Some brokers have software or scripts that overcome the limitations of FIFO, but if you are American, I'm not so sure. The only real solution for Americans is to set up an offshore company/business structure so that you can open broker accounts in ...

Building an equity millipede

Just on 4 weeks since my restart (actually not a restart, but start of new strategy). I decided to change my Trade Explorer to a custom start from when I started trading this strategy. 32.8% increase on balance from 71 trades in just on 4 weeks (94% ...

$2,000 to $2,000,000... no time limit

You didn't say you weren't trading Forex

Axitrader feedback, anyone?

I get zero slippage on the Pro account, New York based server. Call Axi and ask if you can move your account.

Axitrader feedback, anyone?

Its a bird?

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In my opinion it would be better to keep the job and put the savings into the trading account. Savings to live on for 2 years is a lot of money, probably at least $35,000 if living in the Western world. If you can make 5% a month you would be ...

All Indicators Trading system

One of the problems with giving up work is that we have too much time on our hands and we tend to overtrade, especially when we are bored... so just be careful. Maybe have swome way of monitoring yourself.

All Indicators Trading system

Time doing this is irrelevent, I've been trading 9 years, with several breaks along the way because of big losses. Some traders get control of their emotions in 6 months, others may take 6 years. No trader gets the consistentcy of steady winning ...

All Indicators Trading system

3.5% risk is quite high in my opinion. By reducing that risk to say 0.4% the losing trades won't hurt as much. Losing 3.5% on a single trade 3 or 4 trades in a row will usually lead to revenge trading. I've modified my strategy conciderably and so ...

All Indicators Trading system

The reason its stressful is that you are overleveraged in your trades. Divide your risk by a multiple of 10 and you can go to bed safely. Instead of putting 4 lots ($40) in a trade, make it 0.4 ($4) or better yet, 0.04 (40 cents) per position.

All Indicators Trading system

Set up a separate "Profile" for each timeframe.

Is this even possible in MQ4? (Capslock Toggle)

Did you try opening multiple charts? You can have a dozen or so open charts on one window, multiple monitors with your trading station maximized over all monitors is another way to do it.

Easy way to toggle between different pairs?

Number of open positions is one thing, but exposure (number of lots) is more important. While my lot size is just 0.06 yours is at least 10 times larger per position, so while my maximum exposure is less than 1 whole Lot over all open positions, ...

$2,000 to $2,000,000... no time limit

Looks like I'm on the comeback trail... 14 months since I started this account and getting back towards break even. That might sound bad, but there's not many live accounts on FF that are 14 months old I'm sure.

$2,000 to $2,000,000... no time limit