Plan, goal, confidence.

3 Ways To Reduce The Impact Of Emotion When Trading

At least they try :-).

Oanda Presents fxTrade Bridge for Metatrader 4

Cool! :-)

Oanda Presents fxTrade Bridge for Metatrader 4

What'a you know! :-) Barosu said in Portugal that all EU problems are solved! A bright future expects us! All EU clowns start to sound me like the USSR propaganda of the late 80's...we all now what follows...

Spain retail sales fall 10.7% in December

The EZ will break in spectacular way - when nobody expects it and very suddenly - it is enough one country to fuk-up and domino will follow. It is like the trade that went bad - you hope, you hope and then you just accept it and cut the loss.

France 'totally bankrupt', says labour minister Michel Sapin

Capital is a river - flows were it most-easily possible direction. Putting artificial "bents" only delays the outcome.

How Will the Tobin Tax Change the European Forex Landscape

Pretty correct!

Where's the growth? Euro zone still lacks investor appeal

Good point. My profit:loss ratio on week charts is 5:1 or more - I would not risk capital for less. Gold is a good tool - could give you almost 6:1 ratio.

German ZEW Indicator - Increasing Optimism

Well - you are right - no need to wait G/U - I have a short entered at 1.6335. Basically I try to swing 3 pairs all the time on weekly charts (E/U, G/U, XAU/EUR or XAU/USD). Good entry point for first attempt at long position for GBP/USD is between ...

German ZEW Indicator - Increasing Optimism

My setup is quite simple :-): wait E/U to touch again 1.2700 and try heavy long (couple attempts with 5% total loss acceptible), same with G/U at 1.53xx zone, same with gold at 1540 zone.

German ZEW Indicator - Increasing Optimism

As people say - "naked optimism does not fill empty stomach", it only serves to calm down your desperate mind! :-).

Optimism stabilises among manufacturers but output still flat - CBI

Exactly - the only way that works for me is the "investor-speculator" way - long/short some amount and wait your position to go on profit. Requires some capital though - but comparing time and nerves - better spend some time to acquire $50k outside ...

German ZEW Indicator - Increasing Optimism

Cool! I was reviewing my account statistics - seems to me that 4 or 5 trades peer year give more profit than 100 per month these days. Problem is the patience and the "itchy fingaz!" :-).

German ZEW Indicator - Increasing Optimism

I trade E/U only on heavy supports, like the jumpback in the summer when the "artista" Draghi spoke - got a heavy long with 600 pips target - enough to avoid wasting money on chasing deutche ZEW index induced 50 pips spikes.

German ZEW Indicator - Increasing Optimism

I still believe 2013 E/U will trade in range 1.25xx - 1.35xx

German ZEW Indicator - Increasing Optimism

That pair is very good for trading in 4h frame - my problem is that I do not have to sleep in my time-zone to get day trade ;-).

German ZEW Indicator - Increasing Optimism

Excellent example of buy the rumors ;-) These think-tank indexes are only good instrument that induces market volatility - nothing more. Very good for scalping and short-therm profit. Next month - another index will go very red or very green and ...

German ZEW Indicator - Increasing Optimism

So far cable lifted with the huge 20 pips and start struggling again - we anxiously wait for the other 200 up to 1.6xxxx ;-).

German ZEW Indicator - Increasing Optimism

Mario Draghi - my favorite "artista italiano potenta"!

EUR/USD seeing accelerated losses

Hah! I like this! "Closed for maintenance!" :-)

AUD/USD – Continuing its 1.05 rheme