Shrug. Why not do both? I mean really... trade a small live account and test out new ideas across lots of demo accounts? The more experience you get, the better you'll be. Yea you can't get the full impact of a live account trading demo, that's for ...

bad luck or manipulation ?

You can avoid the trade, for sure, or you can fade the extremes in the direction of the overall trend. A lot will depend on your time frame, since there's a clearly defined S&R to trade off, you could always just trade a lower TF. What you're seeing ...

Why is the market behaving like this?

I used them as an example. They are an indicator, but you can also trade those contracts directly, thru either an index fund or thru, for instance, the S&P contract. They don't directly apply to forex, altho there is some strong correlation there ...

Some questions from a real newbie

Hehe... we had a thread on all this earlier. Linky: url

DIBS Method EA

For me it's interesting because it's useless. I've got my trade windows open, but w/ the market is rather quiet today because of the holiday... not expecting much movement. So hours of boredom... need hours of useless threads. hehe... How would you ...

We're all saying the same thing

It's already on here... as said, use the search function.

Hull Moving average

Hrm, I don't see it. Yea, but you really weren't... hehe. DT brought up "how do you think laws in science start off?" then you brought up theories, etc, etc, so... it's easy to see how ppl would think you're talking about that, right? =) Whoa... ...

We're all saying the same thing

Of the discussion as a whole? Probably. But you should clarify the difference between unfounded and founded assumptions. A founded assumption is a postulate based on evidence or prior theory. An unfounded assumption is something you just make up. ...

We're all saying the same thing

You do realize that's absolutely untrue, right? Scientific method clearly distinguishes the difference between an idea, a hypothesis, a theory, and a law. At no point is any of it based on assumption. You start with understood theories (based on ...

We're all saying the same thing

Nod, the current sideways motion is heading towards the 50% retrace of the bigger wave in the cable and the euro, both I noticed earlier. Happens a lot.

Entering on Fibonacci retracements.

Oh yea, I have that book, 9th ed. It's good for a base, 800 pages tho... biiiiig. You ever get thru it all the way?

Recommended Technical Analysis book

Expert advisor. It's a program that runs in metatrader that trades for you... or at least attempts to.

Rookie Lessons Learned

Because you're trading like everyone else, which causes exactly that... Because mental trading doesn't move the markets, lol. Stop following the markets, or trying to buy when the market is going up or trying to sell when the market is going down. ...

bad luck or manipulation ?

I'm currently reading "Mind over Markets" ... Good book, not for the faint of heart tho. I've read a ton of books, some are useful, most are a complete waste of time. Schlossberg's stuff is largely a waste of time (I've backtested the strategies in ...

Recommended Technical Analysis book

Laff, nobody manipulates the feeds against a single trader. What would be the point in that? You just behaved like the crowd. Everyone sold, price dropped, brought in a lot of buyers, price went up and everyone bought... nobody left to keep buying, ...

bad luck or manipulation ?

Just make sure you have good lawn management, in case it doesn't rise... you wouldn't want to blow your entire tank of gasoline on a single bad trade.

We're all saying the same thing

If your broker refuses to pay a legit claim there's only one course of action... sue them for it. If they're not in the same country as you, well... good luck there, it's all part of the risk. Anyway, you certainly SHOULD NOT be talking on a forum ...

Broker refuses to pay me!

I have a purely mechanical MA cross-over method that has backtested successfully for a 50 year time span, and forward tested perfectly since I started using it. Paradoxically it's not a "super brain" that makes it work, but that it's insanely simple ...

We're all saying the same thing

Applies to everything. The only question is how quickly you can recognize the change. S&R w/ candle patterns or whatever will still only occur after the mood change has happened in the market, but you'll recognize that sentiment change a lot quicker ...

Some questions from a real newbie

Sure, but I doubt anyone will just give you all of the pieces to the puzzle, even for a price. There are a lot of elements spread around this forum, just takes a lot of time. You sound like a short term trader. Look into market profile, the CBOT ...

I dont understand market reactions past few months