I did and probably a few more, but that was only the first part of the trade. I also felt {not compassion but} probably would have been just as well tossing salt rather than posting this yesterday but hopefully some of the pain has subsided. Please ...

NFP 10/6

Woah there Big Fella... You may have just lucked into the Traders Best Friend. A Free Trade. Why not Change that most recent Order to buy it back to 50,000 and lock in $400 or so and put a Stop Loss on the remaining 50,000 at 1.2625 risking $125 of ...

OH NO! Whats going to happen?

then czech out the accronym for the new system and that may help you feel better.

Beware of Websites Selling Commodity Trading Systems

Hi Iso, This is an incredible offer & I just had to write to say a Big Thank You. But like every perfect system, I just couldn't resist tweaking it a little. I added a couple of Optional inputs for the user and addendumed the Name of the sysstem. ...

Beware of Websites Selling Commodity Trading Systems

Exactly my point Phil. Perhaps read a few more posts above.

What is "Stop & Reverse Below"?

Sorry, I should have been more Specific. It's a Correlation Hedge. Long GBPUSD ~ -3.3% Interest Short EURUSD ~ 7.6% Interest Net ~4.3% Interest / day BUT The presumption is that IF the EURUSD climbs 20 pips, The GBPUSD will also Climb 20 pips. not ...

What is "Stop & Reverse Below"?

He's playing interest differences which means holding positions past 5 pm EST {4 pm on Fridays} and hoping your Hedged Pairs don't move too much for the Pip move to erase Interest gained.

What is "Stop & Reverse Below"?

Glad to hear it DePastino. Come Monday, you're still in the game.

NFP 10/6

Would you care to enlighten me as I am obviously ignorant of this revelation.

fx newbie

Strength or weakness normally refers to the First Currency of the Pair. ie. Strength in EURUSD would mean Euro Strength but not neccessarily imply USD Weakness. While the Euro Gains against the USD it is possible that the USD may also be gaining ...

Strength or weakness?

The absolute Worst reason I can think of to place a trade.

NFP 10/6

Demo accounts are best used to learn the platform. Mini Accounts are best used to learn to trade.

Very happy and excited to have found this place!

Because you are already "In" before the Event and not trying to "Get In" During the Event when spreads can/will be much wider. See the Newsroom thread here. http://www.forexfactory.com/forexforum/showthread.php?t=8634 If you had been holding a ...

What is a "Hedge" order?

Ahh Typruss, Soon you will realize that a Trend is also a Range. Personally I prefer to watch for the {Trend/Range} break to enter but that's only due to how long I am personally comfortable staying in a trade.

"Ranging Strategy"

Without taking the Spread into acount... It allows you to be BOTH Long & Short any particular pair effectively putting your position at zero. {20 pip move = 20 pip gain on one trade while it also = 20 pip loss on the other.} It is most commonly used ...

What is a "Hedge" order?

Got it. Thanks.

Lets Trade The News V 0.2 !

Hi carmel, That's exactly what this one does. http://www.forexfactory.com/forexforum/showpost.php?p=93878&postcount=33

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I've never felt the requirement for 8 [5 was the max I ever ran. now I run 2 for trading and a third as a general PC] then again, maybe that's just me. Let me ask you this... Q) Is a permanenent roof over your head absolutly neccessary? A) If it is ...

Multiple computer monitors for trading

Are you reffering to this thread? If so, perhaps check out post #70 http://www.forexfactory.com/forexforum/showthread.php?t=7885

help in trading news

Thanks Chris, for the 'Definative' answer.

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