I still use correlations. They are never exact and not easy and certainly no holy grail, but essential for me to feel that a trade has opportunity and validity. I'm not even talking about anything fancy, just the very basics of GB follows along with ...

Corrman's Correlation Comments

Greed and fear were definitely driving my emotions, along with an addiction to gambling. I hit "rock bottom" and quit for a year, but I said it was forever and I meant it. Did something different, didn't even think of trading for a full year. I ...

How to Become Emotionless

I don't like trading this late in day so I took a very small scalp long on her and got out in at 1.22333, then in a little more on the pullback at 1.22348 after deciding to hold thru the pb, then out 1.22377 what 4 pips? Just really testing this ...

EURUSD

success is defined by everyone differently so then the time required would then be inaccurate to be used to compare to anything

how long does it takes to become a successful trader?

quick note about my scalp long USDJPY this morning. I thought that maybe my name isn't appropriate any more since I didn't think that I would be basing my trading on correlations as back when I joined. So after a year, today I definitely did use ...

Corrman's Correlation Comments

everyone goes thru the same stuff but on their own very specific psychology and even physically, the road is hazardous, when I quit last year, I really quit. Well, I just traded and it was ok, but I'm not obsessed with it any more, I have another ...

Should I quit trading forex?

I was going to suggest that to become emotionless, take a year off, but I just traded for the first time in a year to test new account and I was not emotionless, but I was able to identify each emotion and realize why I was having it, accept it, ...

How to Become Emotionless

I quit a year ago. I guess it's a long story, but I'm back, and that's the short version.

Should I quit trading forex?

I quit for a year. I'm back and I feel totally different.

Corrman's Correlation Comments

lost again and quit for the day after huge mistake. Did some psych research, it turns out I'm delusional. I am illogical so I guess it's good my risk is very small. I'll try to not be delusional, but that in itself sounds delusional. So I'll take my ...

Corrman's Correlation Comments

wasn't too hard to make money today in USDJPY, unless you screwed it up like me.... image

Comments on Current Short Term Convergence

3am 0965 to 11:30am 1045, approximately 80 pips, but over 3 days, a massive move, yesterday's pullback was nice also, near full recovery, lesson, go with the strongest trend

EURUSD

people really love to give advice, I'm not good at trading, but I know it, so I keep my risk very low, that's all I have for you

Help Me Grow My Account!! I'm about To Lose My House :-(

url now there's a chart I should be looking at, : - )

Comments on Current Short Term Convergence

update, my confirmation bias was is so bad that I failed to continue to look for other information that would have definitely opposed my initial idea which was total BS, of course, like the powerful uptrend in EURUSD that continued, obviously ...

Comments on Current Short Term Convergence

killed it all on the continuation down, EPIC FAILURE on my part to correctly read the correlations, the bonds bounced up on high volume and overcoming the high of prior H1 bar by a lot, I blew out 3% of my account, and this was purely a ...

Comments on Current Short Term Convergence

I bet on this falling and JPY converging, I lost about 5 times yesterday, maybe 6 and had to quit the day, but I learned so it only cost me a few bucks. Today, I have the same idea but bonds now are at the low and bouncing the inevitable low test, ...

Comments on Current Short Term Convergence

newbs must be newbs for the system to function, the few that survive the bs have learned a lot, the bs does its sinister job

False Prophets

Here's what I'm looking at currently. Bond yen in a divergence from what I've observed to be the typical correlation. I am thinking that the bonds have made a short term double bottom that is being tested here and may rise, causing yen to rise with ...

Comments on Current Short Term Convergence