Who knew this was a political thread?! I'll give it a shot. I think it's a bit simplistic to paint all liberals with the same brush or to suggest that "conservatives" give you the opposite. Reagan, the pillar of the modern right ran deficits every ...

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NinjaTrader — Ryan, I currently have a standard acct (using the MBT Navigator) and a MT4 acct that I just opened. I use NinjaTrader for back testing and may one day want to use it for live trading. If I switch to the MT4 account only (and get ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

EURGBP — Anyone else keeping an eye on the EURGBP hanging out right around the .90 level? BTW Stefx - INT was a good call on your part - never listen to a guy with a pre-existing position... It's now almost hitting my stop loss (which ...

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My Opinion — If I might offer my (unsolicited) opinion... Today's market action was universally bearish for stocks and created a pseudo pinbar on the market as a whole (Up over 100 early in the day only to close down about 100). So generally ...

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Not going to recommend one way or the other, but I will say that I use MB Trading for both Stocks & Forex. They have just come out with a true ECN environment using MT4 and it works like a charm. They offer micro-lots, mini-lots, and full lots. It's ...

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I know someone who did that...Not too long ago if I recall correctly! In any case, on MCO it would seem that recent price action has invalidated that pin. I didn't take that trade but was certainly thinking about it!

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Here is one for determining who's earnings are coming up this week: url However for a given company, it will often appear on upcoming announcements which is also available on Yahoo finance. So for MO, it's here: url Hope that helps.

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One word of caution on this one - they do release earnings 10/29, so this is always something to be mindful of w/ Stocks. I would argue it's a bit like taking a currency position ahead of NFP.... MO's earnings are 10/21, not sure if before/after the ...

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MCO? — I've been watching this one - a Pin-bar formed on today's daily around an interesting level...Trend is lower, might be hard to borrow as 10% is already sold short, but that's the way i'd be leaning. image

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And... you would be right! Both are working against me, but haven't hit my stop, so i'll let 'em ride for the time being although given the price action over the last several hours, I'm losing confidence in the trades rapidly. But if this is truly a ...

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Two Weekly Trades I took: — Here are two weekly trades I took: USD/CAD - Long: image I would have liked to see the weekly pin bar close above 1.04, but to me it was above where I had draw the S/R zone in the past. We'll see where this one ...

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No problem. I've fallen into the trap of watching my stock "investments" sink without proper risk control and have vowed (like an alcoholic promising never to drink again) to never let my stock risk get out of hand. To that end I now have ...

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Everyone is guilty of that sin at one point or another in their life. Sounds like you might be taking B- or C+ type setups or coming up with reasons to enter trades when they may not be the best. This to me just sounds like a difference in the way ...

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Your order system / pip calculator / etc that was appearing in the upper right corner of your screenshots looks very interesting . Would love to play around with it (that is if you don't mind sharing) as I have something similar ii've done for ...

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Thanks for the look-see, Low. $38.50 does seem to be an important level. I still like the trade for the meantime, but perhaps my "smooth sailing" comment is not as smooth as i might have hoped! As a Side note, I finally figured out why I could never ...

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PPD: Pre-Paid Legal — So here is a trade I am looking at that may or may not fall under the Silent Service method. This has more of a fundamental reason for entering the trade, but there are technical reasons as well .. So I would draw ...

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Funded: — Justin, Finally got my account funded. Quick question before I do a trade - is 1.0 lot 100k, 0.1 lot 10k, and .01 1,000? Or is there a preference to make 1 lot = 10k and 0.1 = 1k? Thanks very much...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

For those without the intestinal fortitude for futures might look at DBA (the Agriculture ETF). Also Wheat futures also had a decent breakout over a recent August high. Here's the chart on DBA from finviz: image

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GBP/CAD - Stop Hit — So, of course after saying I'm going to try to give this trade room to breath, the market takes me out. GBP/CAD hit my stop at 1.6376, so now I'm out. Still though, 500pips is not a bad showing, so I'm not complaining. ...

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Missing Trades: — Retrospect is an odd thing in the world of investments. Engaging in woulda-coulda-shoulda in investments is a dangerous game (e.g. if only i had bought microsoft in 1986...) but Forex Factory gives us the opportunity to ...

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