Anyone who trades through NFP (Non-Farm Payroll to the new folks in here) should be lead outside and shot. Thats gambling, not trading. Its the single biggest influencer of the FX markets on the calendar. To fully illustrate my point, here is my ...

Huge slippage 30 pips (Pepperstone)

Its going to snow... We have a chap on our team who trades the fundamentals. Boy, does he know his stuff. And I say this slightly tongue in cheek because half the time I'm not even sure what he's saying. To his credit though, he ends up at the ...

Is Forex reliable?

Hi MapleLeaf, How can we tell if someone is a 'paid' poster? I thought anyone with commercial content was restricted?

Is Forex reliable?

Forex is a fickle, edgy, volatile little cow. I happen to agree. My opinion is my own, as is yours my friend. As is my trading strategy, as is my attitude. I note that both you and your friend MapleLeaf have yet to post something which might even be ...

Is Forex reliable?

"...and take up stamp collecting and push your head in a bears bum..." Always a delight to see my friend Mingary adding his little ray of sunshine here on a forum designed to discuss all things forex. If you are ever fortunate enough to stumble upon ...

Is Forex reliable?

I've seen uglier charts...not paid much attention to TRY but its quite smooth on a 10R setting.

USD/TRY

Morning all: 16 May 2014 Table: Ranges look significantly improved across all pairs. Good news!

Average Daily Range Table (ADR)

EURUSD currently has a 63 pip 5 day range, yesterdays range was 82 so it seems to be improving. Aplogies if my reply was too generic.

Which Currency Is Best for Trading - Suggestions?

Forex accounts for approx $5,800,000,000,000 A DAY in trades. I'd say your odds of making something if you're sensible are pretty good.

Is Forex reliable?

Hi Amol and welcome to the forums. Your question is a common one: your choice of currency pair will be lead by several factors, but most likely the 'cost' of taking the trade which is defined as the 'spread' or the differnece between the buy and ...

Which Currency Is Best for Trading - Suggestions?

If you can give me a symbol? Its not one I have used and there will be several contracts?

Average Daily Range Table (ADR)

Hi wiseambition, No problem at all. I was putting several non-fx instruments up for a while but they didnt get much interest. If you can give me the symbol you want to look at I'll pop it up. Personally I trade NQ, ES and YM at the moment and only ...

Average Daily Range Table (ADR)

The DA actually called me on my cell phone the day before to remind me to bring my ID and passport and they had a massive presence on the day. I heard someone say they had 30,000 people for the day but I can't find that officially. Here's a snap I ...

Multiple Time Frame Stochastic trading using 1min charts

Todays Table 07 May 2014. Ignore the first column (its been added to assist us with a 'call to action') Column 1 (Amber) - Yesterdays range Column 2 (Red) - 5 Day ADR Column 3 (Blue) - 10 Day ADR

Average Daily Range Table (ADR)

A compliment on FF!!?!? I HAVE PEAKED!!! Ha ha, thanks Rick. We are enjoying the system we use. I am always happy to share what we are doing, and will try to post some more grabs. For those who feel I have hijacked, I apologise, you absolutely can ...

Can you actually live off Forex trading?

Ha ha ha...the cheek! I got the mark on my thumb last wednesday here in London...about 10,000 of us lot showed up in Trafalgar square...

Multiple Time Frame Stochastic trading using 1min charts

As an aside, I won't mention names: I also speak regularly with the head of FX for one of London's largest banks, and by largest I mean a household name and on their retail FX side, they quite often have enough positions available on their own books ...

95% traders go broke, only 5% survive

Todays table...best summarised with the following Acronym...'LOL'

Average Daily Range Table (ADR)

With YM doing 50% more on its ADR than the biggest FX pair at the mo...sigh...

Geppy's Geppy Thread (GBP/JPY)

Ha ha ha...yes but in this case I'm pretty sure he wasn't pitching for my account! I guess it does sort of make sense though? There must be thousands of people who doodle online, see a link, click it, pop in $50 and click 'buy'. I still havent seen ...

95% traders go broke, only 5% survive