F-Forex, Diary of a quant forex trader

55 EMA crossing 200 EMA

We had some decent results with the last version of the expert, 21 – 200 EMA cross with 20 pips of SL and 30 of TP, 15 min chart. there is another important cross that happens a little later and i think it can be important.

In the image below the EA is getting in the market to the long side after the 55 ema cross the 200.

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As we can see from the historical test it is clear that this edge ended up 7 first months of the year with earnings but a lot less than the  EA5.

in conclusion, the 21 – 200 cross is a better edge than the 55 – 200.

Tags: 200 ema, 55 ema, ema cross, emas cross, strategy tester

21 crossing 200 EMA 24 hours trading robot

the first robot trading the 21 with the 200 ema cross was successful trading in the US session. The obvious question is how the same program will perform trading 24 hours a day.

Emas Cross 21 – 200 Running 24 hours

2010 historical tests:

January 74.54
February 169.79
March 157.25
April -7.36
May 68.80
June 184.57

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578.79

Results are impressive, but there was a mont5h with losses (april), small ones but losses.  in this case the robot should run 24 hours a day as it makes more money than in the US session only.

Tags: 200 ema, 21 ema, 24 hours trading, automatic trading, ema cross, eur-usd

EMAs Cross Robotic Trading

This is an edge i was always trying to use when i was trading manually.  Without the discipline problems this robot will just execute a trade when the 21 EMA Cross the 200 EMA up or down side.
At the same time the EA opens a SL and a TP of 20 pips and it stays in the market until one of the 2 gets executed.

Emas Cross 21 – 200

Here is a nice image of what the robot can do in action, simple but effective:

Lets see how he can do it in the strategy tester, for the US session, euro-dollar market:

January 35.84
February 50.99
March 78.93
April 17.14
May 92.30
June 95.00

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370.2

this is great, even if it doesn’t look as much earnings this program made profits every month, it never had a month with losses.
Risk seems small too i will have to learn how to calculate risk.
I will make some tweaks to this program, i will also test it 24 hours. i am seeing in the internet that there is the possibility to have dedicated windows hosting for mql to don’t rely on my own internet connection and local problems so the 24 hours trading is still a possibility.

I am glad to see some light at the end of the tunnel and have something that can really work, i think i am in the right path.

Tags: 200 ema, 21 ema, automatic trading, ema cross, eur-usd, mql

Ema Cross, 55 crossing 200

11:22  am EST, gettinjg i nthe market long for 55 ema crossing 200 ema:

The pattern fails and the trade ends at -30 pips stop loss.  2:37 pm EST.

Tags: 200 ema, 55 ema, ema cross, eur-usd, fail, failed

Emas Cross trade

during a bottom reversal i have 2 points of entry that can be profitable using my EMAs.
at this point the reversal is totally confirmed, chances of success are high.

first is when the 21 EMA cross the 200 EMA, when that happens i have an entry:

the market reach a 30 pips TP limit:

a new entry is made when the 55 EMA is crossing the 200 EMA:

The trade gets into winner territory but it looks like loosing strenght to reach 30 pips so i am getting out, earning 15 pips for a total of 45 pips between the 2 trades.

Remember this pattern, i will call it EMAs cross and i will soon be studying its real possibilities using a robot.

Tags: 200 ema, 21 ema, 55 ema, ema cross, eur-usd

Double Bottom in the 200 ema

This pattern is really becoming one of my best edges for euro-dollar market, it haves really a great percentage of success, i don’t know how much yet but i will.

The pattern increase its profitability percentage if the double bottom happens close to a 200 exponential moving average line (yellow).

Trade going good:

Market breaks the li8ne of profits of 30 pips. i am going to start calling the profits line TP and the stop loss line SL.

This trade ended with 30 pips of profits in  1 hour 17 minutes which is a good amount of time to be in the market.

Tags: 200 ema, double bottom, edge, eur-usd, w bottom

200 ema support break

Market had been trading upper the 200 ema in clear upward move lastly.

After this key level is broken the market forms a pattern called support became resistance. i am going t0 trade this pattern, getting in the market:

The market fails to go down right now and trade a little higher, i am at -15 now

Market failing to trade higher and gets ready to trade to the downside:

The down move is imminent now and i am close to a 30 pips of profits:

Market finally breaks the last low and i get out of the trade, 30 pips of profits:

Tags: 200 ema, break, eur-usd, support, support became resistance

200 ema pullback

I continue to trade pullbacks, this time with the help of the 200 ema wich make an even safer entry.

Note how a false bounce was present some time before my entry, the real one was at the 200 ema:

My trade gets more confident as the market climbs as expected:

A new pullback is given, the market will not just climb, it is to obvious,  my trade is intact:

Market climbs again:

Market finally show its true intentions as it breaks the 30 pips limit and the trade ends.

Tags: 200 ema, eur-usd, pullback

a successfull pullback

Long time without trading a pullback successfully, for US stock markets recover and for the recovery of economy in general the euro haves to trade up.

Entry on pullback:

trying to get more buyers a little lower:

success:

volatility increasing:

limit of 30 pips placed in the 200 ema is reached and the trade ends:

Tags: 200 ema, pullback, recovery

200 EMA Bounce

The euro found support in the 1 minute 200 EMA and is ready to trade higher, i am expecting to make 20 pips on this trade risking 20 pips too.

7 minutes later, 22 pips were earned and i am out of the markets for the week, i earned about 50 pips this week, half the way to my objective of 100 pips in a week.

Tags: 200 ema, eur-usd