If you eliminate all those from the list.. then what's the point of being successful? I've had trading periods where I felt pressure from personal life and one time it affected me badly, but in another it gave me more focus.

Make More Money - Eliminate DRAMA

I don't think there will be any serious consequences from this. The stocks might wobble for a bit, but not too much.

Deutsche Bank: $6 Billion Sent in Error

Couldn't agree more. Selling a profitable system is just nonsensical. If you really want to help others then do it for free.

Trading systems - Never pay for one!

Does anyone have a credible source with paid and free platforms compared in terms of users, fees, performance? Or even with some data on platforms?

MetaTrader Holds Rank as #1 Platform

For any broker that doesn't offer zero balance protection stop losses are absolutely necessary.

Do you use stoploss?

This is the better way to trade in my opinion instead of staring at the screen and making judgement calls all the time. My forex trading is similar with preset conditions and trades that execute automatically, leaving me more time to continue with ...

How often do u trade?

I wouldn't mix the two. Trading is a skill set like any other required for a job. It's even more complex than most jobs and requires attention, especially if you day trade. If you're using longer trades, then you could combine the two.

Work Vs Trade

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5% per day

I imagine this is true, but where are the numbers, the sources of this information?

MetaTrader Holds Rank as #1 Platform

Most if not all. Cyprus gets chosen as they have lax laws and low tax rates, but are at the same time an EU country. So if you get a license from there, you effectively can operate in the rest of Europe.

Cyprus-regulated brokers - regulation

I don't have much experience with cTrader, but from what I'm seeing so far it's better than MT4, as the broker can't change things around so much. I've seen less slippage in the last couple of months since I started using it.

Brokers and slippages

10-30% depending on the market conditions, but this is just the target. Results haven't been so great in the last couple.

So what is your Return on Equity monthly or annual targets?

Looking to buy here, things are getting pretty heavy on the stocks markets and money will be coming into gold.

Only Gold!

Looks interesting, let us know when you have the demo up and running. Good luck!

Trading platform by traders for traders

There's an additional thing that has to be kept in mind when statistics is applied to markets. As mentioned above the markets are emotional in nature, even with the advent of algorithms. Social statistics and combining them with a trading style that ...

What works, and what doesn't

Hello, Just to get back to the original question - it's hard to say if increasing the win ratio is the better option. Really depends on the type of strategy, but generally it's the way to go. And agree w/ Atokys - testing should be the priority at ...

Honing a strategy

If there was a like button, I'd click it here. Extensive information and a balanced view. Especially about the "release valve". No martingale-esque system can work without it. Many other systems also need one.

No Loss Martingale Strategy

IMHO stocks provide more movement, but with more risk. Forex is maybe easier to predict in terms of trends, but there are sharp moves in the opposite direction that take out traders with smaller accounts. Stock futures are one option I'm personally ...

I have decided that forex is a losing game - moving to stocks

The above comments have covered most of the retail solutions that banks offer for forex. But from what I know they aren't really interested in offering services to smaller clients as it comes with some heavy regulation which lowers their margins ...

Are Banks offering Online Retail Fx trading worth considering