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mbqb11 replied Nov 16, 2015that's great Bill, and great you will test it all out to see I think it's great when we can expose ourselves to so many markets, then we can just be picky and wait for whatever lines up
Make sure to get out for a beer or two 
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mbqb11 replied Nov 16, 2015sure Pip, I haven't done much trading this month it's been very choppy and not a whole lot has caught my attention. Patience isn't always easy but it's a necessity. here was a breakeven trade I took on a "wick" play. Missed my take profit by the ...
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mbqb11 replied Nov 16, 2015Hey Bill Welcome to the forum sounds like you have a lot of experience under you belt and nothing replaces that Currencies do not have to be a short term thing, in fact I think that's one of the bigger misconception and thus people think of FX as ...
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mbqb11 replied Nov 16, 2015This is a great question B and I think important to understand no matter the type of trader you are Personally I like to think of things as tools to trade certain situations. Certain tools are ONLY going to be profitable in certain situations as ...
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mbqb11 replied Nov 16, 2015I will jump in here tonight, promise
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mbqb11 replied Nov 13, 2015Hey PA Yep we are still running our website is getting an overhaul Feel free to drop me a line at [email protected] Best Mike
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mbqb11 replied Nov 8, 2015Keep it up GB, i'm going to be getting back here real soon Wanted to jump in and say you have given yourself a great chance. Those that are open and honest to themselves about what they need to work on always do the best. That's because trading ...
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mbqb11 replied Oct 30, 2015Hey Zackery Thanks for your nice comments appreciate that How long I hold trades is entirely dependent on the situation. I can be in and out of trades quick or hold for weeks/months at a time. I held a weekly trade for almost a year once I generally ...
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mbqb11 replied Oct 28, 2015Hey Kat Be careful here that's not a pinbar. A pinbar must close within the previous bar. That's a bar that will likely move on down with that weak close Best Mike
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mbqb11 replied Oct 28, 2015Hey Andy The on thing to understand here really is the environment. I often tell traders it's not really about right or wrong all the time. Sometimes it comes down to what you are comfortable with too after testing for awhile. So when I see this ...
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mbqb11 replied Oct 28, 2015Hey V I don't see any pinbar on the current contract, not am market i've traded though can get pretty wild Best Mike
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mbqb11 replied Oct 27, 2015the biggest mistake I see new PA traders make are inferring too much from just a little bit of information Some pitfalls to watch out for. Don't just scan your charts for PA. You'll see a pin, outside bar and convince yourself to jump in. Remember ...
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mbqb11 replied Oct 27, 2015Hey K I think you are getting to fixated on the bar and not the story. Bars should be the piece of information that supports the story and confluence. We can see a very huge bearish bar closing outside the larger consolidation. That pinbar is SUPER ...
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mbqb11 replied Oct 25, 2015awesome entry and trade. That was clearly well thought out, nice job!
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mbqb11 replied Oct 22, 2015For any PF members The site is currently down rackspace servers are down so waiting to get more information. Hopefully it's only a short time they are usually great Thanks guys! Mike
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mbqb11 replied Oct 21, 2015yep that is a solid book for sure. I don't recommend many books out there. But that one is the first one i'll tell people to get and frankly in terms of PA the only one i've ever found worth its weight

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mbqb11 replied Oct 21, 2015Hey C Every bar usually has a best way to be traded. That is we should trade it on a break, retrace, close depending on the situation. The easiest way to decide for me is to decide what entry has me trading closest to the confluence of the trade ...
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mbqb11 replied Oct 20, 2015Hey A Yep I mean at the end of the day price is price. Often it's just ones visual interpretation and COMFORT level that is what's key. So we didn't invent s/r, or a price flip, but it's our way of interpreting this information and then blending it ...
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