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shellsnail replied May 7, 2015Actually there're many opportunities these two days but my intraday trading is hectic enough. Took a AUD/JPY long trade that I am in on my Live acct has well. Fulfils all the rules. Don't trade live with this straight away, the high risk settings ...
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- shellsnail replied May 6, 2015
There're no laws against 'insider' trading in FX unless you work for a central bank I believe. And even then it's internal policy not state law.
Why The F@#k is this legal!?
- shellsnail replied May 6, 2015
Wonder if they cut a special deal with the LPs. Maybe they trade directly on the LP's server lol.
Why The F@#k is this legal!?
- shellsnail replied May 6, 2015
Too busy trading my live account to trade the demo... I'll update with charts later.. Many triggers today. GBP/CHF (short), GBP/CAD, and now EUR pairs (long) looking like triggering soon.
Testing High Leverage Compounding
- shellsnail commented May 6, 2015
Agreed. Paradoxical doesn't mean it's contradictory. It's just hard to wrap your head around it.
Central Bankers Reconsider Inflation Targets They Can’t Hit
- shellsnail replied May 6, 2015
Regarding Levels This system does not rely much on levels, except 050/000 for jumping stops. From my personal experience, using levels worsen edges because they add a layer of subjectivity and this layer tends to fall apart during critical moments. ...
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- shellsnail replied May 5, 2015
Today's pairs in focus: image Comments and suggestions very welcomed. I'm hoping to draw out some truly profitable traders here to talk about their methods with me and explore how to make things better and exploit retail FX's unique advantage of ...
Testing High Leverage Compounding
- shellsnail replied May 5, 2015
See url for my interpretation & test of this trading philosophy.
How to Compound with High Leverage with Minimal Risk
- shellsnail replied May 5, 2015
Cont. GBP/JPY Short First Scale in image Take Profit image
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- shellsnail commented May 5, 2015
This is funny and shows how paradoxical economics can be.
Central Bankers Reconsider Inflation Targets They Can’t Hit
- shellsnail replied May 5, 2015
Thank you! Currently I'm starting from 0.33% risk to scale into 1% max risk for a return of 4-5% on the trade. My max DD can go up to 10%. So in order to match your performance, I need to learn how to: 1) Accept the psychological burden from risking ...
How to Compound with High Leverage with Minimal Risk
- shellsnail replied May 5, 2015
How big are your average losses? What about largest loss and max DD? Say you enter a new position and it goes against you, when you do cut it and how much % loss do you suffer when you do that? Thanks.
How to Compound with High Leverage with Minimal Risk
- shellsnail replied May 5, 2015
Hey thanks for setting up this thread. I believe you are on the right track. The advantage retail have over institution is that we can employ high leverage but often it turns into the biggest disadvantage because most people do so haphazardly (i.e. ...
How to Compound with High Leverage with Minimal Risk
- shellsnail replied May 5, 2015
"Cut losers and let winners run" + "use proper MM" + "stick to your strategy" + "your psychology is important" are profitable in and of themselves. url url url The rest imo, is just building on this edge. Price trends, and if you can exploit ...
Here's the answer to "Can I make a living from forex"
- shellsnail replied May 5, 2015
Because equities are more volatile and hedge funds don't employ high leverage.
Why the stock market is the easiest market to trade
- shellsnail commented May 4, 2015
Recall when the US did QE, usd initially depreciated but then started to appreciate! I wonder if it'll be the same for the euro. Would be interesting to see euro at 1.3 at end of the year// recover all its losses and form a yearly pinbar.
EUR/USD Breaks From Its Triangle; Next Messy Price Action - Goldman Sachs
- shellsnail commented May 4, 2015
Why does it matter? Just prepare a plan for both cases.
FT: IMF threatens to cut off support to Greece
- shellsnail commented May 4, 2015
THIS. “The market is not a perfect random walk,” Malkiel said in a phone interview. “From time to time there is a bit of momentum in the stock market and when people use technical analysis usually what they’ve done is loaded up on this momentum ...
Your Trading Charts Work Better in Study When Markets Get Frothy
- shellsnail replied May 4, 2015
What was the 9th input? Adding it over the 8 input model not only improved the returns significantly but also reduced the drawdown by a huge amount.
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