KenBachelor
- 20 Sep 2016 09:44

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Somnus is based on Tom Demark's system to spot the end of a trend and places automatic EA generated index trades on the GKFX MT4 spread-bet platform. I'm trading the DAX using a trade size based on my bank. A new trade is opened immediately a valid signal appears and the limit is adjusted as the number of trades in a series increases. When the number of open trades in a series exceeds 4, the first trade is closed and a new one is opened with the trade size increased to recover the loss. This is repeated as further trades are added to the series up to the maximum setting and then a new series is started.
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Updated 1 October 2016 A very satisfactory first week here on MoneyAM and having had quite a bit of contact with their office, including the MD (Bullshare) I'm very pleased with the move. 7 trades closed this week and the profit of £766.93 has raised my 13 week average from £607.97 to £620.20. The projected profit for the year now suggests 90.25% and a simple back of a fag packet calculation using 18.62% a quarter compounded 4 times comes to 97.98%, which is near enough for me. My intention remains to withdraw £1,000 of each £2,000 I make and this will of course affect the results, although I'm pretty sure that with the progress we've made recently I'll still double my bank and hopefully have a little extra on 4 July 2017. I've made a major change to my settings this week, as I've increased my Maximum Trades in Series from 5 to 7 combined with increasing the size from level 6 instead of level 4. Obviously it will be some time before the changes prove whether it was a good idea. The only other idea I've had this week was that bearing in mind the more levels there are open the smaller the difference is between the various TP's, it might be worth increasing the T/P as each level opens. This is something that can easily be done manually as long as you remember to change it back when the series closes and if you are away from your computer at the critical time, it doesn't really matter and there's normally plenty of time anyway. Those who've been around for a while will know that I'm never satisfied, so I'm planning to try it out by adding 1 point at each level and see what happens. Good luck.
I'm trading the DAX using the following settings
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cynic
- 26 Sep 2016 14:52
- 68 of 359
you may disagree, but it looks to me that we are now only 40/50 points on both Dow and Dax where a long entry may be a decent bet
of course, if those supposed supports fail, then it's a different story
KenBachelor
- 26 Sep 2016 15:26
- 69 of 359
Hi Cynic - Sorry if we've been messing your thread up.
As you will see we're already long here as the level 2 long trade opened at 09:45 this morning. I know we just leave it to Somnus, but she doesn't disagree with you.
We could be opening another in about 15 minutes if the DAX is between 10,401 and 10,411.9 at that point.
cynic
- 26 Sep 2016 15:51
- 70 of 359
of course you haven't messed up anything ..... i'm not that precious and sensitive as others will tell you :-)
DAX is currently moving a little the other way (10,435)
Chris Carson
- 26 Sep 2016 16:03
- 71 of 359
Dunno cynic, calling yourself 'goldilocks' over the road. Just saying! :0)
cynic
- 26 Sep 2016 16:05
- 72 of 359
it's a long story chris, but i also use it in business :-)
Chris Carson
- 26 Sep 2016 16:08
- 73 of 359
Sounds like Tooooo much information cynic :0) At least you have a sense of humour, thanks for your input on this thread.
cynic
- 26 Sep 2016 16:15
- 74 of 359
so ken, you had your wish as to the level on the DAX, or was the timing relevant too?
KenBachelor
- 26 Sep 2016 16:39
- 75 of 359
Cynic - At 15:45 the level was 10,429.5, so as that was too high we're now waiting for 17:15 to try again.
Except in special circumstances, all Somnus trade openings are at 15 or 45 minutes past the hour.
cynic
- 26 Sep 2016 16:42
- 76 of 359
sounds very arbitrary, though i'm sure there is some (charting) logic to it
anyway, looks that you'll still have your chance
KenBachelor
- 26 Sep 2016 16:48
- 77 of 359
Perhaps I better explain the words 'special circumstances' above.
Somnus checks whether a trade is to be opened at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour, so when very rapid movements occur and close a trade the previous instruction may still be held in the system and the trade re-opens.
This was not something that I designed into Somnus as I never even thought of it, but it's never failed to produce a profit yet.
cynic
- 26 Sep 2016 16:58
- 78 of 359
anyway, i take it you have now gone long again, or have you held off as it's fallen below your original target level?
KenBachelor
- 26 Sep 2016 17:23
- 79 of 359
It seems it's just you and me today Cynic. Either everyone's on holiday, or they've had to go to work.
All trades are placed automatically by the Somnus Club EA and the next valid signal would be at 17:45 'if the level is between 10,398.5 (the level at 16:45) and as I use a minimum movement from the last trade of 60 points, 10412 (the last trade 10,472 - 60). I hope that helps.
If you want to see it in action, you can always have a copy and try it out on a GKFX Demo account. As it says in the header, just send me an e-mail.
LVTP
- 26 Sep 2016 17:31
- 80 of 359
Yes Ken;
I'm still here, but in development mode....
Best of luck to all of you, as always.
KenBachelor
- 26 Sep 2016 17:39
- 81 of 359
Are you trying to confuse us on have you subdivided?
cynic
- 26 Sep 2016 17:45
- 82 of 359
me? .... certainly not
KenBachelor
- 27 Sep 2016 07:46
- 83 of 359
No not you Cynic: FLVT!
He seems to have 3 names now.
I haven't used MoneyAM until now, but are 14 hour breaks in service normal here? If they are I'll have to find another home for this thread.
KenBachelor
- 27 Sep 2016 08:09
- 84 of 359
We'll be opening a short at 08:15 guys.
cynic
- 27 Sep 2016 08:25
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no idea what happened to this site yesterday ..... it was a pain but c'est la vie
interesting that you'll be shorting DAX
not the way i see it, as with DOW powering ahead albeit in the cash market, the other indices are very likely to be dragged along on its coattails
fwiw, i took a small (extra) long on DAX yesterday at 10,411
KenBachelor
- 27 Sep 2016 08:31
- 86 of 359
We opened our short at 08:15 Cynic, so with trades in both directions it gives us a profit whichever way the market moves.
cynic
- 27 Sep 2016 08:33
- 87 of 359
i'm neither clever enough nor alert enough to play that game :-)
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btw, you may want to take a look at WOS with sp being (unfairly?) hammered following their numbers