so are we all? -) — I think we all are my friend. And what is that barrage of lines on the chart? Beautiful, like a painting, but what use do they do but clutter your chart andf give you analysis paralysis? Im open to new things...... And ...

EURUSD

Gap, I hope found a way to make this VSA profitable because I wasted hours and hours taking free webinar one after another for 9 months as they used to give them 2-3 yrs ago to get you to buy their software and it was always too pricey for me. And ...

EURUSD

got it! — I agree with that. We just had a communication problem. Thank you! Also someone said something I always think of as I think its what most traders ignore in lieu of all the 100's of wise trading sayings we stuff in our head, and that ...

EURUSD

Hello to Julexo — Hello, I have been on FF for 3 years and you post some of the clearest charts. Bravo. Can I ask where you get your zones from. The colored strips going across your chart. And I heard someone say you use Fibonacci. So do I. ...

PA by Julexo

never move stop loss? — I never in 15 yrs of trading ever heard of that. Im not sure what system you use. It might be interesting. Anyone who has any experience though, will tell you, you dont move your tgt. , you move your sop loss up(if you ...

EURUSD

Black Swan Event Looming? — If you look at the eur/usd on a 1 HR CHART doesnt something look very wrong in the patterns weve seen last 2 days or so? Base, fakeout,back to base,base again, still in base. Im hoping for a break either way guys ...

EURUSD

sideways action???? — Oh, on anorther subject, whenever I see higher highs2x and also see lower lows in the same amount of bars, it usually means there will be nothing but aimless trading and stop outs in store for the longs and the shorts. In ...

EURUSD

SHARPEE, You actually are very sharp. But may I say, in my 15 yrs following mArkets and being in prop and trading rooms, not only did I never see anyone make money with slanted trend lines, but a very respected author and interviewer of great ...

EURUSD

directionless with no energy! — I agree with you there. You'd think after 2 days off the mkt would explode either back and forth or one long run all morning, but this is worse than an old man urinating with a prostate problem. Imagine how dead ...

EURUSD

3% a month isnt bad,but.......... — J4, #1-No disrespect but obviously you never read Market Wizards,the biographies of the 10 or 15 best traders in the world. Some of them turned 10-25,00 into millions. You cant do that at 3% a month. That ...

Silent Service Method

Vix? Options? — Hey Clock, Would you recommend slightly out of the money options and if so, how far out? In fact, If you wanted to specialize in buying options, I'd assume volatile equities would be the way to go, but could you delineate a ...

Silent Service Method

Only 3% a month from this? I say that's low. lol — You say back here in 2009 that 3% is all one can expect to make in Forex consistantly. I wonder then if Forex futures would have a higher or lower return then? Hmmmm. I also think that very ...

Silent Service Method

I dont pay much attention to those numbers cause everyone else is! — Niji, With all due repect to Lucia, this is becoming too complicated already and has ntoing to do with the system. if your more comfy and the "get in" bar closed at .00, sure ...

The7 Trading System

No different time of day... — We should all use eastern standard time since that is NY time and if we dont we will all be trading different systems. Or use whatever time the 7 uses to start his day. to me using daily bars as this was intended, ...

The7 Trading System

Why cant the pro's selling books give us a winning system? — Let me add to my last comment 3 posts ago......do you all notice that all the traders in Market Wizards are not selling services in chat rooms or hawking newsletters or software? ...

"Anti" pattern

Why do we all tighten our stop as profits go up? — I disagree. Many people have traded live and posted here. One girl had a thread here for 2-3 yrs,remember her. Anyway I have a question that could help people in developing a system, cause its ...

How do you develop a system?

The best answer................ — You guys are all focusing on results and discipline which is fine but to me, the trader I want to be is one who if he went broke, would still love the" art of trading,". In other words, hes like a baseball ...

Define a successful trader in 1 sentence

5%??? — Cindy, Long run, no one in the world will end up making 5% in Forex. Think about why. Besides, you are splitting hairs here. No one gets into Forex to make 5%. That is the same as breaking even. But, ok Cindy I will play with you and ...

Define a successful trader in 1 sentence

successful trader: — shane, How about: A successful trader is someone that both has an exact trading plan, sticks to it, "and" it works month in and month out, and eventually year in and year out!

Define a successful trader in 1 sentence

where did everyone go? — This pattern went down hill so fast that no one has posted on it since 2010? What I was wondering is...at $350 a month for her room, is she making more money as a trader or as a marketer and writer? If you asked me ...

"Anti" pattern