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How to Use the Baseline ChartThe chart we made today shows the price of gold as a Baseline chart. The Baseline chart shows price movements relative to a baseline that you choose anywhere from 0% (the lowest point) to 100% (the highest point). This chart shows gold since the last 1970s with a Baseline of 50%. Why is this interesting? The chart can show you if an asset is above or below a specific baseline over any period of time. For gold, we see it is well above its average price (50% baseline) and it's been trading above that average level for years (the line turns green when an asset is above the baseline level and red when it is below). To start using the Baseline chart, follow these simple steps: Step 1 - Change your chart layout to Baseline. Press the Chart Style button at the top of your chart and select Baseline in the drop down. Step 2 - Go to your chart Settings by right clicking or double tapping on the chart line. Step 3 - In your chart settings, find and adjust your Base Level to a percentage you want to see. This can be anywhere from 0% to 50%. We hope you enjoyed this chart and how to use the Baseline chart to follow any asset. Please press Like if you enjoyed this tutorial or write a comment below.
COMEX:GC1!Education
by TradingView
12
Looking at short interest of some US stocks [Crowded Shorts]Hello, I have to look at some details on a FX strategy and it is alot of mental effort, therefore here I am looking at high short interest on stocks that I do not even trade :) Let's look together at the most shorted stocks in the USA. What I think happens in Wall Street is every one copies every one. If a fund misses out on something that every one else has been doing, their clients will be unhappy. If a fund loses money but every one else did too "it was a hard year so it's normal. "We didn't do worse than the competition" and clients stay with them rather than look for another 2/20. I would classify groups of market participants in such a way: - sovereign funds - pensions etc - hedge funds - biggest fund in the world: japan families/housewives (they are all bound to the same laws and fundamentals, they are half the reason why crypto went up I think, the other half being USDT) - noob retail (represented via what robinhood users are doing) - banks but not that much - warren buffet - entire community positions (short interest for example) - twitter, wallstreetbets, other social networks? First, by dollar volume: Looking at the 2 other companies in the top 5 by % shares shorted that I didn't look at already (the 3 were match tdoc mdco): What are all these countertrend warriors? GM has an mcap of 50 billion (mdco is only 6 bil big for example), not in an uptrend, and it is not even in the top 150 most shorted stocks... GE: 100 billion market cap. Not in the top 150! What can more easilly shoot up 200%? A little scooter mcap of 5 billion, or a giant cruiser ship of 100 billion? It's not like they have 0 trading volume... I heard in the media that wall st shorting stocks was a bearish sign but I'd rather not listen to these clowns. Maybe it was far in the past. Maybe in some cases. Not when the whole herd does the same thing. In the top 150 most shorted stocks I look at the ones with the lowest float % shorted: Netflix already done, trending down Charter com already done, going up That's only a few examples, it would require way more study. But looks like the very shorted ones are bad to short, just the herd brainlessly piling up, under 10% seem fine. First impressions are that stocks shorted 5-9% might be a sign something is up, or at least it is not a reason NOT to short. But these > 20% like Tesla are just too much. Shorting > 30% is just asking for huge short squeeze candles and as well as gaps up. And using options won't solve the issue of the price going up and it being a loser just because everyone else is getting margin called. First impression was probably correct. The herd is brainlessly doing what others are doing. Trading as a individual competing with huge companies super computers etc is not that hard really, how obvious can it be to not short crowded shorts? It's really easy, ye 95+% fail, they're all just either irrational, braindead, or don't put in the thousands of hours required. Duh! What? You need over 10,000 hours of learning & experience to get anywhere (or at the bare min 5k for a +1 std dev IQ)? NO WAY! Wow this is so hard. You actually have to spend some time actively getting good like with anything else even video games? Impossible! Every one wants to be a countertrend trader smh. Not just countertrend, ALL TIME HIGH & 25% of all shares sold short countertrend trader. So stupid. There's no excuse. It is stupid.
NASDAQ:TSLAEducation
by MrRenev
7
Quickly Measure Time & Change (Hold Shift + Click the Chart)This chart shows the price of Crude Oil (CL1!) over the last few years. It is a daily chart and we're going to use it as an example to show you how to quickly measure the time and price change of any asset. Today, major news came out of the Middle East about a conflict that involves the US, Iran, and Iraq. The news had oil spiking higher. However, when you zoom out, you can see a much bigger move has already been in motion since crude oil bottomed in late 2018. Since that day, more than 375 days ago, crude oil is up 48%. Measuring the distance and change of an asset is easy. Press and hold "Shift" on your keyboard and click on the chart. This measurement tool will show you price change, percentage change, total bars, and time. Follow these steps: Step 1 - Open a chart for an asset you're interested in. Step 2 - Hold "Shift" and click on the chart from where you want to measure. Step 3 - Drag your measurement point to any distance you need. We hope you enjoyed this chart and quick tip. If you enjoyed it, press Like or leave a comment.
NYMEX:CL1!Education
by TradingView
10
Central bank calendar for 2020Here are the important dates. * The small red lines are supposed to indicate the EUR & USA central bank meeting dates. Looks like February might be dead, with maybe a bit going on in Oceania. May calm, maybe some UK & Oceania going on just like the end of 2019, August dead but who cares, and the rest of the year interesting especially June so just like 2019 maybe. I have some things on the radar for January already. I am planning my year around this calendar. Also let's not forget the 2020 election too, this might be the most important date. For stocks & indices of course but even for those that don't trade those or don't trade them much (like me). Going to be an interesting year... In the world of Currencies Gold Metals Energy which is what I do, also what will happen with the climate change hysteria is going to be interesting. There's a large part of the population that think the world is going to end so what will they do? They will impact politics and the economy. 10% of israel population are in a sect branch of judaism and the government does some of the thing they want, muslims... well I don't even need to explain that... 10% are salafists which is the world most powerful "cult" or "sect" with a huge impact, and in Eu & Na I guess the number is the same? 10% are deathly afraid of CO2? They will have some impact and this will definitely drive the price of Oil NatGas Copper Nickel which I have in my watchlist, as well as have some impact obviously on the economy. And will socialism grow? Or fade out? I myself guess it will die out just like in the UK... Seriously, germans voted for Hitler but they were starving. EU & NA populations are not starving so why would they go full insane. East europe went full insane but that was their revolution, they overreacted as usual. France had their revolution in 1789 and it was followed by a period of terror, then Napoleon, then changing governments... Took what like a century to go to a clean democracy? Soviets had socialism with going back and forth between capitalism and full communism from 1920 to 1990, nothing surprising there. I doubt they will go back. What people call "capitalism" is just the natural order of things. Like it or not everything has a price and a reward. Nothing gets magically created. Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed. Well, going to be a fun year. I probably won't post much about stock indices, I am just perma long till the Dow gets to ~33k, I won't post much about Bitcoin it is so boring, there is the halving and also now is when satoshi gets his coins? Might be interesting actually. Just going to focus on USD EUR GBP CAD AUD NZD SEK JPY CHF GOLD NATGAS USOIL COPPER NICKEL.
Education
by MrRenev
Chart theme by PaintChart - Facebook Symbol Candles: 4267B2, FA3E3E Borders line: 4267B2, FA3E3E Wick: 4267B2, FA3E3E Last Value Line: Thickness 3 Appearance Background: E9EBEE Vert Grid Lines: FFFFFF - Line Horz Grid Lines: FFFFFF - Line Scales Text: 4267B2 Scales Lines: 4267B2 Crosshair: 4267B2 - Dashed Line Style Growing: 4267B2 - Opacity 50%
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Chart -> Chart settings -> Color -> Click the Add custom color button and paste each color code. If you like this theme, please click Like button!
BITFINEX:BTCUSDEducation
by UnknownUnicorn5815487
How to Compare the Year-To-Date Performance of Any Two AssetsWe created this chart to show the year-to-date performance of Bitcoin (candlesticks) compared to the year-to-date performance of the S&P 500 (orange line). Here's how you can create a chart like this to compare assets and their year-to-date performance: Step 1 - Create a chart for the asset you're interested in by typing its name into the search box. Step 2 - Press the YTD (year-to-date) button at the bottom of the chart to set its time frame. Step 3 - Press the 'Compare' button at the top of your chart and select the assets you want to compare. Step 4 - Your chart will now show two assets and their YTD performance in percentage terms. As 2019 comes to an end, this simple solution shows what assets performed best, worst or shared interesting correlations. Traders and investors can use this to reflect on lessons learned or gain insights into what the new year could bring. If you enjoyed this quick written lesson, please press Like and Share it with a friend. If you want to see more like it, write in the comments with your questions and feedback!
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by TradingView
9
Chart theme by PaintChart - Evian Symbol Candles: 007CBB, E1194A Borders line: 007CBB, E1194A Wick: 007CBB, E1194A Last Value Line: Thickness 3 Appearance Background: F7D8DF Vert Grid Lines: FFFFFF - Line Horz Grid Lines: FFFFFF - Line Scales Text: 007CBB Scales Lines: 007CBB Crosshair: 007CBB - dash line Style Growing: 007CBB - Opacity 50%
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Chart -> Chart settings -> Color -> Click the 'Add custom color' button and paste each color code. If you like this theme, please click Like button!
BITFINEX:BTCUSDEducation
by UnknownUnicorn5815487
EURUSD LONG - TradingView to MT4 BotSide: Long Risk: 10% SL: 60 pips Noice start this week! SEND SIGNALS FROM TRADINGVIEW TO MT4 www.tradingviewtomt4.com POSSIBLE COMMANDS Open Orders buy_SYMBOL_SLinPoints_Risk% sell_SYMBOL_SLinPoints_Risk% buy_SYMBOL_SLinPrice_Risk% (can be used for dynamic values) sell_SYMBOL_SLinPrice_Risk% (can be used for dynamic values) buy_EURUSDi_150_0.05 = opens a buy order on EURUSD with an SL 150 points away with 5% risk if SL triggers sell_EURUSDi_1.10200_0.03 = opens a sell order on EURUSD with an SL at 1.10200 with 3% risk if SL triggers Close Orders close_SYMBOL_%toClose_none close_SYMBOL_%toClose_break close_SYMBOL_%toClose_(price) (can be used for dynamic values) close_EURUSD_50_none = closes 50% of an open order and SL stays the same close_EURUSD_0_break = closes 0% of an open order and SL moves to breakeven if trade is in profit close_EURUSD_25_1.10200 = closes 25% of an open order and SL moves to price that is stated Update Orders update_SYMBOL_SL1_SL2 (can be used for dynamic values) The logic of this command differs slightly and serves as a trailing stop between two dynamic values if your indicator provides that. For example, if current trade is a BUY, after sending this command, it will move Stop Loss to SL1, if it’s a SELL, it will move Stop Loss to SL2. update_EURUSDcn_1.10300_1.10100 = If we are in a BUY, Stop Loss would be updated to 1.10300. If we were in a SELL, Stop Loss would be updated to 1.10100. If you used dynamic values in trading view, the command would essentially look like this: update_EURUSDcn_{{plot_3}}_{{plot_4}} SEND ALERTS FROM TRADINGVIEW TO MT4 www.tradingviewtomt4.com WHY RISK MANAGEMENT? Trading can be very lucrative, we all know that, hence; why we became traders in the first place. Whether you found an awesome indicator script on TradingView, an Expert Advisor on MT4, or whatever other strategy that got you excited about trading in the first place; you will lose no matter how perfect a strategy works. I started trading with a strategy that had over 60% win rate and still lost half of my account. You may think I’m an idiot. I just didn’t understand it’s more important to know how much you can lose rather than how much you can make. So from now on, forget about gains. If your strategy’s win rate is above 50%, focusing on how much you can lose will always be more important. The gains will come on their own after that. Risk management is simple and only involves basic math. So let’s start with that: To understand the calculator in it’s entirety, you must know how to calculate profit from a winning position. We’ll use a FOREX example. Let’s say bought 1.00 Lot of EURUSD at 1.00100, a couple hours or minutes later, you closed it at 1.00200. First you subtract Close Price from Entry Price to get the amount of points you gained: 1.00200 - 1.00100 = 0.00100 100 points gain or 10 pips To calculate dollar profit you multiply by Lot Size and multiply again by 100,000. 0.00100 * 1.00 * 100,000 = $100 Gain * Lot Size * 100,000 = $ Great, so you made $100! If your balance was $1,000, you just made 10% return, amazing! But.. what if the trade had gone wrong? How do you even calculate how much you might lose? Well first, you have to choose a Stop Loss, this varies depending on your strategy. One of my 30m strategies has a Stop Loss between 150-200 points, while a 4hr strategy might have a Stop Loss between 600-650 points. Let’s say you’ve made up your mind and you’re going to choose a Stop Loss at 150 points, which means if price is at 1.00150, your stop loss would end up at 1.00000 on a Buy Trade. The key thing first is deciding what % of your balance you’re willing to risk. If I have $1000, you might be okay with losing 5%, which is $50. Now you use the formula above: Gain * Lot Size * 100,000 = $ In this case, we would substitute Gain with Stop Loss value instead. Stop Loss * Lot Size * 100,000 = $ 150 * Lot Size * 100,000 = $50 As you can see, we have to solve for Lot Size because we don’t know exactly how much to trade yet if our trade hits our Stop Loss, we’ll only lose $50. I won’t go into the algebra, so here is the final formula: Lot Size = 1 / (SL in Points / (Capital x Risk%)) Lot Size = 1 / (150 / ($1000 * 5%)) = 0.33 Trading 0.33 lot size with a hard Stop Loss of 150, we’ll only lose $50 or 5% of our balance. That’s basic risk management, and it’ll save you headaches from losing money on your trades. Don’t worry about doing the math yourself though, use our bot that auto-calculates your position based on your risk. Happy trading! SEND TRADES FROM TRADINGVIEW TO MT4 www.tradingviewtomt4.com
Education
by lightfalltrades
CFDs Vs Spread Trading Explained For DummiesIn this issue, we’ll discuss the differences between both CFDs and Spread Trading… What are CFDs and Spread Trading? Spread Trading (betting) and CFDs are financial instruments that allow us to do one thing. To place a bet on whether a market will go up or down in price – without owning the underlying asset. If we are correct, we stand a chance to make magnified profits and vice versa if wrong. Both CFDs and Spread Trading, allow us to buy or sell a huge variety of markets including: • Stocks • Currencies • Commodities • Crypto-currencies and • Indices. When you have chosen a market to trade, there are two types of CFD or Spread Trading positions you can take. 1. You can buy (go long) a market at a lower price as you expect the price to go up where you’ll sell your position at a higher price for a profit. 2. You can sell (go short) a market at a higher price as you expect the price to go down where you’ll buy your position at a lower price for a profit. EXPLAINED: CFDs for Dummies DEFINITION: A CFD is an unlisted over-the-counter financial derivative contract between two parties to exchange the price difference between the opening and closing price of the underlying asset. Let’s break that down into an easy-to-understand definition. EASIER DEFINITION: A CFD (Contract For Difference) is an: • Unlisted (You don’t trade through an exchange) • Over The Counter (Via a private dealer or market maker) • Financial derivative contract (Value from the underlying market) • Between two parties (The buyer and seller) to • Exchange the • Price difference (Of the opening and closing price) of the • Underlying asset (Instrument the CFD price is based on) EASIEST DEFINITION Essentially, you’ll enter into a CONTRACT at one price, close it at another price FOR a profit or a loss depending on the price DIFFERENCE (between your entry and exit). Moving onto Spread Trading. EXPLAINED: Spread Trading for Dummies DEFINITION: Spread Trading is a derivative method to place a trade with a chosen bet size per point on the movement of a market’s price. EASIER DEFINITION: Spread Trading is a: • Derivative method (Exposed to an underlying asset) to • Place a trade (Buy or sell) with a chosen • Bet size per point on where you expect a • Market price will • Move (Up or down) • In value EASIEST DEFINITION: Spread Betting allows you to place a BET size on where you expect a market to move in price. Each point the market moves against or for you, you’ll win or lose money based on their chosen TRADING bet size (a.k.a Risk per point or cent movement). The higher the bet size (value per point), the higher your risk and reward. The costs you WILL pay with Spread Trading and CFDs Both Spread Trading and CFDs are geared-based derivative financial instruments. As their values derive from an underlying asset, when you trade using Spread Trading or CFDs, you never actually own any of the assets. You’re just making a simple bet on whether you expect a market price to rise or fall in the future. If you decide to go with the broker or market maker who offers CFDs or Spread Trading, there are certain costs you’ll need to pay. Costs with Spread Trading With Spread Trading, you’ll only have one cost to pay – which are all included in – the spread. The spread is the price difference between the bid (buying price) and the offer (selling price). EXAMPLE: Let’s say you enter a trade and the bid and offer prices is 5,550c – 5,610c. The spread, in this case, is 60c (5,610c – 5,550c). This means your trade has to move 60c to cross the spread in order for you to be in the money-making territory. Also, if the trade goes against you, the spread will also add to your losses. Why the spread you ask? The spread is where the brokers (market makers’) make their money. Costs with CFDs Brokerage With CFDs, it can be different. Depending on who you choose to trade CFDs with, you may need to cover both the spread as well as the brokerage fees – when you trade. These brokerage fees can range from 0.2% - 0.60% for when you enter (leg in) and exit (leg out) a trade. NOTE: If the minimum brokerage per trade is R100, you’ll have to pay R100 to enter your trade. Daily Interest Finance Charge The other (negligible) cost, you’ll need to cover is the daily financing charges. If you buy (go long) a trade, you’ll have to pay this negligible charge (0.02% per day) to hold a trade overnight. However, if you sell (go short) a CFD trade, you’ll then receive this negligible amount (0.009%) to hold a short trade overnight. The costs you WON’T pay as a Spread Trader With spread trading (betting), you don’t own anything physical. When you take a spread bet, you’re simply making a financial bet on where you expect the price to move and nothing else. This means, there will be no costs to pay as you would with shares including: • NO Daily Interest Finance charges • NO Stamp Duty costs • NO Capital Gains Tax • NO Securities Transfer Tax • NO Strate • NO VAT • NO Brokerage (all wrapped in the spread). The costs you WON’T pay as a CFD trader With CFDs, you’ll notice that there are similar costs with Spread Trading that you won’t have to pay including: • NO Stamp Duty costs • NO Securities Transfer Tax • NO Settlement and clearing fees • NO VAT • NO Strate 24-Hour Dealings The great thing about Spread Betting or CFD trading is that, you can trade markets trade 24/5. I’m talking about currencies, commodities and indices. And with Crypto-currencies you can trade them 24 hours a day seven days a week. I have left out a very important difference between CFDs and Spread Trading… Gearing and how it works in real life… We'll save that for next time. Do you have any questions or did you find this helpful on CFDs or Spread Trading? Let me know in the comments below... Regards, Timon Rossolimos Founer, MATI Trader
JEducation
by Timonrosso
1
GBPUSD SHORT - TradingView to MT4 BotAlmost got stopped out on this one lol Side: Short Risk: 10% SL: 70 pips SEND SIGNALS FROM TRADINGVIEW TO MT4 www.tradingviewtomt4.com POSSIBLE COMMANDS Open Orders buy_SYMBOL_SLinPoints_Risk% sell_SYMBOL_SLinPoints_Risk% buy_SYMBOL_SLinPrice_Risk% (can be used for dynamic values) sell_SYMBOL_SLinPrice_Risk% (can be used for dynamic values) buy_EURUSDi_150_0.05 = opens a buy order on EURUSD with an SL 150 points away with 5% risk if SL triggers sell_EURUSDi_1.10200_0.03 = opens a sell order on EURUSD with an SL at 1.10200 with 3% risk if SL triggers Close Orders close_SYMBOL_%toClose_none close_SYMBOL_%toClose_break close_SYMBOL_%toClose_(price) (can be used for dynamic values) close_EURUSD_50_none = closes 50% of an open order and SL stays the same close_EURUSD_0_break = closes 0% of an open order and SL moves to breakeven if trade is in profit close_EURUSD_25_1.10200 = closes 25% of an open order and SL moves to price that is stated Update Orders update_SYMBOL_SL1_SL2 (can be used for dynamic values) The logic of this command differs slightly and serves as a trailing stop between two dynamic values if your indicator provides that. For example, if current trade is a BUY, after sending this command, it will move Stop Loss to SL1, if it’s a SELL, it will move Stop Loss to SL2. update_EURUSDcn_1.10300_1.10100 = If we are in a BUY, Stop Loss would be updated to 1.10300. If we were in a SELL, Stop Loss would be updated to 1.10100. If you used dynamic values in trading view, the command would essentially look like this: update_EURUSDcn_{{plot_3}}_{{plot_4}} SEND ALERTS FROM TRADINGVIEW TO MT4 www.tradingviewtomt4.com WHY RISK MANAGEMENT? Trading can be very lucrative, we all know that, hence; why we became traders in the first place. Whether you found an awesome indicator script on TradingView, an Expert Advisor on MT4, or whatever other strategy that got you excited about trading in the first place; you will lose no matter how perfect a strategy works. I started trading with a strategy that had over 60% win rate and still lost half of my account. You may think I’m an idiot. I just didn’t understand it’s more important to know how much you can lose rather than how much you can make. So from now on, forget about gains. If your strategy’s win rate is above 50%, focusing on how much you can lose will always be more important. The gains will come on their own after that. Risk management is simple and only involves basic math. So let’s start with that: To understand the calculator in it’s entirety, you must know how to calculate profit from a winning position. We’ll use a FOREX example. Let’s say bought 1.00 Lot of EURUSD at 1.00100, a couple hours or minutes later, you closed it at 1.00200. First you subtract Close Price from Entry Price to get the amount of points you gained: 1.00200 - 1.00100 = 0.00100 100 points gain or 10 pips To calculate dollar profit you multiply by Lot Size and multiply again by 100,000. 0.00100 * 1.00 * 100,000 = $100 Gain * Lot Size * 100,000 = $ Great, so you made $100! If your balance was $1,000, you just made 10% return, amazing! But.. what if the trade had gone wrong? How do you even calculate how much you might lose? Well first, you have to choose a Stop Loss, this varies depending on your strategy. One of my 30m strategies has a Stop Loss between 150-200 points, while a 4hr strategy might have a Stop Loss between 600-650 points. Let’s say you’ve made up your mind and you’re going to choose a Stop Loss at 150 points, which means if price is at 1.00150, your stop loss would end up at 1.00000 on a Buy Trade. The key thing first is deciding what % of your balance you’re willing to risk. If I have $1000, you might be okay with losing 5%, which is $50. Now you use the formula above: Gain * Lot Size * 100,000 = $ In this case, we would substitute Gain with Stop Loss value instead. Stop Loss * Lot Size * 100,000 = $ 150 * Lot Size * 100,000 = $50 As you can see, we have to solve for Lot Size because we don’t know exactly how much to trade yet if our trade hits our Stop Loss, we’ll only lose $50. I won’t go into the algebra, so here is the final formula: Lot Size = 1 / (SL in Points / (Capital x Risk%)) Lot Size = 1 / (150 / ($1000 * 5%)) = 0.33 Trading 0.33 lot size with a hard Stop Loss of 150, we’ll only lose $50 or 5% of our balance. That’s basic risk management, and it’ll save you headaches from losing money on your trades. Don’t worry about doing the math yourself though, use our bot that auto-calculates your position based on your risk. Happy trading! SEND TRADES FROM TRADINGVIEW TO MT4 www.tradingviewtomt4.com
Education
by lightfalltrades
EURUSD SHORT - TradingView to MT4 BotSide: Short Risk: 5% SL: 20 pips SEND SIGNALS FROM TRADINGVIEW TO MT4 www.tradingviewtomt4.com POSSIBLE COMMANDS Open Orders buy_SYMBOL_SLinPoints_Risk% sell_SYMBOL_SLinPoints_Risk% buy_SYMBOL_SLinPrice_Risk% (can be used for dynamic values) sell_SYMBOL_SLinPrice_Risk% (can be used for dynamic values) buy_EURUSDi_150_0.05 = opens a buy order on EURUSD with an SL 150 points away with 5% risk if SL triggers sell_EURUSDi_1.10200_0.03 = opens a sell order on EURUSD with an SL at 1.10200 with 3% risk if SL triggers Close Orders close_SYMBOL_%toClose_none close_SYMBOL_%toClose_break close_SYMBOL_%toClose_(price) (can be used for dynamic values) close_EURUSD_50_none = closes 50% of an open order and SL stays the same close_EURUSD_0_break = closes 0% of an open order and SL moves to breakeven if trade is in profit close_EURUSD_25_1.10200 = closes 25% of an open order and SL moves to price that is stated Update Orders update_SYMBOL_SL1_SL2 (can be used for dynamic values) The logic of this command differs slightly and serves as a trailing stop between two dynamic values if your indicator provides that. For example, if current trade is a BUY, after sending this command, it will move Stop Loss to SL1, if it’s a SELL, it will move Stop Loss to SL2. update_EURUSDcn_1.10300_1.10100 = If we are in a BUY, Stop Loss would be updated to 1.10300. If we were in a SELL, Stop Loss would be updated to 1.10100. If you used dynamic values in trading view, the command would essentially look like this: update_EURUSDcn_{{plot_3}}_{{plot_4}} SEND ALERTS FROM TRADINGVIEW TO MT4 www.tradingviewtomt4.com WHY RISK MANAGEMENT? Trading can be very lucrative, we all know that, hence; why we became traders in the first place. Whether you found an awesome indicator script on TradingView, an Expert Advisor on MT4, or whatever other strategy that got you excited about trading in the first place; you will lose no matter how perfect a strategy works. I started trading with a strategy that had over 60% win rate and still lost half of my account. You may think I’m an idiot. I just didn’t understand it’s more important to know how much you can lose rather than how much you can make. So from now on, forget about gains. If your strategy’s win rate is above 50%, focusing on how much you can lose will always be more important. The gains will come on their own after that. Risk management is simple and only involves basic math. So let’s start with that: To understand the calculator in it’s entirety, you must know how to calculate profit from a winning position. We’ll use a FOREX example. Let’s say bought 1.00 Lot of EURUSD at 1.00100, a couple hours or minutes later, you closed it at 1.00200. First you subtract Close Price from Entry Price to get the amount of points you gained: 1.00200 - 1.00100 = 0.00100 100 points gain or 10 pips To calculate dollar profit you multiply by Lot Size and multiply again by 100,000. 0.00100 * 1.00 * 100,000 = $100 Gain * Lot Size * 100,000 = $ Great, so you made $100! If your balance was $1,000, you just made 10% return, amazing! But.. what if the trade had gone wrong? How do you even calculate how much you might lose? Well first, you have to choose a Stop Loss, this varies depending on your strategy. One of my 30m strategies has a Stop Loss between 150-200 points, while a 4hr strategy might have a Stop Loss between 600-650 points. Let’s say you’ve made up your mind and you’re going to choose a Stop Loss at 150 points, which means if price is at 1.00150, your stop loss would end up at 1.00000 on a Buy Trade. The key thing first is deciding what % of your balance you’re willing to risk. If I have $1000, you might be okay with losing 5%, which is $50. Now you use the formula above: Gain * Lot Size * 100,000 = $ In this case, we would substitute Gain with Stop Loss value instead. Stop Loss * Lot Size * 100,000 = $ 150 * Lot Size * 100,000 = $50 As you can see, we have to solve for Lot Size because we don’t know exactly how much to trade yet if our trade hits our Stop Loss, we’ll only lose $50. I won’t go into the algebra, so here is the final formula: Lot Size = 1 / (SL in Points / (Capital x Risk%)) Lot Size = 1 / (150 / ($1000 * 5%)) = 0.33 Trading 0.33 lot size with a hard Stop Loss of 150, we’ll only lose $50 or 5% of our balance. That’s basic risk management, and it’ll save you headaches from losing money on your trades. Don’t worry about doing the math yourself though, use our bot that auto-calculates your position based on your risk. Happy trading! SEND TRADES FROM TRADINGVIEW TO MT4 www.tradingviewtomt4.com
Education
by lightfalltrades
Position Sizing in Trading - Educational VideoHello traders. In this Educational video I will talk about Position Sizing in trading. You know as a trader that the first part that you have to do when you're ready to get into a trade is how much you are willing to risk per trade. Position sizing refers to the number of units invested in a particular security by an investor or trader. An investor's account size and risk tolerance should be taken into account when determining appropriate position sizing.
NASDAQ:AAPLEducation
by dionthas
11
Do Robots (including Expert Advisors) work?> Robot you code yourself -> Risk Taking -> Market making/arbitrage In both cases the robot will likely not be overly simple. You will need to know a thing or two about programming. Learning to trade is like getting a degree, learning to code is like getting a second one. -> Risk Taking This may very well work. I do not know of anyone that does this and is profitable over more than just a few lucky months, but does not mean it does not exist. I have heard of people that tried it, even people that told me they would let me know how it went they swore they cracked it, have not heard a word since then. Also, myfxbook is full of automated systems that end up blowing up. If it is possible, you have to monitor the market all the time, be careful about events, look for evolving conditions. I do not see how a fully autonomous robot - you can go to holidays and come back and find money in your account - could be programmed. Would be so complex... Are there any profitable traders that are interested in this? -> MM & Arb There are plenty of hft and quant firms out there. Among other things they buy order flow from Robinhood and soon other "zero commission" brokers. Old market makers that did not want to move to algos just quit and did something new. I see them mostly as mm or parasites. They can be so anoying. I used to market make on crypto 2 years ago, the parasite would just jump in front me all the time. Any order I place he'd hop 0.0001 higher/lower. Front running bots. It's not all front running bots of course. Soros & Jim Simons (I think) run statistical arbitrage funds. Computer farms to treat a ton of data help. It works obviously. For stat arb you will need: Learn the basics about the market (6 month course), an intermediate programming degree (1 year), a statistics phd (8 years). Good luck. For market making you will need: Learn a bit more than the basics about the market (1 year, don't need the speculating course), a programming degree (1 year). I am being nice with the numbers I think. > Fully automated robot you purchase Pros and Cons Also, I don't even know how it is legal, it's pretty dangerous. They sell you some fairy dust and also you get advised to "hold on" "do not be emotional with fear just hold" "be strong during drawdowns they are normal" it's actually risible. New traders that might be a little gullible, a little greedy too will end up with some fairy dust that is guarenteed to bring their account to zero, they do not understand the markets, AND to top that, they hear that they should not panic about losses and just persevere because drawdowns are normal and they are just experiencing fear, this is what will make them lose, and this is what the robot is here to fix. "Just trust". What you have here is a recipe for disaster. > Robot that executes for you/semi automatic Why not? I see a few possible uses: - You want to buy alot of shares of a small company long term, you set a bot to purchase some each time the stock has a strong down momentum with volume (fills you without moving the market) - You want to sleep / take a few days off, you run an algo that will move your stop loss each time the price goes up, would not be too hard to say "use the smallest of EMA 20 0.236 ATR something else, if consolidates move closer, if price == .... then do this, ifelse the price surges then move my SL closer" etc. - You could have a feel for the market and be very bullish, just set a bot to buy an inside bar bull break with a couple of conditions, or a pullback of a certain % but still above a certain level/MA followed by a pin bar. Sets and trails the stop loss too until you intervene because conditions have changed and you do not want to stay in or whatever reason. - Big one: monitors correlations for you. I'd actually recommend that. A robot to warn you of your global portfolio correlation, maximum risk, and makes some recommendation (shows what are you most correlated positions making a problem, and lists stocks/currencies/futures that are uncorrelated or negatively correlated) > Robot that alerts you Plenty of people use that. Makes perfect sense. Something just warns you when the price does something particular or whatever. I myself mostly use trading view price alerts. I just set an alert on Bitcoin MA50 & MA200 makign a death cross, should fire up by Halloween. I would not go overboard on this for "advanced" things, because it could get complicated, and a quick glance is even better anyway, you want to focus on what pops out "obviously", you want to see what other people are seeing on the chart. You may want to be long on certain currencies, the bot could tell you when the price is starting a pullback... > Indicator (sold) There are people that dish out indicators and show people "See? Here, here, and here, my indicator fired a signal right before Bitcoin went up", and people actually get excited by it and want to purchase... And guess what? It works extremely well with crypto enthusiasts that invested in imaginary magic internet beans. Who would have thought they were gullible and dreamt of easy money fall out of the sky? The coders use the right combination of indicators, for example EMAs and candlesticks, to generate great signals IN THE PAST. I made such an indicator myself just to show it's bollocks. I think some people still used it seriously. Black box "predict the future" nonsense ==> Obvious scam. So watch out for those. If you are interested in something, make sure you understand WHAT IT DOES. Example: If the indicator provides you with order book info and idk things like this that you don't have with your broker and charting service, it obviously has value...
Education
by MrRenev
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