The price is the perceived value of an asset. Markets move to adjust to a change in the perception of the asset's value. Also there is no conspiracy theory, the markets are democratic.
When you see it, BET big.
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no stop loss, big boss decides when i lose 29 replies
Disliked{quote} We need manipulation of the market to occur so I do give a flying FX. We would have less chance of being profitable if one big player could move the market 100 pips to hit their targets. TA rules would collapse because there could not be any logic reason for that move. But here is the real point to the Algo manipulating the market which we should relish. The Algo uses consolidation zones to encourage traders to move their stops closer to the price. It creates patterns the traders labels as a resistance price levels. The Algo’s goal is create...Ignored
DislikedThe Forex market today is completely automated and most of the small intraday movements on tick level are random. International cartel of banks owns the market and the top 10-15 of them provide over 90% of the liquidity. The same banks are the major share holders of most central banks, where the central banks are members of BIS in Switzerland. This is the central bank of the central banks. They give the orders. Most likely BIS (or the shareholders behind BIS) own the secret...Ignored
Disliked{quote} brokers prices are not all perfectly in sync. they do vary slightly it depends on which LP's (liquidity providers) they use for data feed. for example with my broker i trade on 2 different accounts one is an OTC acc. where i deal with the broker's dealing desk my broker takes the opposite end of those trades, those trades don't even go to the open market (most retail traders are trading that way). and my other acc is a STP (straight through processing) same as an ECN acc. those trades go straight through to the open market . now on both...Ignored
Disliked... just like you would measure the height of everyone in school and develop statistics for tallest, shortest, and average; that is also how you should trade the market, by averaging the trades into sample sizes and measuring the direction and momentum of price against them. It is really not much different than how a sports announcer or coach knows the average performance statistics of the players and teams. If you create similar analysis tools for trading, you might have a chance of making profit. Hope this helps you understand how the market works...Ignored