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Old 11-08-2009, 10:05 AM
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one2three AUDUSD is doing pretty well for me, as well as the same system for the EURCHF pair. The thing I find odd about one2three and ForexCN is that they incorporate Take Profit limits?! I say that because I am of the theory to let it ride and move up my stop loss but never "limit profit". Call me crazy, but I don't see the harm in the potential for unlimited upside. So what I have started to do now in demo is to immediately remove the Take Profit on those systems as soon as they establish a position. I have a good month's history with them as-is, but I'm not sure what difference it might make other than limiting the sytem from trying to open the max number of positions when losers might stop out.

Oddly enough with one2three, the winning trades (for me) never hit their Take Profit limits before closing??? The losers did hit the Stop Loss consistently. The result over a month is +732 pips (52 trades) on the AUDUSD, with more winners than losers of course, but the average losing trade being 150% larger than the average winning trade. That is why I am scratching my head on it even having a Take Profit if it's never going to even come close to hitting it.

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