any techical news trader read this one? what do you think? 5 min charts are too short for my liking...

Playing the Breakout Trade

out of all the forex "list of points" articles here - i think this is probably the best one by miles. good man, jimmy!

45 Ways to Avoid Losing Money Trading FOREX, by Jimmy Young

what applies to automated systems can also apply to discretionary systems. however you also need to consider for humans - psychological biases that affect your design and testing

The System Behind the System, by Merlin Jeffries

If you've back-tested without regards to the calendar and found a profitable system then you should ignore it when going iive. I never look at the calendar when trading and am better off for it!

Be Careful of the News? ... Well Why the Bloody Hell Should I?

jim, i hafta to say out of all the system threads out there this is the only one i keep coming back to. don't worry you'll regain pole position in no time!

james16 Chart Thread

wtf!?! i should of used this one in my indicators motivational poster! pollock, eat yer heart out!!! :

james16 Chart Thread

who was it?

Terrible day in VietNam

thanks for the tip. i can't also access free charts for agricultural products without subscribing to more data so i'll leave them for now. for gold, oil & dow i'm using alpari on mt4 since the charts suck on IB. i notice they use the same java ...

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Thanks MT. Forgot about the wider spreads on minis! I will be trading using daily charts, so after the exchange closes for the day I will look at what happened the next day (in the morning) and will place limit orders and stops. Thats what I meant ...

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Mini madness — ok, here is my initial list - does anybody have experience of trading the following: Light Crude Oil EmiNY (QM, NYMEX) Gold NY Mini (YG, CBOT) Mini Sized Dow Jones (YM, CBOT) 30 Year US Treasury Bond E-Mini (YH, CBOT) Corn Mini ...

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the minis are probably what i'll be hunting for!

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

yes the commissions are attractive compared to retail brokers. the more i see the more i like of IB. i think i will eventually swap with oanda and make it my main broker, even for forex the spreads seem to be better.

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

good idea. amibroker runs under linux i think.

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

I don't think there is anything wrong with having an opinion below 50 posts. It's just an anti-spam measure against blatant endorsements. So chime away! Btw thanks for the pm!

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

thanks buddy, once the funds clear i'll check out your list. i was thinking along similar lines as well. btw i think there is a monthly charge of 10 bucks min activity to pay but that's ok. for that i get non professional us charts that should cover ...

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last one...i know you guys can improve on these...

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ok i couldnt make these as funny as the rest, but anyways...

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lol! some of these are really good - please everybody keep 'em coming!

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Interactive brokers — I've recently opened an account, and want to know which exchanges and contracts you're using to trade gold, oil, s&p and commodities such as agriculture, metals etc. I've opened up the practice account and want to test my ...

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one more...

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