“Skippy discovers trading
via ‘The Tunnel Method’; girlfriend totally approves!”
What
can I say, other than “what’s old is new”! For those just tuning in, within the
last week, I’ve been re-introduced to my original “The Tunnel Method” for HR1
trading that I created and published somewhere within a couple of years around
2003 … I can’t remember to be honest when exactly it was, except to say I
remember doing it.
To
make a long story short, a colleague of mine that I’ve known professionally since
around the turn of the century, sent me an email last week with work that he
has done using my “old” method, with some modifications. He made the point of
saying, “if it ain’t broke, why fix it”? After some intense work, and some
modifications of my own, specifically in regard to some of Gann’s theories with
the ‘Square of Nine’, I took an old copy of “The Tunnel Method” for the HR1
that I had kept on one of my backup thumb-drives, and starting with a “top down”
approach of first looking at the theoretical and logic approach I wanted to
take, then using the ‘Square of Nine’ software available online at
bonniehill.net [which wasn’t available back then] to figure out what
theoretical parameters I wanted to use on an M1, I modified the computer code
and came up with a new mq4 file for M1 use.
I
used USDJPY, initially, since it’s the main proxy for stock indices trading;
from a theoretical standpoint everything fell into place, and should work Ok,
but until you run it and see, you never really know if it has any validity as a
trading algorithm. If it doesn’t work well, you have to ask “what went wrong”
with my theoretical framework, and what’s the right path going forward and
start over. However, knowing this and preparing myself that it wasn’t going to
be of much use, what I found truly shocked me it was so good.
So,
the bottom line is this: I’m re-introducing “The Tunnel Method” as a trading
algorithm, and the “VEGAS TUNNEL METHOD” PDF manual is available for download
over in the “Download Links” section in the right-hand column. Along with the
manual, there are 3 MQ4 files available for download depending on which market
you want “The Tunnel Method” available on your MT4 platform; download any or
all you wish. For our stock proxies USDJPY [primary] & EURJPY [secondary]
the MQ4 file you want is “VEGAS TUNNEL METHOD FX.mq4; for the Dow30, the MQ4
file you want is “VEGAS TUNNEL METHOD DOW30.mq4; and finally, for the DAX30, the
MQ4 file you want is “VEGAS TUNNEL METHOD DAX30”. The MQ4 files are for
download only, and can’t be viewed because they are executable files.
If
you are new to the process of downloading trading algorithms into the MT4 trading
platform, and don’t know how, or are afraid you’ll screw it up, don’t worry cuz
in the PDF manual I take you step-by-step from start to finish. In other words,
it’s “Grandma & kid tested”!, 100% guaranteed easy to do following the instructions
I give you. So, even if you’re a complete “Newbie” … relax, take a deep breath
or something … I got you covered!
And
simply because I know I’m gonna get asked this via 10,000 emails if I don’t,
the “VEGAS TUNNEL METHOD FX.mq4 file will work perfectly fine on any brokerage
house MT4 platform that has ANY FX PAIRS with either 5 decimal or 3 decimal FX
pairs; so it’s not specific to the Turnkey Forex MT4 platform. The Dax30 and Dow30 MQ4 files will only
work under the following conditions if you’re on an MT4 platform other than
Turnkey Forex; the Dow30 must be whole integer with no decimal pricing, and the
DAX30 will only work properly on an MT4 platform that has 1 decimal pricing.
All of this, though, leads me to the obvious question, “if you’re not trading with Turnkey, why have you made a conscious
decision to give money away via higher spreads and/or round turn commissions?
Hell, let’s make this personal … give it to me instead and I’ll send a
Christmas card every year; what’s the LP bank gonna send you”?
Bottom
line in all of this: I like the 1) simplicity, ease of use, and implementation
of the “Tunnel Method” algorithm, 2) as I explain in the manual, I only have
one thing to worry about and not a group of things to worry about, and 3)
liquidations, exhaustions, and pre-calculated profit levels are calculated into
the algorithm, so you really don’t have to figure out anything … everything is
visual, so just follow it and click the buttons when you are supposed to.
I’m
going to leave the “Kumo Cloud” algorithm up on the website, for the simple
reason it’s good and some people will want to use it. I’m renaming it “Kumo
Cloud Algorithm Manual” over in the “Download Links” section. For newer readers,
there aren’t any MQ4 files to download for this algorithm, everything is
available in the manual to get you started.
However,
I can’t deny the power of what I did 15 years ago, and with modifications, how
good it is with buy/sell entry and reward/risk profiles; and believe me, it absolutely
excels in both these areas. It’s so good in both, I’m switching PAMM trading to
“The Tunnel Method” immediately.
I
want everybody to realize that nothing of what I do in terms of research,
trading algorithms, and/or anything that I share and publish to the public at
large is about “me”; everything is about finding the best way to trade and make
consistent money without getting “whacked”. To that end, if that’s not why you
trade, then why the hell are you here? It’s all that matters to me. As I explain
in the manual, I had my reasons in leaving the algorithm years ago, assumptions
that I initially made that turned out to be false. Well, no higher power or
authority emailed me to tell me of the mistake [duh!], so how would I know?
What’s happened, is that over time I’ve come full circle back to almost where I
started, only with more math, more complexity, and problems more complex than
ever; knowing that markets are “fractal” in nature and form, it didn’t take me
but a few minutes to realize “simpler is better” for a host of reasons, not the
least of which is the signals are superior. So, it doesn’t matter to me if I
have been working on something for 5 minutes or 5 years … if it’s better, then
it’s better, so why use anything else?
In
any event, I think a lot of you will like the algorithm; I lay out the
philosophy and logic, relying heavily on Gann’s cycle work, and how it
influences the 2 key parameters used by the algorithm, and I also configured it
so that it can be used in multiple time frames as well … all within the
confines of a single algorithm. You have the option of creating multiple
charts, or simply a couple clicks of the mouse to a new time period, with that
time periods algorithm configuration. The flexibility of being able to do this,
I know, many of you will enjoy.
So,
everything is over in the “Download Links” section for download … have at it,
and if you have any questions/comments, please email me at traderzoogold@gmail.com
and I’ll get back to you ASAP.
And
yes, the PAMM spreadsheet is ready to go, and what I have decided to do is start
anew from August 21, 2017 using strictly “The Tunnel Method”. My reasons for
doing this are simple; 1) I’m not going to switch algorithms in the future; I’m
simply going to use “The Tunnel Method” going forward, either in the DAX30,
Dow30, or our primary stock index proxy USDJPY [secondarily EURJPY if USDJPY
intraday volatility goes too low]. I’ve been trading markets a very long time,
and quite frankly the algorithm’s ease of use, reward/risk profile, and killer
entry signals, I don’t think can be improved upon no matter how complex you
want to make the algorithm, or how many Ph.D.’s in math you want to employ; at
the same time, our risks come 99% of the time from “chop” that can be
identified and avoided [see manual], 2) I want people to see the power of the
algorithm as “stand alone”, and not mixed with previous algorithms or their
versions, and 3) since April, when I went to the “stock indices” format, we’re
down about 2% to date; when the PAMM gets profitable, I’ll reconfigure the
spreadsheet and keep a running total of cumulative returns. In this way,
without having to do a bunch of simple math, people can see quickly how the
algorithm is doing as time goes by.
And
while it isn’t exactly the same as the algorithm I had on the floor, cuz there
are some parameter differences, it’s reasonably close; the markets, though, are
just as volatile, trading costs CHEAPER NOW THAN ON THE FLOOR [which honestly,
I still have a hard time envisioning], trading hours expanded greatly, and
opportunity better than “back-in-the-day”. Granted, we are at the mercy of the
frickin’ scumbag LP bank now, that hands out shit fills like it’s candy on
Halloween, but in the futures market life can be just as rough. My point is
this: I had documented CFTC results from a Big 8 accounting firm with audited
results “in real time” as they were happening over a 3 year period … every
single day … at the end of 3 years, the fund was up 1400% … Now, I’m not
representing I’m gonna do that … maybe I do better, maybe much worse, I dunno
cuz it greatly depends on the markets themselves … do I really need to mention
past results don’t guarantee future results? No, my point here is not to brag
or make somebody think I’m a “guru” or something; what I want is the record to
be clear for everybody to see going forward; and the easiest way to do that is
start over … right now, starting tomorrow August 21, 2017, and then keeping and
maintaining a running total cumulative return for people to see. So, tomorrow’s
blogpost will have the starting balance in the fund as of this weekend, and
then the day’s activity, with a running total of results.
Have
a great rest of your weekend everybody!
-vegas
OUR TURNKEY FOREX “PAMM/MAM” IS NOW
OPEN AND OPERATIONAL; SEE “PAMM/MAM MANAGED MONEY PROGRAM” IN “DOWNLOAD LINKS”
SECTION IN RIGHT HAND COLUMN FOR DETAILS [VIEW ONLINE AND/OR DOWNLOAD] AND
START YOUR JOURNEY FROM WHERE YOU ARE AT TO “ESCAPE
TO SUCCESS”!
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