I just got a reply from pepperstone support. It had something to do with the bid-ask spread on news, as Jack explained earlier. Next time I'll be more careful.

Pepperstone Forex

Thanks Jack--I had a feeling that I should place that buy stop a bit higher.

Pepperstone Forex

This is about a trade that I made recently on EURAUD. The trade in question was a buy stop order that was triggered although the candlesticks on my mt4 shows that price did not go to that level. I have attached screenshots of my MT4. One is a ...

Pepperstone Forex

I once met this trader in a local meetup. He says that he is part of a group that trade forex using EAs. He was the group's computer scientist. They also had a market analyst and a financier. He claims that they used to have this EA that, after ...

Why Would Someone Sell a Highly Profitable System?

I have been trading forex since 2002. Here are the brokers that I've traded with, and my experience with them. FXCM - first time I traded fx, this was my broker. Back then, the execution was good. The spread on the eurusd was three pips, imagine ...

Want to know the best Broker: Fxpro, FXopen or any other?

Why do you think a system will (eventually) stop working in the first place?

Why Would Someone Sell a Highly Profitable System?

1) Starting Equity $ 195.00 2) Account Currency NZD 3) Broker Name: Pepperstone 4) Leverage 1:400 5) Trade Explorer Link url

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I have been lurking this thread for some time now--mind if I join the fun?

GBP/AUD

Have you tried Day Pivots? It's not 100% reliable, and it won't tell you the exact price at any given time. Add them to your charts and pay attention to how price behaves around these levels. It's not the tool, but how you use them.

Which indicator has the highest probability to predict price

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the most important things in forex

Why did you stop trading in the first place? Would you say that you are a 'seasoned' trader, or a noob? If it's the former, start with a bankroll that you can afford to lose. On the other hand, if you are a beginner trader, start trading with a ...

thinking of starting this thing once again

If you lose interest in trading, then so be it. Stop trading. You don't have to force yourself doing something that you don't find interesting. It's only going to be much harder for you. Take a break if you have to...give yourself time away from ...

How do you newbies not lose your motivation?

I'll be following your thread. I too, am going to start trading binary options on Monday.

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