Wouldn't it depend on how the broker/marketmaker queues orders, and where in the queue an order ends up?

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Now the new NFA rules are in force regarding adjusting trades after they're filled, US marketmakers supposedly can't do this any more, before they would just fill everything and bust (reverse) the trade later if the trader had got lucky, a rip off ...

How the markets are working?????

You know I'm not so sure, it's all so vague and incomplete, the information (if there actually is any information!) is so subjective and open to any number of interpretations, and none of it could be relied upon, it could be bluff and double bluff ...

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Nothing wrong with an educated guess, levels are being probed all the time for stops, there was a good example on Cable on that chart in my opinion. A spike up to just above 1.52 before the 2 cent sell off. Was that players looking to sell at a ...

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With the greatest of respect that's not a puzzle, it's an impossibility.

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Absolutely, that's why leverage used is such a pointless calculation.

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Why not, they're getting the spread plus shade, they hedge (on aggregate) with their liquidity providers. Why are other traders buying when you're selling? Any number of reasons. Profit taking, commercial reasons, different time frames, hedging...... ...

How the markets are working?????

Up move? On EUR/USD? And how/where are you seeing this 'supportive' order flow? Jeepers this is like trying to do the FT's cryptic crossword with half the clues missing, does anyone here have the ability to speak in plain terms and finish ...

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"......it appears that human traders never learn from history as the speculative element overpowers rationality each and every time. The underlying premise: the hope that another greater fool will emerge. And emerge they do, until they don't, and ...

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Talking about set-ups, there was a good example of a 'Schlossberg' trade on Cable earlier on.... image

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Huh? Scotty you're dramatizing and making a simple thing way too complicated in my opinion, these are very basic trading tactics which have been around since the Ark, in fact I'm surprised they work any more but I guess people still put stops in ...

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Sorry, I took that as a given, if I want to buy Eur I want to get it as cheap as possible. Push price down, trigger long stops which adds momentum, then buy. Trigger short stops on the way back up as well hopefully!

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Relax, I was replying to someone else's post

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Which was.....

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Isn't that one of the purposes of stop-running, to add momentum in a desired direction? video video

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I tried the lesbo course but it don't work 'cos I still ain't one. Guess I need a fish, or a rod, or something..... image

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Isn't the disadvantage that forex is an OTC, there's no meaningful DOM. DS seems to be suggesting there's a way of simulating DOM.

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It's an interesting subject, I guess I can understand DS's reluctance to divulge the whole deal, he's thought-provoking which is enough.

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I don't want to hijack this thread so I'll make this my last post on the subject, you're welcome to continue in another thread though if you like. Theory don't mean diddly without practical experience, believe me I've paid my dues as a result of my ...

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Not strictly true but I don't want to hijack the thread.

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