Market Oracle Forum | thomas | Friends Activity https://forum.marketoracle.io/members/thomasberg/activity/friends/ Activity feed for thomas's friends. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:01:43 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 fe58aa853501ef5a1d6ff64ea3a321ff simplex replied to the topic All about reversion zones in the forum Reversion Zones https://forum.marketoracle.io/forums/topic/all-about-reversion-zones/#post-15737 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:49:21 -0400 :-)

]]> 0 f2e39f9ad36506caf91cb4fe8152ac7e simplex replied to the topic All about reversion zones in the forum Reversion Zones https://forum.marketoracle.io/forums/topic/all-about-reversion-zones/#post-15734 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:05:10 -0400 A bit of hypothesizing can be fun from time to time, but to start a good discussion on the topic some more information about the system would come in handy. A bunch of pics is quite weak to provide a good foundation for improvements or at least understanding how everything is supposed to work.

Just my 5 cents for the moment. :scratch:

]]> 0 8f79f99469391ef916bf3d034000ee85 simplex replied to the topic All about reversion zones in the forum Reversion Zones https://forum.marketoracle.io/forums/topic/all-about-reversion-zones/#post-15720 Mon, 02 Sep 2024 16:43:51 -0400 I’m curious how this restart will develop. Coincides with my personal restart to FX.
Interesting!

]]> 0 ad2766ea4755049538ae0a5fe1da779f simplex posted an update: I’m back, somehow. Let’s see what happens and who shows up. […] https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/23400/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:42:15 -0400 I’m back, somehow. Let’s see what happens and who shows up. Just leave me a line! Cheers, sx

]]> 0 1f9b372de1d24616784714ebc6bc1047 xux99's profile was updated https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/23398/ Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:04:10 -0400 0 88d0972b43a503b0078d332136defa6b simplex replied to the topic Currency Strength in the forum General Discussions https://forum.marketoracle.io/forums/topic/currency-strength/page/8/#post-15716 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:54:50 -0400 Guys,

I’ve been busy for nearly 8 years or so dealing with that non-FX part of my life. Wasn’t always nice. I have been thinking about taking a new approach regarding FX for several months now.

Now Saver0’s mail regarding his trading system and moving our good old Penguin site to a new domain triggered me. My old login obviously is still working…[Read more]

]]> 0 412bb9146b0ea8c0276a2eff93cbb5c4 xux99 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/20/#post-15270 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 21:11:10 -0500 I you would like to copy the signals of the indicator, use Rossbot expert advisor and make sure both Rossbot and SSBODynamicBreakoutBox have the same magic number and CopyIndicator setting of Rossbot is true.

]]> 0 f1738a387afb7ad59a6c111c3c1ab6b9 xux99 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/20/#post-15266 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:31:43 -0500 I have uploaded a version that offers access to buffers 0 and 1. You can download it at https://qforex.win

]]> 0 7f2de3a4889efb15a10a10c57cb7fb00 xux99's profile was updated https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/22832/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:05:10 -0400 0 5257a70e4141771979b31b3865708ffa gg53 posted a new activity comment https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/22669/#acomment-22670 Sat, 11 May 2019 21:01:27 -0400 What r u talking about?

G.

In reply to - Asim Iqbal posted an update @gg53 Hello! GG. I am facing problem in loading fractal_server.js. Is the node server not live now? Can you help me out? ]]> 055b8f35b8f3443c0a63f01827194d77 Ephisi posted an update in the group TZ&RZ, particular pattern to recognize RZ: test https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/22410/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 08:49:47 -0400 test

]]> 0 4481c8e317058dbbefd5de923772e47c Ephisi joined the group TZ and SS. https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/22409/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 08:30:22 -0400 0 3ca5848ca46a2339177cd29dff125f78 Ephisi joined the group TZ&RZ, particular pattern to recognize RZ https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/22408/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 08:30:07 -0400 0 afa311d249cf85a134f8ee2f65e04c46 xux99 replied to the topic Currency strength expert advisor in the forum Trading Systems - Development http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/currency-strength-expert-advisor/page/2/#post-14264 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:32:47 -0500 I have added the ExitOnSignalCancelation option and updated the attachement of the first post.

]]> 0 4aa5ec29b8df7ac2c409b784869bf357 simplex replied to the topic For the friends of cultivated filtering in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/for-the-friends-of-cultivated-filtering/#post-14248 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 18:15:46 -0500 Yep, IIR vs. FIR filters in shorthand! If considering Ehlers’ lowpass proposals, I would rather have a look at his ‘Supersmoother’ (IIR). Simple, smooth, adjustable.

]]> 0 44786a6ea6a8c1e94fccbd59b8a4c4f6 Anti replied to the topic For the friends of cultivated filtering in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/for-the-friends-of-cultivated-filtering/#post-14244 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 22:04:54 -0500 Thanks a lot, guys. It’s quite interesting to see that there’s no direct relationship between the period and the lag. I don’t like to apply it in trading. However, it seems to be part of CrucialPoint’s indicators (Zero-lag MACD) that uses the Zero-lag EMA described in the paper you mentioned.

]]> 0 60864bf01bbf9d5de4fffbb9fdf1df1e simplex replied to the topic For the friends of cultivated filtering in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/for-the-friends-of-cultivated-filtering/#post-14240 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:50:48 -0500 Hi Anti,

There are several mq4-versions of ‘Zero Lag’ filters out there, and not all of them are original Ehlers’ works. I assume you’re referring to the one described in this paper.

I tried it years ago, and there’s not so much lag indeed. But on the other hand its smoothing capabilites are not so brilliant – the typical tradeoff to consider…[Read more]

]]> 0 56a0b4756e82761654bb8663e4cf30df Anti replied to the topic For the friends of cultivated filtering in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/for-the-friends-of-cultivated-filtering/#post-14237 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 07:35:10 -0500 Hi, I’m not sure if this really fits here. However, I have a question in regards to Ehlers ZeroLag MA. I’ve tried to find out which lag this “zero lag” version produces in comparison to its calculation period. Unfortunately without much success. Any hints?

]]> 0 bde4dc9abdcd6381a46461e2187b62ba simplex replied to the topic For the friends of cultivated filtering in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/for-the-friends-of-cultivated-filtering/#post-14223 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:07:42 -0500 Hi Carlos,

I read your most recent 3 posts and all of them contain links to brokers’ websites. Could you please explain? To be honest, this looks a bit suspicious to me regarding spam.

s.

EDIT: spam content moved to the trash bin.

]]> 0 40e5225c1ff3575fabd50d68b307984e simplex replied to the topic For the friends of cultivated filtering in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/for-the-friends-of-cultivated-filtering/#post-14205 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 18:44:21 -0500 Ha, thanks for those links! A lot of stuff to read …

The ‘multi-bandpass filter’ heading immediately got my attention (reminds me of my old Ehlers’ works in mq4). Yet have to postpone in-depth reading for a while!

]]> 0 13a6cbca63b207452ac130fcd5f4b012 Anti replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/11/#post-14201 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 11:06:06 -0400

Enough ideas for homework over the weekend???

Definitively :wacko:

]]> 0 475d4af0159272f345b3f1c13361a893 simplex replied to the topic For the friends of cultivated filtering in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/for-the-friends-of-cultivated-filtering/#post-14200 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 10:08:03 -0400 Hi @flx23,

Did you proceed your project / ideas in silence? Any ideas to bring this thread back to life?

]]> 0 f5b577a6ff12932a9f122213a19882e4 simplex replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/11/#post-14199 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:57:34 -0400 … and one more idea: the D1 trifurcation could possibly be caused by weekly cycles. So analyzing five weekdays separately may bring insight.

]]> 0 4296d3c2905c5a1d2f425f8a79b83fe6 simplex replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/11/#post-14198 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:43:32 -0400 Interesting! Thanks for your work and posting it!

In the H4 you can see that the point cloud widens and there may be a bi- or trifurcation. The same bifucation can be seen in the D1 much better. What could cause that bifurcation?

In H4 and D1 you appear to analyze a time period of about 7 – 8 years. In order to find out more about that bi- or…[Read more]

]]> 0 9cc9c326f1cbdf4d1adffdddcedecf40 Anti replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/11/#post-14196 Thu, 02 Nov 2017 22:10:47 -0400 Oh – I found indeed a shift in behaviour – even in my H1. The indicator window shows the H1 excess activity for a typical week in 2014 (left) and in 2017 (right) … The shift seems to happened somewhere in the beginning of Octobre 2014.

]]> 0 e246844d8618a306c33737d588668f12 Anti replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/11/#post-14194 Thu, 02 Nov 2017 21:50:51 -0400 And here is the prize path-volume-structure of EURUSD in terms of the intercepts and slopes …

From the slope relation the outstanding M15 behaviour becomes even more visible.

The question is, what we now could do with these numbers …

]]> 0 51c43f6bac9e9517c8bf803c6cd84f0b Anti replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/11/#post-14193 Thu, 02 Nov 2017 21:39:11 -0400 @simplex: This evening I had some time and thus I followed your suggestion and calculated prize paths and regressions between prize path and volume for EURUD. I obtained the results listed below:

I calculated the results beginning with the smallest TF. Thus, I was amazed to see that there’s a tendency up to the H1 that for higher TFs the prize…[Read more]

]]> 0 147cb04a07b3b64c40694977039345b9 Anti replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/11/#post-14189 Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:15:32 -0400 Yes, it does. Even if I ignore these cases, your idea only explains less than 3 % of total variance …

]]> 0 3aef92eaf987b7f5412e24cb82d0727c simplex replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/11/#post-14188 Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:32:33 -0400 Hmm, rethinking this, my latest idea will lead to a certain number of ‘divide by zero’ errors. So a different method of normalization would be nice.

]]> 0 6275b65a79a80d2f6941b19d5260d628 Anti replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/10/#post-14186 Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:47:15 -0400 Seems that the quote function doesn’t work again …

Take you time to do whatever you want ;) I know that this forum isn’t as attracting as it was two years ago since most users are very silent.

Regarding 2*(High-Low)/abs(Open-Close): I’ve tested different versions for the prize path. I think I’ve tested a similar formula, too. However,…[Read more]

]]> 0 31692f139b3230dd00ca13f88f2ddb4c simplex replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/10/#post-14185 Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:51:33 -0400 Nice work!

I haven’t been around so frequently these days, so please forgive me if my thoughts on your latest post do not consider topics that have already been discussed.

When developing an algorithm for trading purpose I’m always heading for two major goals to simplify practical usage:

  1. If possible, the algo should be symbol independent.

    2. …

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]]> 0 012a9eb321c04b8e358175b5d5ff21fb Anti replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/10/#post-14180 Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:22:14 -0400 I’ve thought it would be a good idea to investigate the relationship between prize movements and volume. Thus, I’ve used my way of calculating the prize path, calculated it for 603,896 M1 candles and looked at the relationship between prize path and volume:

As you can see, there seems to be a linear relation between volume and the prize path. The…[Read more]

]]> 0 a871e771d87c4c165224fef2e25de6fe Anti replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/10/#post-14178 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:28:05 -0400 Yes, surely. It may only give a hint. Thanks!

]]> 0 173ff992753206f31fd7bd5c9e647f8c Anti replied to the topic True Bars/Candles and Market Sentiment in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/true-barscandles-and-market-sentiment/page/10/#post-14176 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 03:38:31 -0400 After studying the volume concepts laid down by GG I found this one again. After adapting and filtering with higher TF signals I obtain sometimes quite accurate turning points. However, what me really wonders is this: We can often see turning points with a high volume and a high range. How does it fit in the water flow analogy? Why should the…[Read more]

]]> 0 b78916b66078e76fc67fc9c2431be328 xux99 replied to the topic Volceq expert advisor in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/volceq-expert-advisor/#post-14085 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:11:40 -0400 StopLossType = BoxHeight. I guess I can leave this blank if I set OppositeBoxSideSL to true?

Yes.

TakeProfit1Type: If I set this to BoxHeight, should I leave TakeProfit1 empty..?

No, TakeProfit1 is a multiplier of BoxHeight value.

Is there a way to open 2 orders instead of 1 when price breaks outside the box? Most brokers do not efficiently…[Read more]

]]> 0 840058681b5600186424db0a07d6b865 xux99 replied to the topic Volceq expert advisor in the forum Trading Systems Discussion http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/volceq-expert-advisor/#post-14082 Mon, 07 Aug 2017 21:17:26 -0400 I could not replicate this problem, which broker did you use? Make sure you have the latest Volceq version.

]]> 0 59790ad92ac6b369ffbf1aaeffda23f0 xux99 changed their profile picture https://forum.marketoracle.io/activity/p/21551/ Wed, 02 Aug 2017 22:35:14 -0400 0 090686ac0131ef1002096eb8b008d89c Anti replied to the topic Trading made REALLY Simple in the forum Development http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/trading-made-really-simple/page/19/#post-14050 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 06:19:33 -0400 @biggy: This thread died as there was too few interest (I guess) and less advanced programmers. If the idea hasn’t been further developed in a private group, then I’d guess that everything that has been developed is in this thread …

]]> 0 78db853804077f6086b0e89c1bcf031b Anti replied to the topic Towards a quantitative market view: Trading started from Zero in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/towards-a-quantitative-market-view-trading-started-from-zero/#post-14038 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:04:05 -0400 … and here would have been the wins on EURUSD for the last 3 trading days. It’s really a shame that my dayjob hinders me to test this strategy and to make some easy pips …

]]> 0 3c58c5708705451c69afbff4405ed5de Anti replied to the topic Towards a quantitative market view: Trading started from Zero in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/towards-a-quantitative-market-view-trading-started-from-zero/#post-14031 Sat, 15 Jul 2017 08:59:00 -0400 @flx23: I’ve just shared some ideas that working with quite simple assumptions. I haven’t backtested them (although I did some “visual” backtesting). Thus, I surely would be interested in the results of backtests. And if you (or others) think the ideas are worth studying I think it would be a good idea to find optimal parametrs. For instance, for…[Read more]

]]> 0 16a4f66de79f3d9d933ba59fa25fc7fe Anti replied to the topic Towards a quantitative market view: Trading started from Zero in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/towards-a-quantitative-market-view-trading-started-from-zero/#post-14027 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 08:22:20 -0400 You’re welcome. But please discuss some of your findings here (unfortunately I see that there is still not that much response to the forum activities (although there are a lot of visitors …).

However, whenever you use some longer lookback periods you’ll see that most of the time there are repainted signals on at least 2 subsequent bars ……[Read more]

]]> 0 f1ed1e1dc8780405ed576fd98cf0a230 Anti replied to the topic Thread for (stupid) questions in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/thread-for-stupid-questions/#post-14020 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 06:58:42 -0400 If I get your idea, I think there is no way to make the values of the first x/2 bars non-repaint because no indicator will know the future values …

]]> 0 a21ba0c288728815ce5760edd6373f3c Anti replied to the topic Towards a quantitative market view: Trading started from Zero in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/towards-a-quantitative-market-view-trading-started-from-zero/#post-14015 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:40:39 -0400 Ok, let’s start with some simple observations and try to figure out how we could use them in our trading. (Disclaimer: All ideas presented in this and all of my other posts are just for demonstration and discussion purposes. If you apply some of these ideas to your trading you’ll do it on your own risk!)

 

Morning break

My first observation is,…[Read more]

]]> 0 2bdcb09de721551782fb99de2687f911 Anti replied to the topic Towards a quantitative market view: Trading started from Zero in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/towards-a-quantitative-market-view-trading-started-from-zero/#post-14015 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:40:39 -0400 Ok, let’s start with some simple observations and try to figure out how we could use them in our trading. (Disclaimer: All ideas presented in this and all of my other posts are just for demonstration and discussion purposes. If you apply some of these ideas to your trading you’ll do it on your own risk!)

My first observation is, that during

an…[Read more]

]]> 0 c9296cd9ad70bc6f4473a7f1bd382d2a simplex replied to the topic For the friends of cultivated filtering in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/for-the-friends-of-cultivated-filtering/#post-14011 Fri, 07 Jul 2017 18:26:20 -0400 Re. lowpass vs. bandpass filter:

I generally agree that a lowpass or some similar approach should act as a primary filter.

Guided by earlier Ehlers’ papers, I tried for some time (long ago) to measure current price frequency, and then tune a bandpass accordingly. As you might have guessed from my above post, this approach was not successful…[Read more]

]]> 0 3abeb1db3251ed47fb61da39de4b0c36 Anti replied to the topic For the friends of cultivated filtering in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/for-the-friends-of-cultivated-filtering/#post-14007 Fri, 07 Jul 2017 10:50:05 -0400 Oh, I also missed your thread while I was away during the last weeks. I’m not quite educated when it comes to filtering and Ehler’s methods, but I think it should be relatively easy to implement some of the ideas in R. Thus, count me in for some R tests …

]]> 0 e8b571d9656ad1180ffbc9aeafb84824 simplex replied to the topic For the friends of cultivated filtering in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/for-the-friends-of-cultivated-filtering/#post-14006 Fri, 07 Jul 2017 08:51:00 -0400 Hi flx,

I’ve been off for some time, so I did not notice your new thread until now. Interesting!

From what you’re writing, you appear to have read most of Ehlers’ papers and / or books, and certainly a bit more.

I agree that it is not necessary to reproduce (smoothed) prices exactly in order to trade successfully, all it takes is timeliness…[Read more]

]]> 0 e2db906e4b22dde64910582062f0f9c2 Anti replied to the topic Towards a quantitative market view: Trading started from Zero in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/towards-a-quantitative-market-view-trading-started-from-zero/#post-14002 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 03:58:29 -0400 @flx23: Thank’s a lot for your reply. With the statement you cited in the first place, I’ve thought in some ways like it was described in a recent FF thread: The Monty Hall Problem applied to trading. I believe that the equite curves show that it is possible to be successful without ever knowing which way to got. However, that might be a dangerous…[Read more]

]]> 0 8ee88e1de4f11dffb6206cf631a270c9 Anti replied to the topic Towards a quantitative market view: Trading started from Zero in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/towards-a-quantitative-market-view-trading-started-from-zero/#post-14002 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 03:58:29 -0400 @flx23: Thank’s a lot for your reply. With the statement you cited in the first place, I’ve thought in some ways like it was described in a recent FF thread: The Monty Hall Problem applied to trading. I believe that the equite curves show that it is possible to be successful without ever knowing which way to got. However, that might be a dangerous…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d7ecc91e7cf6ea7f1ae2be2e87a1664 Anti replied to the topic Towards a quantitative market view: Trading started from Zero in the forum General Discussions http://penguintraders.com/forums/topic/towards-a-quantitative-market-view-trading-started-from-zero/#post-13993 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 21:48:53 -0400 In general, you can break every strategy down to one of two trading approaches:

mean reversion trading
trend trading

In both cases we can only succeed if we are able to quantify the underlying state of the market properly and thus to identify situations with higher than average chances of success.

Another thing we should discuss together is…[Read more]

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