Yes, but don't forget the U.S. dollar was backed by gold (or silver) until 1971, that is why doomsday hadn't happen when situations were worse than today. Now that we are completely fiat, that changes the game. Silver has always been the poor mans ...

What's with the US dollar?!

Okay, just replace gold with silver from my previous post, my bad. I had gold on my mind when I replied. Silver still has a ways to go before it reaches it nominal high of $50, I'm not sure what the inflation adjusted price would be. Usually when ...

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

That's the beauty of a Gold standard, government wouldn't be able to afford wars in the first place. The only way to raise the money would be to tax the heck out of the citizens and take their Gold, that's how revolts start.

What's with the US dollar?!

Gold naysayers can say whatever they want, but they can't make up their facts. Fact, every fiat dollar that has ever existed has gone to ZERO. Fact, Gold has always been worth something and never gone to zero. 6000 years of recorded history. People ...

What's with the US dollar?!

Depends how much liquidity there is at the time you try and move the market. I think it (if memory serves from a previous post on FF) it is about 40-70 million per pip. 80% sure that is what I recall reading.

moving the market about 1 pip

Speaking of selfish men taking advantage. Great documentary "Inside Job" regarding the Crisis of 2008. url

What's with the US dollar?!

Here is documentary "Inside Job" regarding the engineering of the collapse. Whether you believe it or not, still a good movie. url

Forex market volume jumps 7000% in 1998

Get like 100 credit cards and then max them all out with cash advances. Get around 50-100K in the bank and trade away my friend. If that is to risky (or just plain insane), then you can work and save for your 'grubstake' and use that, maybe get a ...

Ways to earn with Forex without capital?

Hmm.. the asset backing is everything actually. If not backed, then it is fiat. We are witnessing in our lifetime what eventually happens to societies with fiat currency. People losing everything.

What's with the US dollar?!

Watch "Inside Job" - The Wall Street Horror Movie, For Free url

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If you don't want to get dirty, filthy rich, why bother? In the end it is more work and more stress then going into a 9-5 job everyday. Unless you are making millions, then it's worth the hard work and stress.

I don't want to get rich

Here is an interesting article with Greenspan. Originally a gold guy, turned fiat banker, now back to Gold. Sounds kind of like Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker, turns to the dark side, then back to light side. haha! url

What's with the US dollar?!

This older chart may make a case for your bubble theory. Do you have the resources to make a similar chart? If anyone knows to how to get the historical data and make a chart like this, please let me know. I'm actually curious to see how the ...

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

Here is an overlay comparing the current bull market to the old bull market in Gold. Chart was last updated in 2007, but gold price reflects 2006. This chart makes the case for Gold to look pretty top heavy or in bubble, if history repeats we maybe ...

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

Older article from 2008, but interesting... Currently (close of Friday Apr. 01 2011) the Dow to Gold ratio is at about: 8.6 url

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

I'm a Gold bull, but my take is that the Gold market is going to setup a bear trap here soon. Bears will short and we'll see a fairly good sized correction, then BOOM! To the Moon! Gold $2400 minimum if not $6000.

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

No, because the PUBLIC is still unaware about Gold. The peak you're seeing in Gold is probably going to be "The First Sell Off" area on the second chart. So that puts us in the Awareness Phase with the Institutional Investors. We won't have a Mania ...

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

The eventual one world currency will have to be backed by something in the initial introduction (if not gold, then some other real hard asset). Like the start of any new currency, it is usually initially backed by gold and then goes to fractional ...

What's with the US dollar?!

I'll take the other side of that trade. Oh, wait! I'm already on the other side of that trade.

What's with the US dollar?!