Tk5- i noticed you type "sth" a lot in your posts? What are you talking about???

5 PIPS - Only Five

Wouldn't this be a bad entry though, as price hasn't really closed above the 5EMA at the point where you get in?

5 PIPS - Only Five

Oops forgot that topic already came up... It's been a while!

Open Scalping Strategy

Well, I started trading this system again after a bit of a break. Should've made 10 pips on EU, but order was cancelled (error BV:SL) which I think means that my SL of 10 pips fell within the spread. Thanks Oanda does anyone else use them and run ...

Open Scalping Strategy

Yes, I draw the lines. There's no indicators with this approach.

Anyone Familiar with Backtesting Programs?

Bad idea. Martingale strategy will recoup your losses some of the time, but when it doesn't it virtually wipes out your account.

Lazy trading

Sorry guys for not seeing all the prior posts before asking my last question. The displace -1 means that the"prior" bar of the histogram actually corresponds to the current candle. Not sure why one would set it like that. The tendency is to look at ...

Lazy trading

Made my first trade with this on E/U off the 1HR chart. I placed a short, pretty much right on the hour as the Non-lag MA indicator showed a red bar for the prior hour.... then 5 minutes later that prior red bar changed to green??? Is it necessary ...

Lazy trading

So what exactly is the need for the 1 period MA if the rules say that you trade based off the MA histogram at the bottom?

Lazy trading

Thanks for the replies guys. To address a couple... The 8 trades were over the span of a week. I know I should scale back the volume of my trading and only take what I think are the most high probability trades.. In terms of percentage risked, I ...

How to Cope with a Losing Streak

I don't trade as small as 2% per trade either, but $100,000 trading 100 standard lots per trade just seems suicidal to me. Unless you have a very high percentage approach that is. In other words, what I'm trying to say is are you accepting new ...

Are there any Large Lot Traders here?

What in God's name are you talking about?

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Is there no argument for the money that's been on the sideline waiting until the result is clear cut? Do we think this is a profit-taking dip or the beginning of a continuation of the longer term downtrend?

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Ugghhh... got on the No train late (around 8 hours ago). Got up to +70 pips, walked away from the computer for a bit, and now back to breakeven. Edit: Moving back up! Trying to decide whether to get out now or see if London pushes higher on ...

Cable Update (GBPUSD)