You're not the only one feeling funny about a direction, however as I read somewhere most traders don't like shorting, for some reason. You can be a good bull / bear trader, favoring longs or shorts, that's no problem. Or you could find correlated ...

Why cant i find Long setups?

yeah I very much agree w/ blacksun. And look at "control", "manipulate", "move the market", how often you refer to that. A program is something YOU control, every step, every single command, but in the markets you can only control your risk (how ...

Artificial Market?

Xaron, do you have limits on total position value vs. balance? I mean I start to sweat above 200%. You're still around ~300% (91k / 3.4k). Not that I'm saying anything against it, just asked about numbers. Thanks

$5k to infinite

I read somewhere the japanese are very upset with the strong yen and might try to move USD/JPY a dozen pips higher in the thin market. And if U/J goes higher its generally not a good idea to short Anything/JPY.

AUD/USD

Scoobs, with all due respect, you could put it in your signature, you mention it in almost every post of yours. Would save some typing. "I work on the trading floor of HSBC in London" Or even better, put it next to your nickname, see, there's ...

Trade Transaction Tax - The Death Of All Us!

You'll have to experiment with the rules and find which ones can you bend. How about trading smaller lots after a 2% loss? Say, you lose 2% then risk only 1.5% next time and if you lose again then 1% then 0.5%? If you win you can up that risk again ...

The 6% Monthly loss limit

Hey guys calm down, he seems to have found the right thread

SteveHopwood's scooby-doo Shag'emAll trading robot

Thanks for your interest. Sorry for the confusion. I posted the fix back in september, there was no other improvement since that. Works with different regional settings, money and date formats. So you are right, please find the file called ...

Oanda trade statistics

Please check thread attachments, and find the latest one, file names contain dates.

Oanda trade statistics

Thanks vincy, it was like reading 5 books on trading, in 2 minutes. Kinda speed reading. But I have a question. How does Jesus come to this picture? Is there an indicator with this name?? update: Seems an admin changed the thread name... so I have ...

Money Management Techniques

errich: yeah, LOL. Better just love them, and don't try to understand them PC: I like the shop analogy, all that matters, on the long run, the shopkeeper be able to sell his stuff on average, at a better price than be paid. Maybe he'll have to ...

Trading is like ...

Interesting thread, compounding a lot of experience. Maybe you could share a chart or two, I mean your high probability index setups? After all this is your thread, and if we can learn a thing or two, why not?

METHOD vs SYSTEM and the destructive EA

true and entertaining, silverheat

Trading is like ...

thanks for sharing. test your system for a couple of months, and keep yourself to that 1-2% risk rule. good luck!

My Fibonacci trading system

Regarding your big USD exposure, I found a simple but effective rule to prevent myself from opening too many trades on too many pairs. I try to think in "outcomes" to identify situations when I would put my bet on effectively the same thing. For ...

$5k to infinite

I'm too lazy to type it in ... check the attached image ... it's from Livermore's book ... No, you don't have to work for success. No, someone wants to take care of you. The market cares for your well-being. Please believe, the milk will flow in ...

The Reason why 95% Traders fail

100% agreed! Good luck, keep to your plans, you'll be on the top soon again Xaron.

$5k to infinite

After you've found the answer, please consider another thing. Conditioning yourself the wrong way. You have a couple of fine trades on that small account, possibly double your deposit in 5 days. And start thinking you can do the same with a ...

Leverage

Thanks I will check in.

$500 to $1M Part II