silly me i thought for a moment, for that 30-40% return you meant monthly...my TE could be scaled to that, with risk corresponding, and still holding the 2x DD= return principle most case. but daily? you can make it on demo, and be the demo dollar ...

Drawdown: how does it affect your trading and account

i believe that expectation is realistic, i try to aim for 2-3x profit vs. max DD%...finding this measure better than having a fixed monthly % target. the tricky part is, where to draw that line of acceptable maximum drawdown my experience, that ...

Drawdown: how does it affect your trading and account

sleeping is a must, but sometimes it can interfere with the trades. sigh, only a human! the pending filled on EurNzd, but was missed the perfect scaling in chance, out with small profit 20 pips. EurUsd gave a good entry for scalping, took 12 pips ...

My way to highway

live to learn! good night!

How much money I could make from investors?

lol. to answer you, if the whole country wiped out, who left to care about the currency? the new landlord will just circulate his own currency once re-populated the place.

How much money I could make from investors?

to be honest, due the wee hours here, decided to take it as hit and run. the move isnt due the fruit season, and things can develop both way rather quickly...as you could see. ( am sure you read the NK missile news). either way, still have some ...

How much money I could make from investors?

EurNzd closed, to limit exposure, little unlucky at closing it, but still +0.27%. Gold is smaller, still open, currently slightly in plus/near BE, expect it should be able to pull in around 0.1% or more too...to be seen. While there is or isnt ...

My way to highway

the lesson: when there is no obvious financial news, but sudden very strong spikes in currencies then head to search the internet for the reason/news

As simple as possible: 00 level trading

my greed is going as much as 1.6510....but i am not too greedy, and probably you are right

How much money I could make from investors?

i have the feeling this will be a good trade, not sure because of the kiwi or not, but i foresee green color here

How much money I could make from investors?

the proverb suggests one needs to buy when there is blood on the streets... well, looks like one also needs to short when NK missiles flying... short gold, short EurNzd, and expect to make some money eventually on both, time will tell. but guess it ...

My way to highway

minimal action today, some opportunities i watched to work out, then when finally commit to some trades it wasnt the best ones for the day. only scalping, none of the pending orders got filled in the morning. first gold, then EurCad, together they ...

My way to highway

ignore button is the choice of scammers. i am just shocked - not a little - that nowadays ppl dare to advertise themselves with so shitty results that normal person would never think to consider...but maybe lately even promoting your red results are ...

False Prophets

even if it would be true also... coming from a bucket shop broker who still have 3 pips fixed spread on majors, and up to 12 pips on the rest... instaforex does deserve to be on scam alert lists! ( as well as all other bucket shops would) what they ...

Non Dealing Desk: worth a choice against Market Making!?

trading the news, or hoping that one's open trade will be on the right side is 2 very different thing! if you not particularly opened a trade to be involved in the news ( and i would gamble that most retail traders has no clue about what Yellen will ...

stupid trading my way... just USDJPY

why the hell you keep spamming every thread with some staff you copy out word by word from other websites or blogs? like this quoted, from here: url and some other places, google is your friend. if you have no original thoughts, better not add ...

Brand new to Forex... Any sound advice?

alternative idea: if any of your single trade makes you feel worried, fearful of loss, that you must have a SL...might as well mean you trade too big, and should consider smaller positions? if a single trade would mean very small loss to your ...

Do you use stoploss?

never mind about the news!! the news is randomness, and 50% is not high probability trade. would that be a second thought if it gaps against you and shoot up 50 pips? bet there would be some second thought, weeping in the drawdown!! you stopped ...

stupid trading my way... just USDJPY

update: the day went on quiet, even more so than i thought. right at the Yellen speech i tried some scalps, UsdNok, too much slippage i got, no idea how, GbpUsd x2, the second i really stucked in for like an hour to be able to bail with 1 pip, ...

My way to highway

let me help you out. abs. gain only consider the total deposits vs the total profit. example: total deposit 10k....equity 11k...profit =1k...abs. gain=10% the gain, on the other hand is a time weighted number. deposit#1 5k....equity ...

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