Thanks for posting your thoughts Micardo. It all seems to make sense - but why doesn't the market agree with you? I've got a couple of theories. Outlook for US is poor, BUT does this mean that USD should weaken? The value of money can only be ...

How to use Fundamentals to make Money

No. Used to be North Finance.

FXPRO :technical error"

Here's a question about MBT and orders on Navigator: Why is is that TTO orders are aligned by default to trade in the direction of any positions you have in the market, when I assume the main point in utilising a TTO would be set a STOP LOSS and a ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

If he'd got shot you might have seen a spike. As it was, whatever he said matched speculators expectations and/or what did not they did not care about. If you're a chartist then you have no need to consider fundamentals, which are essentially a ...

The Obama Moment?

I think the point is that accruing 150 pips per week on average is not the same as achieving 150 pips per week every week. A strategy with a positive expectancy can still fail if MM does not allow for reasonable drawdown - and the longer a strategy ...

For experienced and big money traders

Nah, it's not - just go with the flow of money. PeterCrowns said it best: url Simple yet extremely powerful. Once the market has shown it's hand wait for value to present itself and then get in on a trigger. It doesn't matter how exactly you do it ...

First-Strike & One-Night-Stand users, show yourself and your mods, if you dare!!!

You can trade currency futures almost 24 hours a day too on Globex. You've got a point but not for any of the reasons you have mentioned. Like a lawyer who's argument that his client could not be guilty because he was off commiting another crime, ...

forex spreads are a joke....read this

Late last year was extraordinary. Volatility was unprecedented and immense as huge volumes of money migrated across the globe. At some point, for the good of civilisation, the markets should become less turbulent. When this might be is anyones ...

Global Economic Crunch and Forex

Well, looks like you have a cast iron case, I apologise for implying otherwise. It does strike me as remarkable that they would mess up a straight-forward issue like that. On the plus side, EUR is getting a hiding from USD today so maybe they've ...

Alpari.co.uk Discussion

Did you specify that you wanted the trading account currency as EUR's in your account? url There are enough reasons to complain about brokers without making them up or blaming them for your own incompetence.

Alpari.co.uk Discussion

Noted, but still I would not have expected such a delay considering the European session traditionally has the greatest volume and there is no bank holiday here. Plus, I was experiencing the same thing last week too. I do have the order execution ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Again, I am experiencing what I consider to be unreasonable delays in order execution today. First I had an issue with a EURUSD market entry with about a 20 to 30 second delay on getting half of the order filled. I am not using particularly odd lots ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Whois on infiniteyield.com: Registrant: Archimedes Investments Rensink, Joel 2308 E. 42nd St. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406 US I had not seen that part of the website. Fairly indistinguishable with a million other forex sites trying to sell some ...

First-Strike & One-Night-Stand users, show yourself and your mods, if you dare!!!

I have followed Joel's blog for several months and although I have not followed or traded the strategies as he has done, there has never been any suspicion in my mind that he might be fluffing the results. Personally I find it difficult to follow ...

First-Strike & One-Night-Stand users, show yourself and your mods, if you dare!!!

I sense this cybernut character is going to be a peculiar nuisance. directxxx, I would take anything that anyone says on these forums with a pinch of salt. I assume that was pipmutts point, although their method of communicating it was mildly ...

The Penny Drops

I have heard that the most commonly used indicator is the 200EMA. Not sure if that is a good thing or bad thing for people who use them. Generally, the masses don't do so well. The most common method I have heard MA's used for are crossovers, which ...

Why moving averages are important?

If you want to know how news effects the market - then look at the market. Looking at where people actually put their money is a much better measure of sentiment than second guessing what expectations were on some abstract economic theory. Even if ...

Need Help And Explanation On Interpretation Of News Report

Anyone else had any delay in closing orders today? I closed out a short AUDUSD position in 3 parts, they were not particularly odd lots, or in times of extreme volatility but twice they took around 30 seconds to fill. First time I have experienced ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I hope Akuma99 won't mind me quoting him here: "Keep it simple; trend, retracement, trigger."

Advice Only. 1 Liners Concise.

From what I have seen in this thread so far, takisd has focused primarily on breakouts from support or resistance once they have been clearly established, abused, and then eventually broken. stewrigh, looks like your trade idea was fading the ...

How people should really trade!