the urge to scratch.......
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there are some very believable numbers from very believable people right now......

it's said, that out of 1000 traders only 40 will pass a evaluation attempt...... out of those 40 only 5 traders will get a payout........ 5 out of 1000.......

and it is probably worse......

if you must try, only use a single apex 50k futures account and only at 90% off...... slightly under 20$...... so your max loss is 20$.....

don't use any of those gimmicks to pass...... do it right......

trade a single micro mym contract..... trade with the trend and only with momentum......

it will not be easy......

so resist the urge to scratch.......h
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Thankfully, the resisting has been aided by the mere craze of life - welcoming our 5th child in August (Lord willing), single income (grateful we can get by and my wife loves staying with the littles, but at the end of the day it’s not even a matter of choice given the cost of childcare), and that income being provided by a company that is constantly “adjusting course” or “changing directions” (I.e. restructuring, laying off, etc).

It’s when I feel this stress culminating that I find myself wondering how I can find a minimum wage of my own from a different source (ie the market).

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Thankfully, the resisting has been aided by the mere craze of life - welcoming our 5th child in August (Lord willing), single income (grateful we can get by and my wife loves staying with the littles, but at the end of the day it’s not even a matter of choice given the cost of childcare), and that income being provided by a company that is constantly “adjusting course” or “changing directions” (I.e. restructuring, laying off, etc).

It’s when I feel this stress culminating that I find myself wondering how I can find a minimum wage of my own from a different source (ie the market).

A lot of info not relevant to you, but I’ve never been accused of sharing too little ha

 

[hayseed]

constantly “adjusting course” or “changing directions”

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sounds like the nasdaq.....

quite often women can out trade men...... and kids can out trade them both...... get the whole family together..... the whole is greater than the sum of the parts...... collaboration can be useful.......

peyton can out trade me..... for sure......h

 

[hayseed]

.....h

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[TradeChaser]

.....h

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Looks as though there may be some waiting going on??

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if you must try, only use a single apex 50k futures account and only at 90% off...... slightly under 20$...... so your max loss is 20$.....

Do you have any input on the various forms of accounts? appears they have a Rithmic, Wealthcharts, and Tradovate challenge? Are these simply different challenges for different tools? Or do they cater to different trader types?

 

[hayseed]

Looks as though there may be some waiting going on??

Do you have any input on the various forms of accounts? appears they have a Rithmic, Wealthcharts, and Tradovate challenge? Are these simply different challenges for different tools? Or do they cater to different trader types?

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waiting is the most important part...... followed by watching......

only use apex, tradeovate and futures...... a single 90% off 50k account...... nothing more...... nothing else......

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the 240 chart is clearly against me right now..... that might change some on next 240 bar......

will close all trades in all accounts no matter profit or loss before 7 am cst...... to much news at 7:30......

remember the average counts...... but news could not care less about counts........h

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[hayseed]

testing out a large screen tv as a monitor...... philips 50"..... it was on sale......

the resolution is 3840 x 2160, and aspect ratio is 16:9...... thought metatrader would move over ok and actually give me far more room...... it does not...... the tv enlarges everything to the point where most of the information can not be seen......

my solution was to rewrite the code..... reducing the size of everything down tremendously........ this way when i drag it over to the tv, which will enlarge it, it is now perfect size...... now it gives me far more room......

the computer itself is a hp 34" all in one..... the other monitors are 34"......

my near term goal is still a philips or samsung 49" dual qhd 5120x1440 32:9 ......

prices on those are falling.......h

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[hayseed]

added SpearmanRankCorrelation_Histogram.mq5......h
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//-----  indicator sets global values
 
   int    spear[14];
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    for(int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
      { 
     spear[i]    = iCustom(_Symbol,tf[i],"Spear");
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    for(int j = 0; j < 7; j++)
      {   
        double spears[];
 
        ArraySetAsSeries(spears,true);   
 
        CopyBuffer(spear[j],0,0,4,spears);
 
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            GlobalVariableSet(_Symbol+tfs[j]+"spear", 0);
 
            if(spears[0] > 0)            { GlobalVariableSet(_Symbol+tfs[j]+"spear", 10); }     
 
            if(spears[0] < 0)            { GlobalVariableSet(_Symbol+tfs[j]+"spear",-10); } 
//--------------------------- end of set
 
 
 
//-----   dashboard gets values
 
//-----  GlobalVariableGet(symbol+"spear")
 
 
       color spearclr = clrYellow;
 
       if(GlobalVariableGet(symbol+"spear") ==  10) {spearclr = clrLime;} 
 
       if(GlobalVariableGet(symbol+"spear") == -10) {spearclr = clrRed;}
 
       Display(symbol+"spear",  200+(t*20)+(r*300), 540);   
       ObjectSetText(symbol+"spear", "Û",6,"Terminal", spearclr);
       ObjectSetString(0, symbol+"spear", OBJPROP_TOOLTIP, symbol + " if(spear[0] > 0.0)");     
 
 
 
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//-------- spearman >< 0.0




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[hayseed]

.....h

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[hayseed]

reasons to trade small.......h

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[TradeChaser]

If I may ask, how is it that you get your futures data feed for MT5? Are you using a separate broker/demo platform for that?

 

[hayseed]

If I may ask, how is it that you get your futures data feed for MT5? Are you using a separate broker/demo platform for that?

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i have a personal mt5 account with amp futures...... h

 

[hayseed]

.....h
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[hayseed]

If I may ask, how is it that you get your futures data feed for MT5? Are you using a separate broker/demo platform for that?

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just noticed the word demo.....

the amp account is a real live personal one......

you can also use mt5 with darwinex..... here in the states we are limited to the darwin zero accounts only..... be sure to study on it first.....

darwin zero is slightly different in business model...... there you will pay around 50$ per month and immediately get a 1 million demo account to trade..... that account will pay, providing you can make money.....

it's not a bad deal over all...... there you can hold trades overnight/weekends and there are really no rules except those by the cme and nfa.....

the pitiful success rate at props has less to do with rules and more to do with us.......

or so it seems to me......h

 

[hayseed]

.....h
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[hayseed]

tokyo dropped the ball at the open...... everything fell 1% in first few minutes......

wonder what they know......h

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