Yes, there is a lot of theory and very little science in the forum. Almost nobody speaks about research, but there are years of tick, news and other data on the net for free. But very few people cares. Only theory, theory, theory, no research. Maybe ...

(binned per thread starter’s request) What have you learnt since

I think I have to defend some teachers. There is the type, which teaches the basic things, not superwinermakerichnow strategies. They teach the beginners how sl/tp/commission works, what kind of indicators most of the traders use, what to keep in ...

"good traders trade, bad traders teach"

Can be good. I saw the account types. At Premium they write: Spread from 1, But pip or point. If pip it is too much, if point very very good, if there is no commission.

Mathematical reasons why MOST DayTraders & scalpers fail?

then you have commission, you can convert them from one to another

Mathematical reasons why MOST DayTraders & scalpers fail?

Market is very complex, and a lot of input can't be known to the traders. But I think there are patterns, but these patterns aren't trivial. I want to find some pattern which are persistent enough. do interesting things doing interesting things and ...

Beliefs about the market

Thank you I wasn't sure about the behaviour, but now it is clear.

AmazingEA: Automated Straddle Trading Expert Advisor

You should try some backtest on a longer period, maybe a year. You should implement some volatility trigger, on low volatility this system will be very bad. But there is some potential in it. Checking the spread, or spread/SL ratio could help as ...

(binned per thread starter’s request) Experiece with this Stop Or

Hello Alan, the ea seems very promising, but there are some unclear behaviours: For example I do a BUY trade, so the Ask price is above the trigger, TrailImmediate = true, so begins to trail immediatelly, ok. and I have a spread of 30 and trailing ...

AmazingEA: Automated Straddle Trading Expert Advisor

I understand your view, but there are other views. I wouldn't share my history. Why would I do it. Only to prove my right on FF I am not a millionaire, but I wouldn't meddle with myfxbook or other sites only to show proof to some avatar on ...

List of top traders at Forex Factory that you know

"Why do most traders think that they will become profitable?" If you consider this question from a statistical view you have to see that this sample (the people on forum) is very biased. If somebody realize that he can't be profitable will give up ...

Why do most traders think that they will become profitable?

I agree with the first part. But I don't think the 2% risk horseshit. It really depends on the strategy. I think there is a lot of interesting idea on FF, and some of them may even work, but some scepticism doesnt hurt.

(binned per thread starter’s request) What have you learnt since

You don't need research team, you need research. And the guys in a research team aren't certainly smarter than you. I do it as learning curve. Data base building, researching behaviour, big data analisis, building ea. Yes, you have to do a lot of ...

Pairs for trade the news

At news trading you want the most liquid pairs. You have to face high spread, slippage, high volatility . . . And you are competing against EA's, algos, co-located services, what a retail broker doesn't provide. So find the most liquid pair wich is ...

Pairs for trade the news

Yes, I think news trading works, but not the way most people thinks. If you are at a retail broker and you wait for the news itself you can be late most of the time. If you open two positions in opposite directions the extreme spread can kill both. ...

Most suitable broker for news trading

Ok, so we hedge EURUSD with USDJPY, and try to exploit the imbalance. Why not to buy or sell EURJPY before usd news towards the strongest currency?

Red News Hedge Trading + EA

It doesn!t work. Is there anybody who use it, or there is some problem because of an update?

Looking for a custom horizontal line indicator

Hi Hanover, I am new in forex, but have some experience with programming. I am not a programmer, it was/is my hobby. 3 years php/javascript, half year Csharp. As mql4 is going to be the past, what do yourecommend, mql5 or Csharp with ctrader?

Hanover replies to PMs

The stenght indicator is super. I was thinking if anybody know a correlation matrix indicator, which isn't based on pair/pair correlation, but currency strenght correlation instead. With that we would need a smaller table to evaluate the correlation ...

Recent Strength indicator

The lesson of the day: Know when not to trade!!!!!!! and most important: Don't trade then. Today I saw, that the market isn't the best for my strategy, but I forced trade. Big mistake.

Why 95% Of All Traders Fail