The Trend is your Friend — I would highly encourage you to stop reading until you have picked a strategy which you like and is suited to your personality. By asking this message board which strategy is best for you, you are inviting hundreds ...

New member looking for a little advice and handholding

Trading Systems — This depends entirely on which type of system you are using. Trend following as well as range-bound strategies typically work in all markets. A trader must familiarize himself with the idiosyncrasies of his chosen market and ...

Do your trading systems also work on stock indices?

Supply and Demand — In a perfect capital market, supply and demand are equally matched and prices are efficient. A perfect capital market is one in which all information is known. Additionally, in the perfect capital market, there are no ...

Supply and Demand Zones

My average win rate is 30-40%.

Average Accuracy

I think you are approaching this in a slightly confused manner. I believe the first step would be to measure the distance in a calculator and then imagine if you had traded it a single mini lot. Would you have lost $35 or $350? Also, your brokerage ...

Calculating Total # of Pips between entry and stop?

The "big difference" is reflected purely in your psychology and what you believe about yourself and your chances of success. With a small account, you will not be impacting the market in any perceptible way. Since “market impact” is not an issue, ...

Demo to live help

The secret with technical analysis is not found in the charts, it is found in the trader. The ultimate decisive factor which separates success from failure in trading the financial markets can be summed up in 1 word: practice. To succeed in this ...

Technical Analysis Fallacy

I believe that Forex will always be a high-leverage instrument simply because of its yearly percentage moves in relation to other markets with lower leverage. Take for example the stock market - a move of 15-20% can happen a few times per quarter ...

Could 10:1 be the new leverage in US Forex?

Breakout GBP/USD — GBP/USD trending strongly upwards and if you are looking at the hourly time frame, it is just breaking out. Looks like an excellent time to enter in on a shorter time frame and capture some short term moves. I'll hopefully ...

Trend Trading All Pairs

Monitoring the hourly timeframe and I'm seeing a perfect breakout in the directon of the primary trend. Looks like short-term long positions could be rewarded. I'll hopefully be buying this today!

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

EUR/USD looks to be traveling sideways here. I can't see this going anywhere substantial today. I won't be trading this until it clears 1.4550 or falls below 1.450. In the next few hours though, I can see it rallying back to the top of its range. ...

EURUSD

Restful Sleep — This is a deeply revealing question. How do you sleep in peace while leaving your trades open? In my opinion, if you cannot rest while your trades are open, then you are holding too much of a position overnight or you are ...

How do u sleep in peace and leave ur trades open?

Bullish on Oil — I think that oil prices will continue upwards for the next few months. I believe that, as some of you have already said, inflation and politics will drive this beast. With this epic stimulus the United States just received, we ...

Sweet, sweet Oil

Retracement — GBP/USD looks to be forming an excellent retracement on the hourly timeframe. I'm looking to enter pretty soon here. I like what I'm seeing on the 5 minute scale. I want to see it correct a little more before participating.

Cable Update (GBPUSD)