The charting/backtest software I use introduced “bar replay” several years ago, I use it occasionally if I miss a trading day or to practise real time reading of patterns/wave, it opened my eyes how hindsight charts mislead e.g. by comparing ...

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Please don't follow me, there are plenty of threads on this forum about making X% a day compounding to XXX million.

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Nubcake, You know not what talk about. Post #951 fti: To improve skills, cut trading position to 20 units of position. Choose a trend attempt, then trade the 20 positions one at a time. Dance with the flow.You will discover how, all I have shown ...

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Hi Pete, Thank you for your kind words and well wishes. Mamood's performance is truly formidable As for me I just want a method based on common sense and reason, confidence for me comes from understanding why something works. fti's teaching ...

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we are all in agreement

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You have shared your trader journey here and in your journal and occasionally got whipped for it (always took it like a man and a gentleman though ), I have benefited from your openness in sharing your trials, tribulations and triumphs. The ...

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Is this the manhood test thingy? Didn't fti say if our palms sweat or hearts thump then we are probably betting too large ............ remember ants work. On the other hand he did say even his hands shook, and his juniors volmit, .... ...

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Thanks for the comment. I have to crawl before I can walk, and walk before I can run Until I have learnt to put the pieces together there is no hurry to rush into battle. Agreed when real money is on the table it is another ball game, but one ...

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Last report, high skew experiment — Squared after 8 hours tough campaign, short E/U from 7:15 to 15:30 CET. Danced with 2 left feet today – I was too reckless adding positions during E/U bull, the mistakes and loss of confidence got me out of ...

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Demo mode: Squared short E/U morning campaign (almost 7 hours) before US figs. Held raiders longer to lessen % cost of spread and slippage. Peaceful campaign although there were 2 countertrend E/U bull phases that lasted as long as the bear phases, ...

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"I had one chance to leave at BE, my greed showed up and say cut it when in profit." ah, the old man on the roof story, you are not alone

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I also thought the language was strong, that's why I did not want to translate it the first time, then after chewing it over dinner I decided it was not directed at any of us in particular, rather at some lurking villains past and present.

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fti quote, not sure of post #, but in answer to post #1500 on Feb 15 2008 (the red highlight is mine): About "you mention not to allow a rescue to snowball given the tight range" The discouragement is not because of the tight range, rather that ...

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True student of Gann — Reading fti’s reply to Mijimoto (Post #1568, March 2 2008) regarding Gann and Tunnel Through the Air, I believe FTI hinted his own trading method was inspired by Gann’s true method as he traded it, not as what he sold ...

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Congrats ice hockey champion and future Forex champion

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Yes I am, but my knowledge of things Chinese is poor because I have spent most of my life outside China and Chinese culture. Not sure what you mean by "over the top", your diligent word by word translation agrees quite well with my literal ...

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怪蜮好多從外表來看玄门技巧 人虧道,放縱,畜生不如你自衛 Okay, I have to admit I was chewing fat over this one over dinner. Here is my guess without the benefit of seeing the video linked with the sentences. Fti is addressing some scumbag insect(s) who read the thread without ...

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Hi Fana, You are not the only one, I remember reading the thread and noticing this common theme: first euphoria of never losing any more, then tsunami hits. As fti said this is powerful stuff but it can also kill you. That's also why I ponder so ...

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AOW chapter 7 Manouvering 11. We may take it then that an army without its baggage-train is lost; without provisions it is lost; without bases of supply it is lost. My army was lost on May 18, the first day I decided to spy on both the bear and bull ...

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Demo mode: Squared just before 15:00 CET after 7 hour plus campaign. Because of the last 2 days’ experience (many pips few €) I decided to assign more troops to ride with trend but market as usual throws a curve ball and I was rolling square log ...

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