I could be.. — I could be missing something too, but I think what you are missing is the cost of making money. Sure, you can learn to trade here, or hone your skills. But what happens when you want to actually make some money doing this? You ...

Interesting - 0 pip spread, Commisions returned on losing trades?

Higher Probabilities.. — It's both. There are certain probabilities that your predictions will pan out or not. I've responded to quite a few posts here regarding prediction, and whether its part of a good trading strategy or not. Sometimes ...

Strategies that don't predict future price

A strategy.. — Sorry for my ignorance, but I'm a little clueless as to how a strategy can be built without factoring in the prediction of price movement. I'm interested in seeing the ideas that might flow in though.. Cheers!

Strategies that don't predict future price

4 Pips — Trading 10c per lot with a 40c commission works out to be 4 pips. The minimum I'll trade is $10- $20 per pip.. That works out to $40 (1 lot)- $80 (2 lot) per trade, granted that it's 4 pips in and out. Would you pay 80 dollars for a ...

Interesting - 0 pip spread, Commisions returned on losing trades?

Good insight — MAC and OldQuant are giving you some good insight here. I was already gone by "4 pip commission"! :|

Interesting - 0 pip spread, Commisions returned on losing trades?

Predicting — I understand why you are where you are, in terms of what you are saying. I have been careful in the past not to mention the P word in conversation, for being looked at as some sort of kooky market psychic. There are only two ...

is it possible to predict breakouts?

ATR — The Euro for example.. on a daily Eur/Usd chart, plot an ATR with the setting of 1 on it, it will then give you the current days range. Plot the ATR to 2 and it will give you the range for two days etc. A range of 100 pips will read on ...

How do I determine what size range bar is comparable to a daily bar?

? — What chart (eur, cad, es) and ATR settings (period) are you using?

How do I determine what size range bar is comparable to a daily bar?

ATR — The daily bars will range from 50 ticks to 200+ ticks (or pips) per day. So it's going to be hard to find a comparable range bar that will be constant. You could try using the ATR to find the average range over x amount of time, then ...

How do I determine what size range bar is comparable to a daily bar?

You are always predicting. There is no difference. If it makes you feel more at ease psychologically, no worries. Just think about it.

is it possible to predict breakouts?

You're Kidding..? — I've been sitting here trying to get a good post in for a bout 10 minutes. But I simply can't get it together because I can't understand how this is actually a serious question. With the amount of media out there on all of ...

Are Traders bad people?

Trend Lines — This is how these lines worked out about 10 hours later..

The Art to Draw Correct Trendlines

Zoom Out — Here is a larger TF, and with just the levels that I look at, minus the diagonal trend lines. Keep in mind that for each trend line, there has to be a PT in sight. A line is only as good as how much profit it 'promises'. A line on ...

The Art to Draw Correct Trendlines

Trend Lines.. — Sure, Good idea. This is the 6E, as I noticed you use the Eur/Usd. I don't even use diagonal trend lines, but have put up two that I would see to give some insight into the areas to look for breaks at. I also use a different ...

The Art to Draw Correct Trendlines

Hey.. — Hi, I have seen this thread before, and just couldn't help but ask a question or two, as well as give a pointer or so.. I notice that you are drawing these trend lines and posting them with regularity. It looks great, however, as ...

The Art to Draw Correct Trendlines

Markets and Planets.. — This guy used to use the planets to trade.. I think he was on cnbc as well, guy named, Martin Frankel..

Planetary Cycles Trading (EUR/USD)

Nicely put.. — Nicely put, learning to manage is key.

That feeling you get...

Very cool Crucial.. I find this sort of thing extremely interesting, these vids explain multi dimensions very well, though I'm sure it will take a couple days for me to fully wrap my mind around it. Thanks A lot!

The Logic Behind the Pitchfork

Light Bulbs.. — I too can relate, and have gone through the ups and downs of the confidence cycle many times before, as Cindy put it, that "oh so close" feeling just faded into the background and was replaced with an awkward confidence that ...

That feeling you get...

Ok.. — Fair enough, to each his own. Seven years of trading experience is pretty good, unfortunate though that you are still with a broker that does this kind of bucketshop bs..

Warning broker cheats and plays games during big news!