I agree that MM and Psychology are more important than math skills but I don't think the various components can be broken down to exact quantites for all traders. We are all different. Also some value FA more than TA and vice versa.

How important is a knowledge of maths?

LTCM used a lot of math and Nobel prize winners - and what did they get for it.

How important is a knowledge of maths?

While trading a stock on a breakout is easier than a currency that is rangebound, it works both way and either scenario is likely to a happen in the stock or currency markets. For a currency daytrader (whose market is basically 24 hours a day) ...

Biggest shift you had to made in trading fx vs stocks?

url has various data types.

historic interest rates

On my daily chart 10/8/98 for USDJPY it shows Open 121.70 High 123.10 Low 115.67 Close 119.82 Maybe it was a another day or symbol?

Poll - When did you start trading forex? Anyone had 10+ years here?

I am also not so sure why GBPUSD would be important to the USA as much as USDJPY, EURUSD and Renminbi/Dollar rates?

What's the use with RSI, STOCH, CCI?

Not use lagging indicators, then why buy pullbacks to MA's? MA's no matter the finetuning are about the most lagging of all lagging indicators. I shake my head when somebody uses a 200 or I have even seen a 365 period moving average. I guess you ...

What's the use with RSI, STOCH, CCI?

15 pips is better than a loser of any size, but it hardly seem worth turning the pc on for. But I also understand everyone is not the same when it comes to trade size, profit expectations and time alloted to trade.

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RSI (2) !! Thats not a 2 period RSI is it?

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Ok, understand. You can go back to your Caipirinhas. 500pm on fridays come early when you trade forex because like they say it is 500pm somewhere in the world and markets are dead after Europe closes. Good thing.

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Oh I forget that for some posters here english is a second language and rather than asking them to explain themselves better, had that to say. Its probably better not to point fingers. The other bigger problem is with so many having such ...

Anyone using high leverage successfully?

Is that a linear regression channel? Otherwise I don't know whether that is a "true" channel or just two trendlines (the blue ones)?

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Reading some posts here on FF reminds me sometimes like when I am watching an oldie but goodie movie This is Spinal Tap. And I 'll leave it at that, but this is in reference to a certain particular post a few back.

Anyone using high leverage successfully?

Uhh last post before yours was 1/18/07. Better to let sleeping dogs lie.

The Daily charts are KEY

What?

Anyone using high leverage successfully?

Bottom right hand corner shows: oanda

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Todays High so far for CBOT mini Gold is 666.60

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Fed favorite inflation gauge - the Core-PCE Deflator was 0.1% or 2.2% on year over year basis. Nothing to get excited about.

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We are only 2 pips apart. Mine shows 1.9650. But I can get data down to the tick or minute back at least 2 years for currencies and back decades for equities and some futures.

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I think the preferable date to use is April 3 '06 since the move away from this point is impulsive. But the further back you look the longer the timeframe you would trading.

Where would 'your' low be for the Fibo?