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- acumen replied Aug 23, 2008
You will lose - Just a matter of time. — If you use more than 5% risk on each trade your changes of beating the currency markets stand at 30%. So - If you continue over leveraging yourself - you will lose. Not if but when. Let us know when you ...
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- acumen replied Aug 23, 2008
Until you can make money demo trading... — If you can't win demo trading... how can you expect to win with real capital? It's a great tool and I encourage all new traders to utilize it. How many mini-accounts would you need to blow up before ...
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
My point was... — This pair should have sold off much harder today. I'm a dollar bull... you know that...I just want to make sure I'm on him during the right 8 seconds.
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Some very good advice indeed... — The DEMO account is so important. It gives you confidence. If you can't win in a DEMO account you can't win with real capital. Lot's of good stuff there.
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Caution Seesaw... — Oil is tanking (he he - I made a funny) and this pair remains somewhat afloat. Why?
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Yeah... — If I can win then most should be able to.
The question is always - how badly do you want it. I'm too stupid to quit.EURUSD
- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Thanks Bruce... — I read a great deal of your articles. I like the Evan guy although I don't agree with him often he's an interesting read. Mike
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Yeah... this has me concerned. Why are we decoupling now? It's very strange.
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Thanks Warren but... — If we both beat the market then neither of us lose. The market is our competition. There's no Grey area in our playground. You win or you lose. If you win by 1% a month - you're winning and that's all that counts. You're ...
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Sorry - I was going to reply to this. — I tried a competition last year. The one with Rob Booker. I was doing very well then I noticed my live account was up 1% in two weeks. I can't multi-task very well and I find trading my live account ...
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Thanks... — I hope so. Time will tell. It's hard though because I'm and ADD kid. (Medicated and everything)
Patience is so important. Waiting for the market to come to you. The pivots and psych levels really do make it a lot easier. Thanks ...EURUSD
- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Thanks... — But I'm more curious on how long it took prior to stringing together your first 3 winning months. In a row of course. It took me about a year to string three winning months together but I also jumped every time I found a new ...
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
This brings up an intresting point... — I wonder what the magic number is in terms of months. How many months of winning until a consistent pattern emerges? My wife's a Six Sigma expert for a large bank and she did the math for me one day but ...
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Congrats... — The book is a life saver - I promise. Football is huge in the Southeast. Like a religion. I'm from PA originally so I'm more of a pro watcher and unfortunately I'm a long time Eagles fan. I do enjoy watching college ball. Again - ...
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Then I stand corrected. — If you've been successful for 18 months then I wouldn't change a thing. Mike
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- acumen replied Aug 22, 2008
Yeah... — This thing will be at 100 soon. (Like a couple months soon - not 10 minutes or 2 years)
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