Took me almost 8 years myself ;-) Most of those part time, 2 years full time now. Tough road, hence why few make it

Here's the answer to "Can I make a living from forex"

You do realise that if candles are smaller you can just trade larger and if the candles are larger, you can trade smaller, all relative...

Carpe diem: Intraday tactics for Dax and Dow

Hey Magix, ^popped back to see how you guys were doing? You stopped trading all those MA's and moved on to EA's? How you doing? cracked the magic code yet ;-)

The Goose

Heya guys!!! Haven't been around here for like 5 years, see there are still a couple who have stuc it out, even without Cloggie to hold you on the straight and narrow ;-) How do you guys still trade Fibre? She seems soo dead, even cloggie left her ...

EURUSD

Can't always do that as sometimes we have too much up and down so you can't be sure we continue lower; best option then is to just sell high and buy back on new lows. Easy peasy ;-)

Carpe diem: Intraday tactics for Dax and Dow

Going really well... Trading live AT LAST! Old bugger wanted me trading demo for quite a while (3 years) and after having read about 50 books and spent about 7000 hours in front of my screen, I'm finally ready. Would love to know the input many has ...

SPX and DAX - CFDs are the place to be

Not sure how one can being doing well and then lose everything in Two weeks? If you use a set percentage per trade and lose 20 trades in a row, you should still be fine. Make that set percentage 1% or even 0.5% and you would have lost between 7 and ...

Carpe diem: Intraday tactics for Dax and Dow

These guys don't really trade, whether they know it or not. They are investing using margin and will make money 75% to 90% of the time then blow their account once we get a vicious down leg. Read hundreds of stories like that. Thing is, guys don't ...

SPX and DAX - CFDs are the place to be

Been a Ping Pong day... I'll be waiting for NY to hopefully give us some direction... Didn't get long this morning at LO, move was soo violent, I sometimes forget how crazy she can be when i've been away from the screens for a while :-D

Carpe diem: Intraday tactics for Dax and Dow

Haha, and that is why! 15 pt spike in 1 min... I'm out of sync with the market today, know where we are going but no risk tolerance. see you all later

Carpe diem: Intraday tactics for Dax and Dow

SL moved to 98... Stopped for -7... These countertrend scalps are tricky ;-)

Carpe diem: Intraday tactics for Dax and Dow

Got a very cheeky short at 91 with sl 9603... Looking to get to BE ASAP. Scalping 20 on this Usually go BE once I'm up 10 on scalps

Carpe diem: Intraday tactics for Dax and Dow

Got up a bit late this morning, would have loved to have been in front of the screens yesterday though when we got a perfect bottom at 9400 area in a obvious uptrend.

Carpe diem: Intraday tactics for Dax and Dow

Heya, don't trade as actively as you guys, look more for the 50+ trades but will post some stuff here every now and then. You guys seem to have started a great thread

Carpe diem: Intraday tactics for Dax and Dow

#Wisdom

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Love this guy ;-)

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Around 5 years part time (3 hours a day)... 3 years if you can devote 6 hours per day or more... I'm in year 4 and am now profitable... Not yet totally consistent but very close. I know 3 other traders who live off trading and it is around the same ...

How long the learning time to breakeven/be profitable?

What you trading now a days? I'm onto CFD's on indices...

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Why do you even bother trading GBPUSD with 20 pip daily ranges???

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

<<< some more, thinks this could help you guys ;-)

Cable Update (GBPUSD)