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Originally Posted by TraderGeek
I don't think so. In the threads I read, they were winning pretty consistently in a ranging market. The trouble was in a trend the martingaling would keep adding trades until the account was blown out.
In fact, the general idea behind the Martingale EA's was that while Martingale will eventually lose in a gambling scenario with 50% odds, with Forex, your edge puts those odds in your favor.
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I have to add this on. Traditional martingale will never fail. If you can fold an A4 paper by half for 40 times. Tell me the thickness of it then. Nobody did it before? Ok, the answer is, when you fold an A4 paper for 40 times, you'll be able to reach to the SUN from where you standing now. When will you lose your trade? Correct, when you're not affordable to fold it for the next progression( you've used up your margin), then your broker will help you to decide where to stop. You want a long winning streak? Prepare a multi million account and start trading with 0.01lot, change the pip step to 50pips for the next progression. You could win it for the rest of your life. But, what is the point? You have multi million, but you're looking for 10 bucks profit? Take profit is not the part of the martingale rule. Yes, that we know. But this is not gamble, we take it as trading discretion, or call it whatever you want. Take and bail whilst in profit. Walk away from GIANT trend, instead of keep doubling up. Admit the loss with max trade. Dont be stubborn to follow the traditional martingale rule. You'll end up set yourself on fire! Crash and burn since we dont have bottomless pocket. Think about it before you act.
Regards
David