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joelcf replied Mar 3, 2010I'm still trying to figure out what swear word ends in s


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joelcf replied Mar 2, 2010To be honest, the message I take away from this story is to stay away from you, since you were clearly a badass as a kid and dont mind trying to blow up your friends

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joelcf replied Mar 2, 2010lol. 99% will start with more than $1000? I think you have an extra zero in there. Possibly two. And here I was thinking that taxes and living costs would slash your returns as a 'full time trader' far before structural issues became a problem. ...
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joelcf replied Mar 2, 20105% a week for someone who has been a 'fulltime trader for 5 years' (who, I assume, wouldnt start with any less than $10k) inches you into the Forbes 200, somewhere around 190ish. At least a couple hundred mil above Lucas, Spielberg, Armani, Ralph ...
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joelcf replied Mar 2, 2010I only used the EA briefly, but IIRC it was just 20. After all, despite the stupid name, a 'pip' is an actual unit of measurement... and adding fractional pips (ie, fifth decimal) doesnt change that. You can, and there are even a couple floating ...
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joelcf replied Mar 2, 2010You have it very wrong.
That's actually pretty cool, especially since you can customise the pairs you see. Better than most web based crap.My eyesight must be going, because I have never even noticed that tab.james16 Chart Thread
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joelcf replied Feb 28, 2010Before coming to that conclusion, there are a couple of questions I would want to look at... Accumulation of Euros? or distribution of AUD? Quite different things. Remember that we are trading two instruments at a time, so the classic acc/disct ...
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joelcf replied Feb 28, 2010As long as you have good people to give feedback and discuss trades, it helps more than anything else. By a long shot. Easily the best part of the PF, for me anyways.
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joelcf replied Feb 27, 2010Cause chartists never try to trade reversals
I love Jack's books (Schwager on Futures especially), but his bias is a bit silly, to be honest... especially for a guy who writes fundamental analysis books. .james16 Chart Thread
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joelcf replied Feb 26, 2010I know one thing - you are a hell of alot smarter than me! That sentence made my head hurt!
Time to go fix it with some beer. And remember, its Friday - so if it has a skirt or a stochastic, tread carefully
Have a good weekend all.james16 Chart Thread
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joelcf replied Feb 25, 2010*looks down at active users list and readies notepad and paper*
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joelcf replied Feb 25, 2010Anyone could trade this setup. Make mad pips with my new CurveFit
system... only 1999.95 a month! image james16 Chart Thread
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joelcf replied Feb 25, 2010A bit game-y, but not too strong. Super low fat (~2%) and high protein though. Also more expensive than steak. Better than crocodile, which tastes like weird chicken. Emu, despite being more like a chicken, tastes like ham. Someone offered me snake ...
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joelcf replied Feb 25, 2010Ah, sorry, misunderstood your question. My comprehension skills are a little lacking today! I dont think you will find a consistent approach. But if you had to pick, I would say shoot for 1700hrs GMT-5 (ie, NY). Most I have seen use NY 5pm. But that ...
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joelcf replied Feb 25, 2010Our beer is colder, women hotter and animals more dangerous. It isnt us that have things the wrong way around

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joelcf replied Feb 25, 2010You are fine - the time doesnt really matter that much, since its a fluid market. Especially if you are trading the dailies. It isnt like one exchange shuts down and the next one opens up. Taking it a step further, think about the standard day at ...
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joelcf replied Feb 25, 2010New York is GMT-5, so it will depend on your platform. London, obv, is just GMT. ... from googling, GFT seems to be French Guinea Time
(4pm NY = 9pm London/GMT = 8am Australian est) *edit* it is ridiculous that metatrader cant handle custom time ...james16 Chart Thread
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joelcf replied Feb 25, 2010I thought I was bad with 5 accounts. You could practically collapse the entire foreign exchange market with a bad long position

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joelcf replied Feb 25, 2010The original text is now in the public domain (it was written in 1923, after all) so shouldnt be a problem. url Livermore was a degen.
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joelcf replied Feb 25, 2010The actual figure was only slightly higher than projections (2m vs 3m), but refined products fell sharply (gasoline was about -900k, vs projections of +500k) which shows demand recovering, which no one really expected after the consumer numbers the ...
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