Jimbal: how many brokers have you traded with live may i ask? @ everyone: is is possible that oanda could manipulate price on an individual account basis ? I mean for example with fxtrade, if the real price actually goes 0.1 pips form your SL, the ...

I think Oanda FXTrade is unreliable

MAC — Hi, I also use mac, i run parallel for MT4 occasional use, but don't really like MT4 too much, although is quite good. For the kind of trading i do i find oanda charts really awkward, although i understand that they are fine for some ...

Oanda....

Yes of course there are many mechanical systems that will improve odds, i was just referring to trading with no strategy, ie randomly buy/selling on a whim

Why do Newbies Lose?

Probability of trade outcome — If you open a trade in a random direction, lets say short, with a spread of 3 pips (lets ignore all other trading costs) and you set a TP of +47 pips, and a Sl of -53 pips. these corresponded to a rise or fall on ...

Why do Newbies Lose?

Stop losses — Hi, The way i see it is there are three ways of placing a stop loss 1) "A Margin SL" this is to not place a SL at all, but to only deposit a small amount of your total trading capital in your account at any one time. Then hold a ...

What is the best stoploss in pips for time and currencies

possible proof that the holy grail doesn't exist — The premise that markets unfold in recognisable or predictable patterns contradicts the efficient market hypothesis, which says that prices cannot be predicted from market data such as moving ...

The final Holy Grail

Possible proof that the holy grail doesn't exist — The premise that markets unfold in recognisable or predictable patterns contradicts the efficient market hypothesis, which says that prices cannot be predicted from market data such as moving ...

Technical Analysis Fallacy

Hey Umbro, Getting Lonely? did you get my PM?

The System II (Yes with irony)

Thanks, Good question, -29 pips was a bit of a blow. I tend to let a trade go against me until it breaks the previous swing high/low, thus giving the first signal of reversal, had i closed at 3414 for -20 and price then stalled and continued to the ...

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Todays trades

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Today's trading

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London Morning Session

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Hey, Nice trade! Today was perfect price action for sys II trading... tight overnight trading range, clear breakout, beautiful trend. I Also made some nice green pips today. Thanks for posting the chart, have a great weekend

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Indicators... video

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Yeah, still needs to break out of this asian trading range

The System III (Oh no!)

Very nicely played!!

The System III (Oh no!)

Hi, Here's a trade i just took, stopped out for -13 pips

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