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Old 2009-04-07, 12:10 PM   #232 (permalink)
Ken Long
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Originally Posted by testpilot84 View Post
Good comments LadySarah. I was doing pretty well on my little $250 account, up about 4%, but 3 trades in a small time frame took me down by 6%. I guess I should be glad FAPTURBO executed the stoploss or the drawdown could have been worse. I will try tweaking the trade times and see if that helps.

3 loses last night hurt my balance as well. This is one of the drawbacks to scalpers with large stops and small gains. When they hurt you, they really hurt...

I'm still waiting for the robot that can clear 75-80% wins with a standard 3:1 ratio.
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