What number of live trades using a particular set up would be a valid sample size? I've used a specific set up (learned from an Al Brooks book) 19 times without failing going back about about 5 weeks. My break even is about 2.6 winning trades per every loss. This set up seems to good to be true. I keep waiting on the bottom to fall out and lose 3-4, or more, consecutively. So basically, is 20 trades a large enough sample size to evaluate the set up???

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Thanks for the response StoxFox. I've been mostly sim trading for 4 years hitting around 65% on my best months. I've used PATs by Mack and Al Brooks as guides. Watched Mack's daily charts almost every evening after sim trading. I've put in the time. To finally find a set up that I've successfully executed 20 live trades (hit another one today) after struggling so long is strange to say the least.