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Relative Vigor Index Tested: It Crossed Its Signal Line 50 Times a Day on EURUSD M5, and 1 of 16 Runs Passed
Four RVI rules measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. Price followed a signal-line cross less than half the time on…
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Bulls and Bears Power Settings for MT4: 0 of 18 Made Money on EURUSD M5, and 14 of 18 Did on Gold M15
How to set up Bulls Power, Bears Power and the EMA 13 in MT4, and what periods 5 to 55 did on…
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Elder-Ray vs MACD: Bears Power Turned First on All 4 Charts, and Only MACD’s Zero Line Passed, on EURUSD M15
Elder-Ray 13 against MACD 12,26,9 on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15, with the same exit. Elder-Ray fired about 4 times as…
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Elder-Ray Bulls and Bears Power Tested: Both Pointed the Same Way on 62% to 74% of Bars, and 0 of 12 Runs Passed
Three Elder-Ray rules measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. Elder's classic setup lost more than random entries with the same…
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Envelopes Settings for MT4: Gold Needs 5 Times the EURUSD Deviation, and 27 of 36 Breakout Settings Made Money Only on Gold M15
How to add Envelopes to MT4, how to pick the deviation for your symbol, and what 36 settings did on EURUSD and…
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Envelopes vs Bollinger Bands: Half the EURUSD Envelope Breaks Came in 4 Busy Hours, and Its Breakout Lost Less on 3 of 4 Charts
Envelopes 14, 0.10 against Bollinger 20, 2 on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15, with the same exit. More than a quarter…
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Envelopes Indicator Tested: The Default Band Held Price on 98% of EURUSD Bars and 56% of Gold Bars, and 0 of 20 Runs Passed
Five Envelopes rules measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. The same 0.10% band was 23 pips wide on EURUSD and…
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Alligator Settings for MT4: The Shift Helped in Exactly 24 of 48 Tests, and 0 of 24 Settings Made Money on EURUSD M5
How to add the Alligator to MT4, what each period and shift does, and what 24 settings did on EURUSD and gold.…
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Alligator vs Moving Average Crossover: EMA 9/21 Came First 86% to 93% of the Time and Passed on 2 of 4 Charts, the Wake-Up Signal on None
The Bill Williams Alligator against EMA 9/21 and EMA 5/13 on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15, with the same exit. The…
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Williams Alligator Tested: It Was Asleep on Only 20% of Bars, and 1 of 24 Runs Passed All Three Checks
Six Alligator rules measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. The lines were stacked as a trend on 80% of bars,…
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DeMarker Settings for MT4: 1 of 19 Made Money on EURUSD M5, and the Best First-Half Gold M15 Setting Lost in the Second Half
How to add DeMarker to MT4, which levels to use, and what periods 5 to 120 did on EURUSD and gold. The…
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DeMarker vs Stochastic: Stochastic Left Overbought First on All 4 Charts, and Each Fade Lost Less on 2 of 4
DeMarker 14 tracked RSI more closely than Stochastic 14,3,3 on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. Stochastic exited the zone first, and…
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DeMarker Indicator Tested: It Said Overbought or Oversold on a Third of All Bars, and 0 of 16 Runs Passed After the Spread
Four DeMarker rules measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. The 0.7 / 0.3 fade lost on all 4 charts, and…
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Momentum Indicator Settings for MT4: 0 of 40 Made Money on EURUSD, and on Gold M5 Only the Default 14 Did
How to add Momentum to MT4, put a signal line on it and set levels, and what periods 3 to 89 did…
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Momentum vs RSI: RSI Crossed the Middle First More Often, Yet Momentum’s 100 Cross Lost Less on All 4 Charts
Momentum 14 and RSI 14 correlated at 0.79 to 0.85 and agreed on the side 84% of the time. RSI was first…
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Momentum Indicator Tested: EURUSD Never Reached 101 or 99 in 16,926 Bars, and the 100 Cross Paid on Only 1 of 4 Charts
Four Momentum rules measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. Two of three 100 crosses reversed within 6 bars, and only…
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Awesome Oscillator Settings for MT4: 0 of 40 Made Money on the EURUSD 5-Minute Chart, and the Best First-Half Gold Setting Ranked 19th Later
How to add the Awesome Oscillator to MT4, how to change its fixed 5 and 34, and what 40 speeds did on…
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Awesome Oscillator vs MACD: AO Crossed Zero 20% to 40% More Often, Was First Only About Half the Time, and Lost More on 3 of 4 Charts
AO and the MACD 12/26 line correlated at 0.97 on EURUSD and gold. The AO zero cross was not faster in practice,…
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Awesome Oscillator Tested: It Moved With MACD at a 0.97 Correlation on All 4 Charts, and 1 of 20 Rules Passed After the Spread
Bill Williams' zero cross, saucer, twin peaks and colour change measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. All five rules lost…
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Pivot Points Settings for MT4: A Midnight Server Clock Moved Monday’s Gold Pivot by $22, and 1 of 43 EURUSD Settings Made Money in Both Halves
How to add pivot points to MT4, why the day start time changes every line, and what 32 settings did on EURUSD…
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Classic vs Fibonacci vs Camarilla vs Woodie Pivots: The Camarilla R4 Breakout Lost on All 4 Charts, and Breaking R1 Lost on 15 of 16
Four pivot formulas tested with the same entries, exit and costs on EURUSD and gold. The formula changed how often the lines…
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Pivot Points Tested: Price Bounced Off the Lines 49% to 53% of the Time, and Random Lines Did the Same Within 2 Points on All 4 Charts
Daily pivot points measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15, over 1,139 first touches. The lines held about as often as…
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Donchian Channel Settings for MT4: 0 of 48 Made Money on EURUSD After the Spread, and the First-Half Winner Ranked 23rd of 24 Later on 2 Charts
How to add the Donchian Channel to MT4, the shift setting that can make breakouts impossible, and what 24 settings did on…
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Donchian Breakout vs Turtle Trading Rules: The Turtle Exit Lost Less on Both 5-Minute Charts, More on Both 15-Minute Charts, and 10% of Trades Made 64% to 89% of the Profit
The same Donchian breakouts traded twice, with the Turtle channel exit and with a fixed stop and target, on EURUSD and gold.…
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Donchian Channel Tested: After a 20-Bar Breakout, EURUSD Went the Wrong Way First 57% of the Time, and 1 in 3 Breakouts Was Back Inside Within 3 Candles
Donchian Channel 20 measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. On EURUSD the breakout hit 1 ATR against you first more…
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Stochastic RSI Settings for MT4: 28 of 36 Made Money on the EURUSD 5-Minute Chart Before the Spread and 0 After It
How to add Stochastic RSI to MT4 and what 36 settings did on EURUSD and gold. 144 runs: on EURUSD M5 most…
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Stochastic RSI vs RSI: When StochRSI Said Overbought, RSI Agreed Only 12% to 14% of the Time, and the Same Trade Lost More on 3 of 4 Charts
Same bars, same overbought and oversold exit, EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. Stochastic RSI gave 3 to 4 times as many…
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Stochastic RSI Tested: It Was Overbought or Oversold on Half of All Bars, About 5 Times More Often Than RSI, and 0 of 16 Rules Made Money After the Spread
Stochastic RSI 14/14/3/3 measured on EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. It sat beyond 80 or 20 on 48% to 51% of…
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Aroon Indicator Settings for MT4: 0 of 24 Made Money on the EURUSD 5-Minute Chart After the Spread, and the Best Early Setting Ranked 5th to 16th Later
How to add the Aroon indicator to MT4 and what period 10 to 50 did on EURUSD and gold. 96 runs: none…
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Aroon vs ADX: They Agreed the Market Was Trending on Only 56% to 63% of Bars, and as a Filter ADX Lost Less on All 4 Charts
Same bars, same EMA cross, EURUSD and gold, M5 and M15. Aroon and ADX called different bars trending four times in ten,…
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