I just bought the system and seeing how big that gap was, well I think it's your own fault if I say so myself(trying to not sound like a basterd), 1minutedaily may be a simple system but that doesn't mean you can't use your own brain once in a while, I mean just by looking at that trade for a second you could tell that it wouldn't work out, almost every time the PA will close the gap it made and it won't do it calmly.
again 1minutedaily is a good system but you do need to know a thing or two about forex, like the fact that mondays can be very tricky thanks to the gaps, and that fridays are also dangerous because traders will close their traders before the weekend. And last but not least, never trade right before or after news.
I'm going to use this system together with the wave, I have some time before I go to school so I can check if I need to open a sell and buy or only one of the two or don't trade at all.
oh and if you traded the recent signal so the one from this morning for cable you should have made about 55pips. Same with eur/jpy. I really can't see how you could make so many losses, I checked the last couple of weeks and almost all of them were filled positive.
I don't want this to turn into a mud slinging contest but first off:
Not that I am a pro by any means, but I am definetely not new to forex like you are inferring. I am been trading for five years now (1.5 more seriously) and am constantly reading books on the topic, so maybe watch the assumptions. I am more or less a break even trader right now, which is better than most I would suspect.
Second it didn't close the gap, not even close. It took 22 hours for price to reach the Gap level again. Are you saying you knew price was going to be bullish all day Monday because of the Gap on Sunday evening. Sorry, I'm not buying it.
Secondly, I'm not sure which charts you are looking at, but it should be obvious that better than half of the trades using this system over the last 2.5 weeks have been losers. Shall I break the last 7 trading days down for you? And keep in mind these last 6 days have been much better than than April 5 - 9.
GbpJpy
Apr 12 - loser
Apr 13 - loser
Apr 14 - loser
Apr 15 - winner
Apr 16 - still open but currently heading in wrong direction (bearish)
Apr 19 - still open but currently heading in wrong direction (bearish)
Apr 20 - no trade triggered yet
UsdJpy
Apr 12 - loser
Apr 13 - loser
Apr 14 - loser (break even if ignored the wave filter)
Apr 15 - winner
Apr 16 - winner
Apr 19 - winner
Apr 20 - still open but currently heading in wrong direction (bearish)
GbpUsd
Apr 12 - loser
Apr 13 - winner
Apr 14 - winner
Apr 15 - winner
Apr 16 - No trade (Friday, wouldn't have triggered till right before market close)
Apr 19 - loser
Apr 20 - currently 2/3 of way to SL
Also I am not sure what you are talking about when you say Cable would have made 55 pips today???? Are you talking about the April 19th trade? If so than you ignorded the wave and it turned out to be a break even. If your talking about this morning (April 20) the trade triggered long, and then immediately reversed and is now close to hitting the SL. 55pips isn't anywhere near the TP level anyway???
Anyhow, dont mean to rant but you really pushed my buttons with that comment.
I am not saying the system is crap, It could very likely be profitable over the long term. But I will say this as a fact: If you are trading more than two or three currency pairs at a time, and using 5% Money management, the drawdown is very large with this sytem. For a reasonable drawdown you either need to stick with one currency pair or use like 2% money management.
I think Marques is doing well because he seems like a fairly experienced trader who is really monitoring his trades well using Ichimoku charts. Lets face it this system is supposed to be about simple, objective, set it and forget it trading. If I had time to monitor my trades during the day, I wouldn't be using this system, I would be going back to more traditional trading approaches (eg. support & resistance, fibonacci, dominant trend on higher time frames etc.)
Good luck all!