I just met with a Forex Trader with 15 YRs experience and he enlightened me that he uses volume as the key indicator for trades. - He buys the tick data from his Broker. - He paid a mathematician to take that data, down to the Minutes and Seconds... ...

Hey...what about Volume?

Understand some of what you say. I agree, using lower time frames allows you the potential to capture/make more profit. I simply find that if you go too low of a timeframe (3M or 5M), the cycle distance between crossings is insufficient to cover my ...

Why exactly do EMA crossover systems not work?

I am using EMA8 and EMA18 crossings for signals. (I am working on a robot to do this for me) - I use historical pricing on Buy setups to calculate a standard deviation for Stop losses. I set Stop loss at 2 Standard deviation - I use Historical ...

Why exactly do EMA crossover systems not work?