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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013not sure how fifo works, never has been an issue. I am with GlobalPrime. their live spreads PRE-london open. url it gets lower later.. but they do charge $7 per 1 lot per round trip commission... but to me 1-2pip spread doesn't really matter when ...
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013I believe the day trading here done by most is good because it's discretionary and not random, just to clarify haha.
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013Yes, for three weeks, good results that reflect the system's testing. The only difficulty was that placing five trades in 2 minutes can get a little tense when the clock is ticking... haha but practice makes perfect over time.
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013from my backtesting I am expecting a 3:1 RR of profit:drawdown with average DD of about 300 (+-150) pip and the average weeks of 900(+- 600 pips), whatever pip:risk ratio you want to use is up to your own risk preferences. say if you decide to risk ...
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013In general I look at fast MA > slow MA to define a trend, and I only take a signal when it's presented when the trend is still intact... say this week's eurusd trend was broken temporarily (in my books), so I didn't take the eurusd short, but I took ...
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013nope, I initiate based on candlestick patterns at value areas (defined by the MAs). I have 6 different exit strategies, 3 of which that is based on chart patterns clearly spelt out. this is for trend trading. I have no SLs, I close the position when ...
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013no, i only use 4H time frame for all the pairs and on my chart I only have 20 and 60 moving averages and that is ALL i need to make my decision... I have tried day trading short time frame before, I just blow up too easily because I start using ...
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013I agree if you watch it all day, I only make decisions on close of 4H candle so my chart time per day can be capped to 1hour. after all, business is about maximising hourly earnings, not absolute earnings... Forex is just one of the business. I have ...
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013I trade all 26 pairs. it's the only way to trade follow the trend (in general) and not suffer drawdown weeks because there'll always be trending pairs that'll profit hugely. for example, I caught the 200+ pip downmove across all euro pairs on monday ...
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013I learnt it the hard way why I doubted my system and judgement... For example, I closed last week's EUR/USD long early and watch it shoot up 50 pips to my target...
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013Now for the toughest part of trading - sitting and waiting for the profits.
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013I trend trade all pairs on the 4H timeframe, using only 20 and 60 period moving averages... A typical week is a 1200 pips with a max 400 pip drawdown.. This is definitely where the $ in trading is.
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013Thanks for the acknowledgment. Anyway I track this thing called EURLFX which is basically the euro index, the 4H chart is showing me a familiar pattern of 4H counter-trend reversal... USDLFX (is on a downtrend on the 4H chart) is the 20EMA on the 4H ...
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013hahaha, you woke up just after it spiked up. what timing
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shellsnail replied Mar 27, 2013I'm LG and my TG is 1.31 too, reason being if you look at the 4H chart, every down move has been followed by a short up move and then a retest of that lows which leads to a further up move. So last week's up move was the first reaction off this ...
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shellsnail commented Mar 26, 2013Well this is only Low-Impact apparently

Cypriot Finance Minister: uninsured Laiki depositors could face 80% haircut
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shellsnail commented Mar 26, 2013Paul Krugman wrote an article on this issue recently. The international experiment of free capital flows has failed.
Cypriot Finance Minister: uninsured Laiki depositors could face 80% haircut
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shellsnail commented Mar 26, 2013well at least they still have 20% left...
Cypriot Finance Minister: uninsured Laiki depositors could face 80% haircut
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shellsnail replied Mar 26, 2013I'm see some potential for this week's candle to form a pinbar reversal and then we will start the month of april in an uptrend. I draw my conclusions by studying 4H charts extensively... What we have formed these two days across most of the euro ...
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