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simonb replied May 19, 2014Wolf_Wicked sends his regards
video What kind of music you hear while you trade?
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simonb replied May 19, 2014Oops,I was not meant to post that publicly, sorry to the FF team member who sent me that message.
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simonb replied May 19, 2014Sorry, I think you misheard. I agree with what you say, I just meant from a charting perspective using time frames to dissect the data is the most efficient and effective way. Ever seen a weeks worth of tics? The thread after all is about "Time ...
Illusion of Time(frames)
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simonb replied May 18, 2014Showing more data now but only from the start of the month. May as well change brokers, very irritating. Will have to go back to manually entering my trades in a spreadsheet. Can an I still look up my entire trade history? Probably not
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simonb replied May 18, 2014"The Market" is a pretty broad term. Whats definitely not random? That's a better and less annoying question Possibly a more productive one as well.
Do you believe this market is random?
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simonb replied May 18, 2014Well said, particularly the part in bold. Very well said
What do you find hardest about trading?
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simonb replied May 18, 2014Either/ Or ... The only time I trade after the push is if I missed catching the turn due to not being at my screens or maybe I didn't initially notice the trade, or maybe it just didn't feel right at the time. On the turn (catching the bot or top) I ...
What is your preferred moment to enter a trade?
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simonb replied May 18, 2014Thanks for the suggestion Venice but I think the issue is an internal one. Got this message from Forex Factory.
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simonb replied May 16, 2014HI Jason It seems FXCM have done something with their data which has messed up the trade explores. I can only get my history to display my curve from the start of last week. This is quite annoying as now i can't view my actual trading statistics ...
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simonb replied May 16, 2014Hey Jmn, kind of like what Blane was saying, but 25% of an intraday trend wouldn't be as late as 25% of a weekly move. in my view, a weekly tail is likely an established and possibly exhausted intraday trend. That's where I'm coming from.
why have you accepted the price-predictability assumption?
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simonb replied May 16, 20141 - It's late (25% of the move) And I'd ask you to tell me something I didn't already know

why have you accepted the price-predictability assumption?
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simonb replied May 15, 2014A weekly tail is a very late entry, you would be on a pretty low leverage to withstand the inevitable (probable) shake out/ retrace... on a weekly scale. When I say "very late" I'm talking about 150-200 pips from the top/bottom. plus the time you ...
why have you accepted the price-predictability assumption?
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simonb replied May 15, 2014You lost me there, what would the banks beg to differ. Thankfully I don't need to know what the banks are doing to pull my chedda.
Illusion of Time(frames)
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simonb replied May 15, 2014One example I can give is this: One broker on London time another on NY... 4H charts The price over the same period moved on exactly the same way, yet the price patterns and conventional candle stick/ bar price action differ.
Illusion of Time(frames)