Market Oracle Forum | BalrogTrader | Activity https://forum.marketoracle.io/members/balrogtrader/activity/ Activity feed for BalrogTrader. Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:14:06 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 cb2ed1a65289e75ef2423a41216bdde7 BalrogTrader replied to the topic Stairstep Breakouts indicator and EA in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/stairstep-breakouts-indicator-and-ea/page/9/#post-12309 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:32:20 -0400 I only have them when the EMA filter is on. So the answer to your question is no.

OK. now I’ll try to find my sweet spots with EMA filter off.

Thanks for the reply. Best regards… :good:

]]> 0 1199d39d24e40e22cee13e2e2c9bc8f9 BalrogTrader replied to the topic Stairstep Breakouts indicator and EA in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/stairstep-breakouts-indicator-and-ea/page/9/#post-12309 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:32:20 -0400 I only have them when the EMA filter is on. So the answer to your question is no. So now I’ll try to find my sweet spots with EMA filter off.

Thanks for the reply. Best regards… :good:

]]> 0 1222dfd9a686429a0c7897dddfce9996 BalrogTrader and forexhard are now friends https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/18136/ Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:11:45 -0400 0 06cb07534a55b2e82db603c87ee8eecd BalrogTrader replied to the topic Stairstep Breakouts indicator and EA in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/stairstep-breakouts-indicator-and-ea/page/9/#post-12300 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:11:12 -0400 Well well well…
What a ride it was. I just finished reading the whole SSBO thread on FF (like I did to Killing Zone some time ago). All 382 pages and the first 8 posts once again.
Dear @forexhard, what an impressive effort…! What a contribution…! :good: All this time the SSBO thread existed in front of my eyes, yet only last Friday have I star…[Read more]

]]> 0 b2985d458afd898efa2145453d72ed22 BalrogTrader replied to the topic Trading made even simpler & some discussions on currency strength in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/trading-made-even-simpler/#post-11514 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:04:26 -0500 Hello all,

I don’t want to sound discouraging or a smart-ass but I’d spent a lot of time investigating those “patterns” and even read a whole book about this issue. Apart from Doji pattern, I believe, none of them shows anything reliable. Even Doji fails sometimes, however via accompanying Large Volume, a Doji candle may show something.

I…[Read more]

]]> 0 3b36a5f61c826e121f25d9d587db621f BalrogTrader replied to the topic Trading made even simpler & some discussions on currency strength in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/trading-made-even-simpler/#post-11510 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 07:48:29 -0500 Large volume + small price change.

]]> 0 6e381546cefbcf8dd7e09caa39408f88 BalrogTrader replied to the topic Trading made REALLY Simple in the forum Development http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/trading-made-really-simple/page/14/#post-11455 Sat, 06 Feb 2016 13:18:16 -0500 Hello again,

Sorry to be silent long time and step up only in such situations. Perhaps I’m one of those silent 900+ members who keep reading -over and over again some threads-, search for intriguing ideas, try to evaluate and use it once convinced. I think this is a rather small but still valid contribution to this community. This is at least…[Read more]

]]> 0 2882572f04025af109a1052580fb9e20 BalrogTrader replied to the topic Trading made REALLY Simple in the forum Development http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/trading-made-really-simple/page/14/#post-11445 Sat, 06 Feb 2016 07:20:11 -0500 Hi @Simplex,

I got the following error when compiling your latest indicator.

Thanks for your effort.

Best regards. :good:

 

]]> 0 d470385c49b80a4859eb7ed6b91095a1 BalrogTrader replied to the topic MTH - My Noob Corner Journal in the forum Trading Journals http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/mth-my-noob-corner-journal/#post-11042 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 08:21:04 -0500 Thanks Kiads, :good:

So lets do the math:

On a 1:100 account,

To have a total order amount of 0.1 lots

One should allocate $10000

In order not to be affected from adverse price movements.

Is that correct?

]]> 0 fee9f495cc794657516015489786686f BalrogTrader replied to the topic MTH - My Noob Corner Journal in the forum Trading Journals http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/mth-my-noob-corner-journal/#post-11030 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:04:12 -0500 Dear Kiads,

Could we understand from the above statement that you are not using SL. Rather using the whole account as SL?

Best regards…

]]> 0 6e5ee4de38fd80dadfb216514a70d339 BalrogTrader replied to the topic Volume Zone Oscillator: Discussion in the forum Indicator discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/volume-zone-oscillator-discussion/#post-10908 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:00:29 -0500 Looking forward to watch it. Maybe I should refresh your Video thread as well.

Best regards…

]]> 0 5332ce611d747ec3b8db721479f6d344 BalrogTrader replied to the topic Trading made REALLY Simple in the forum Development http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/trading-made-really-simple/page/11/#post-10903 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:55:18 -0500 Hello friends,

Let me read the whole thread first… :good:

Best regards and happy new years…

 

]]> 0 fea10d940d444c8d246c130f62f1e49e BalrogTrader started the topic Byez in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/byez/ Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:04:16 -0400 Dear friends,

I’ve suffered some major losses (around 30%) on a real account lately. This is the final proof that I’m not a good trader and will never be one.

So, I’d like to thank @Saver0, @MTH2014 (Kiads), @gg53, @xux99, @Edington, @simplex, last but not least @pipatronic of course and to all other friends that I forgot to mention. Thanks f…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ebe075777c8ba62d56e063fa4bf2c46 BalrogTrader started the topic Byez in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/byez/ Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:04:16 -0400 Dear friends,

I’ve suffered some major losses (around 30%) on a real account lately. This is the final proof that I’m not a good trader and will never be one.

So, I’d like to thank @Saver0, @Kiads, @gg53, @xux99, @edington, @simplex, last but not least @pipatronic of course and to all other friends that I forgot to mention. Thanks for your e…[Read more]

]]> 0 81530cf0abbddd2c51d2cf6726682ce0 BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/4/#post-8340 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:29:36 -0400 Wow. That’s great humility of yours @GG53.   :good:

I see that and thank you for everything again. You are a very wise person. No hard feelings on my part. Sorry if I offended you because I respect experience at a very high level. And your contributions to the wanna-be-FX-traders are enormous. You are the one who taught us the importance of vo…[Read more]

]]> 0 54bef4cfe1b164abdccc5eb13933408c BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/4/#post-8340 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:29:36 -0400 Wow. That’s great humility of yours G.   :good:

I see that and thank you for everything again. You are a very wise person. No hard feelings on my part. Sorry if I offended you because I respect experience at a very high level. And your contributions to the wanna-be-FX-traders are enormous. You are the one who taught us the importance of vo…[Read more]

]]> 0 21b1aeb7c9e0a14b1306aff623569764 BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/4/#post-8339 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:27:09 -0400 :good:

]]> 0 cd4aea3f13925b2422340d8c0b3b6aeb BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/4/#post-8339 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:27:09 -0400 Wow. That’s great humility of yours G.  :good:

I see that and thank you for everything again. You are a very wise person. No hard feelings on my part. Sorry if I offended you because I respect experience at a very high level. And your contributions to the wanna-be-FX-traders are enormous. You are the one who taught us the importance of volume…[Read more]

]]> 0 72de716adcd5e2efb17dd68c5d4ef62e BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/3/#post-8323 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:46:29 -0400 Well, no problem my friend. You were very generous and what you’ve provided up to now is more then enough.

Maybe I try to generate some time and do it myself -I’ve written an EA based on ROC of stddev some time ago-.

Anyways, thanks a lot for your efforts and generosity. :good:   :good:

Best regards.

]]> 0 8527a1fa5e7daaa4c4d60acabd99c3ec BalrogTrader and simplex are now friends https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/13312/ Sun, 11 Oct 2015 13:15:59 -0400 0 374cf3616ad53e98327442c76440adfc BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/3/#post-8317 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 05:41:46 -0400 This is a very unnecessary discussion. Why? Because a few months ago you were the one to tell me “better use ROC then Delta Currency Multi Power”. (I couldn’t find the post right now)

So, you are the master and I’m in a sense -whether we like it or not- a student of yours. I’ve read a lot of things that you wrote -taught- and internalized your…[Read more]

]]> 0 8f476a617d43d099e012bcdf31d69b8d BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/3/#post-8315 Sat, 10 Oct 2015 20:19:38 -0400 Sorry, I cannot see that…

]]> 0 7449d3e84bc61f8dffacd82246cae747 BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/3/#post-8312 Sat, 10 Oct 2015 18:08:23 -0400 Simplex may I have a small request?

If you could add a small ROC of DIFF (i.e. DIFF(instantly) – DIFF(close of previous)) and show the result as text on the upper RHS corner of the indicator? This could result in a small miracle. Only -somehow- I can not do it…

Best regards and thanks for your efforts once again…

:good:

]]> 0 bf99a9d78189375f598d68c5634480e1 BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/3/#post-8299 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 20:11:53 -0400 Dear Simplex,

Could we possibly play with this one? i.e. DIFF version of yours.

Best regards…

]]> 0 dd0f9e3c578a0c21fb22edfcce6e0792 BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/7/#post-8276 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 10:35:26 -0400 This one is a “textbook” Killing Zone.

]]> 0 974c7b69374c9a6acb5e403463c15509 BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/7/#post-8270 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 21:06:12 -0400 Hi Pip,

The last indicator Advanced_OBV_new looks interesting. Where did you find it?

Best regards…

]]> 0 b46756364a88797c9836cb7d9c380fcf BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/2/#post-8247 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:15:31 -0400 Yes, when the “display current pair only (override)” is set to true. This DIFF line is crucial in currency strength analysis.

Best regards and thanks for your efforts! :good:

]]> 0 6ff40523c2866c22267bc3fa9847059b BalrogTrader replied to the topic A Flexible And Compact Currency Strength Indicator in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/a-flexible-and-compact-currency-strength-indicator/page/2/#post-8242 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:46:50 -0400 Very nice. :good: A DIFF line (i.e. Curr1-Curr2) could be quite useful.

Best regards…

]]> 0 3c340231f634b89f21b22edd75104eac BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/6/#post-8228 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:03:01 -0400 How about drawing an “adaptive (or living) channel” on both DIFF and OBV?

Please see the attachment.

Best regards…

]]> 0 808e152161fd731bee20ebc7fc6ce9fc BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/6/#post-8225 Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:02:19 -0400 Thanks a lot Pip. I think I’m heading somewhere…

Actually how to draw level lines onto OBV is explained in Killing Zone thread by G.

I guess I’ll do something similar to DIFF and OBV2.

Have a profitable week. :good:

]]> 0 cafd90a3e6f805522eb9b76cb7fd398b BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/6/#post-8192 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 17:44:42 -0400 No, no. More basic stuff. Manually I ask.

]]> 0 d93fbd536228491074aa538df2d2b6c2 BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/6/#post-8189 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:47:03 -0400 Let me ask a lamer question:

How to put a Trend Line on Gadi Currencies DIFF and OBV2? Just connecting latest major extremums or any other suggestions?

Best regards…

PS: Pip, I’m still interested and watching each and every video of yours. Indeed reading pretty much every entry here.

]]> 0 56845ac81966dd70dbe2a3830e96e230 BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/4/#post-8058 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:34:52 -0400 I’ve already found them, read the whole thread (i.e. Killing Zone @ FF) -from start till the end-, benefited from it and felt thankful for everything.

What I mentioned is something else, a feeling, I don’t know how to state it correctly: something like a synergy. A “participatory” and “humble” attitude making one feel compelled to contribute.

]]> 0 c6be3762285b87bd23f1327a66504e00 BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/4/#post-8058 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:34:52 -0400 I’ve already found them, read the whole thread -from start till the end-, benefited from it and felt thankful for everything.

What I mentioned is something else, a feeling, I don’t know how to state it correctly: something like a synergy. A “participatory” and “humble” attitude making one feel compelled to contribute.

]]> 0 5e33efa4dd7ae006b8559ce188f1304d BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/4/#post-8058 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:34:52 -0400 I’ve already found them, read the whole thread -from start till the end-, benefited from it and felt thankful for everything.

What I mentioned is something else, a feeling, I don’t know how to state it correctly: something like a synergy. A “participatory” and “humble” attitude making one feel compelled to contribute.

]]> 0 08407867d61fc9c8a24512d7da0c659b BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/4/#post-8056 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:47:38 -0400 I really like this thread. Nice dynamics, naturally evolving standardization of indicators etc.

Great job Pipatronic! :good:   :good:   :good:

]]> 0 c3032bad38e3dde083f8063cc2562091 BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/3/#post-8041 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:50:19 -0400 NN: Neural Network or ANN: Artificial Neural Network

Took me some time but once I was able to make a “prediction”. I was trying to learn whether you’re interested in the subject or not  :-)

Best regards…

]]> 0 7b1d0b5a4773f952014e58b829e092b4 BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/3/#post-8024 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:15:42 -0400 Pip, that video # 15 rocks!!! Free private lesson on how to use Currency Strength & Volume indicators.

Now maybe we head towards NN prediction :yes:

Best regards…

]]> 0 b7bab63e82bae97ab3370e58bd52c541 BalrogTrader and pipatronic are now friends https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/12970/ Fri, 25 Sep 2015 06:26:24 -0400 0 680507859bac76a0db64be0f362d68ba BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/3/#post-8011 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 04:24:50 -0400 Hi Pip,

First of all I’d like to thanks you for bringing up “correlation” concept. A very nice video yet again… :good:

I’d like to emphasize one point that I came to realize during my entire “screen time” in FX.

The size and level of that correlation changes from time to time. At some time it’s 100% and at others it may be 60-80%. Like the…[Read more]

]]> 0 58ab069d838a3ec9234c75d2f492921f BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/2/#post-7994 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 21:51:07 -0400 Wow,

Dear Pip, I’m honored by your invaluable video… Thanks a lot mate :good:

The yellow indicator is similar to the white line (i.e. the difference) in Gadi_Currencies_V3.0. Your explanation was quite OK (bus-stop analogy was great). I tend to look at other currencies -5 minute charts- simultaneously rather then same currency with…[Read more]

]]> 0 c823afe2db0cbe1a9bc9efa0c55f5ed5 BalrogTrader replied to the topic MTH Renko Builder Indicator in the forum Indicator discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/mth-renko-builder-indicator/page/8/#post-7981 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 12:25:04 -0400 Dear Brother,

I hope you get well quickly….

A very nice movie by the way. Congratulations for your son… Liked & more…

Best regards…

]]> 0 5558d9fd216f83bfa0815ab19ea4eb4d BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/page/2/#post-7978 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:05:51 -0400 Dear Pip,

I’ve been playing with the same idea for some time now. Trying some kind of “simulation” looking forward at earlier times, aim is to evaluate the method and isolate possible bad entries.

What do you think about a possible late entry in the attached figure? Blue volume bar in Gadi_Normalized_Volume on yellow vertical line results…[Read more]

]]> 0 ac91531b8ea4445667662806e7f99b99 BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/#post-7909 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:28:54 -0400 Dear Pip,

First of all I’d like to congratulate you for preparing this kind of -monologue- video. I know it is hard, damn hard to speak in front of the screen without any proper feedback and to carry on giving your message. Simply by trying this and stepping up to the stage, you deserve -imho- a big round of applause my friend… :applause:…[Read more]

]]> 0 f7e63a8986586b51b671c0dba91761f4 BalrogTrader replied to the topic VIDEO in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/video/#post-7895 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:11:05 -0400 Hi pipatronic.

Unfortunately I died last week (metaphorically). Yet my soul will be watching each and every precious video of yours.

Best regards… :good:   :good:   :good:

]]> 0 720c2eb5b962fbd1984afe10512d96da BalrogTrader replied to the topic The Forex Plumber in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/the-forex-plumber/page/2/#post-7814 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:52:26 -0400 I’ll be #1 subscriber…

]]> 0 01feaa4d2627c08db84bb3c901aec5cb BalrogTrader replied to the topic The Forex Plumber in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/the-forex-plumber/page/2/#post-7813 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:51:15 -0400 ROC on CMP rather than Delta_CMP is in my head for so long. Like a splinter in my finger. Just cannot spare some time to code it onto readily existing mq4 files…. :scratch:

]]> 0 be4221610aee5eace39885cd577f9996 BalrogTrader and Jhlewis10 are now friends https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/12622/ Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:12:25 -0400 0 4725d23796dfdf937875a4029c5023e0 BalrogTrader replied to the topic Nature of Markets - Power of Probability, Compounding & 1pip in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/nature-of-markets-power-of-probability-compounding-1pip/page/11/#post-7722 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:51:20 -0400 I personally spent one full week reading this thread (i.e. Killing Zone at FF) from start till the end. I know Edington did too. I have gathered some “important” entries as a separate file, as a brief for myself. I may provide it but I suggest everyone to spare some time and read the whole thread. There one may appreciate Volume indicators and…[Read more]

]]> 0 8f49e8186ee8a169923840bb60f6c6be BalrogTrader replied to the topic Nature of Markets - Power of Probability, Compounding & 1pip in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/nature-of-markets-power-of-probability-compounding-1pip/page/11/#post-7722 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:51:20 -0400 I personally spent one full week reading this thread from start till the end. I know Edington did too. I have gathered some “important” entries as a separate file, as a brief for myself. I may provide it but I suggest everyone to spare some time and read the whole thread. There one may appreciate Volume indicators and their predictive nature…[Read more]

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