Trading system back-tests for FX traders: These nine articles detail the historical performance of different strategies covered in Currency Trader magazine's Currency System Analysis section in 2005. Each article includes the in-depth back-testing and analysis used in all the Active Trader Magazine Group's publications.

Note: These articles are designed to show the good, bad, and ugly of trade ideas. As a result, back-testing results in some articles may indicate a system or trade idea is likely to be unprofitable.

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ARTICLE 1: “Basic currency trend system” (January 2005)
This system explores the popular idea that over long periods currencies have a strong tendency to trend.

ARTICLE 2: “Moving average trend-following system" (February 2005)
This trend-following breakout system attempts to confirm market conditions and then trades in the direction of the trend.

ARTICLE 3: “Parabolic FX” (March 2005)
This stop-and-reverse (SAR) system applies Welles Wilder's "parabolic" trend-following approach to the forex market.

ARTICLE 4: “MACD system” (April 2005)
A system that combines two MACD signals: 1) crossings of the indicator’s zero line, which correspond to crossovers of the 12- and 26-day EMAs and are basic trend signals; 2) crossovers of the MACD line and the signal line, which are similar signals but occur earlier.

ARTICLE 5: “VK Bands for FX” (May 2005)
This test shows whether longer-term VK bands make useful trend-following tools in the FX market.

ARTICLE 6: “Pharos FX system” (June 2005)
This system uses a breakout approach augmented with a rule to capitalize on the market information available on the first trading day of each week.

ARTICLE 7: “Donchian counter-channel system” (October 2005)
A system that uses a somewhat atypical approach to Donchian channels: Instead of taking positions when price pushes above the upper channel line or below the lower channel line, the system takes position based on the movement of the channel lines themselves.

ARTICLE 8: “Dual timeframe stochastics” (November 2005)
A multiple timeframe approach is used to trade a well-known technical indicator (the stochastic oscillator) in an unconventional way. Trades are taken only if the indicator gives signals on both the daily and weekly time frames. To judge the effectiveness of this approach, we also will compare the results of the system to those based exclusively on weekly or daily time frames.

ARTICLE 9: “Trend/countertrend system” (December 2005)
This trading system combines trend-following and countertrend rules and attempts to profit from both long-term trends and short-term reversals. Purchased separately, these nine articles would cost $40.50. You can purchase them as a single collection for $28.35 - saving 30 percent.