keep trying your system, you are tackling the hardest part of trading. You can use all the indicators you like to help you get a bit better entry but in truth, the "edge" all the books talk about, is feeling how the market works. Most people start ...

My simple way of trading

hehe, oh we are talking about the same thing. I agree 100% with you. i only enter a trade after good indication of a trend. Imho if you are trend trading you have to use lagging indicators. On the the flip side of that I only use real time ones to ...

HAT Trading method

let me explain my point abit, feel free to publicly ridicule me again for trying to help.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o></o> i think the Heiken Ashi is simply brilliant. the issue i am seeing is ...

HAT Trading method

i see what you are trying to do with this set up and i have been refining and refining try to get it too. i found a very good indicator to be a double lsma. I actually took 2 of them 28,36 and mashed them together (if one is yellow the other is) it ...

HAT Trading method

You mean like streets and and fire departments and security is all over rated? I do think making people a high percentage of taxes depending on the money make is plain stupid though, you are going to pay more taxes as it is. The only legal way to ...

I don't want to pay tax

http://www.actionforex.com/forex_analysis_and_forecasts/pivot_points/usdjpy_200603215755/ that seems to be the most standard pivot listings i have found. I never calc my own pivot points as the reasons pivot points work is because everyone is using ...

pivot points

I have recently started programming my EAs in for testing. I cant figure out how to get MT4 not to give me profits on spreads. Say i start usdjpy at 114.00 with limit of 20 and stop of 20 and 1 lot. it will say i got $200 if it hits limit, but i ...

MT4 Backtesting Threads

everyone talks about risk/reward ratios but they dont make sense to me. How do you figure it out. From what i have seen people say they have a stop of 20pips and 40pip limit so they are a 2:1, that isnt a 2:1 ratio because it is 2x as hard to get ...

Successful strategies

if your broker allows hedging maybe run firebird and ema_cross at same time http://www.forex-tsd.com/ema-cross/925-ema-cross.html

Firebird EA, please test this one, it is one of the greats

I have an additional question about leverage say i have a micro account. say i am not going to use any leverage at all. I buy one lot per $1000. in theory i would not be wiped out until gbp dropped to $0, eg i walked into a bank and gave them $1000 ...

Lots leverage?

I have always been intrigued by pyramiding into a trade but skeptical. It seems as if each entry would need to be a new trade and you should have a reason for each trade, more then to say “I will add every 50pips”. But then again averaging down ...

Twoblink and "The Secret Sauce"

In actuallity, if you had a system that made 100% in 3 days or any system you could say for certain would make x% a day the only thing you could do is give it away. You could make more money with it then you could ever recieve for selling it. That ...

100% In 3 days.

Hi Dail, Thanks much for the post. I was wondering if you could explain the effects of Asymmetrical leverage a little more, I understand how you calculate it, i was just wondering what the side effects are. Is it as simple as getting more trades ...

Information For Beginners

has anyone found away to make the squeeze indicator yet? Im having troubles as you can only have 1 color. thinking about making multiple lines or something

GFT Forex Discussion

Here is how i am using your occ. It seems to work welll. This is based on the premise that when you get into a trade you want to use lagging indicators (moving averages) and non lagging indicators to get out (cci). i have 34c/34o hull moving ...

Open/Close Crossover Method

i have been using your 34 open/close ema to enter and cci over 200 and back to 150 for exit on the 5 min and it works great

Open/Close Crossover Method

Investing is gambling. If you have moral issues with gambling there are other ways to earn money (although most of those are a gable too).

Trading IS Gambling...

actually i was joking about the 1.618%. everyone seems to love their fibbies. but i do trade low pip levels i only trade the 2-3 spreads (my broker has 5 of each) and i use a cci/bb combo to see when it bounces. Usually it bounces between 5 and 30 ...

less pips and most lot