Random thoughts... — Trading attracts many bright minds, some of them extraordinarily brilliant. Many of these bright minds are also very competitive. Unfortunately, I think this hinders many people. I don’t think trading requires high ...

30 Days to Profitable EUR/USD Scalping....

More Greece news.... — Volatility is crazy this afternoon, I traded smaller sizes. S&P downgraded Greece's and Portugal's ratings. I’ve spent about 50 hours trading in April. That is an approximate figure derived from my spreadsheet notes. It ...

30 Days to Profitable EUR/USD Scalping....

Check out this thread.... — url I would say you would need 6 months to a year (or more) of track record just to attract a small client ($10,000-$50,000). Obviously, you need to demonstrate low drawdown, rational professional methods, etc. If ...

Account audited by a third party for verification success?

Not sure what you are looking for exactly... — A separate examination by an accounting firm would make sense if you are thinking of acquiring "big" money. Something simpler? Take a look at my signature, perhaps that will suffice.

Account audited by a third party for verification success?

90% of my trades lately... — Though I now use 55 a period Bollinger Band as a "wake-up" call, NOT a direct trade indicator, I've removed it from these charts. Sitting and staring at price for awhile, you get "dazed" and sometimes you need a ...

30 Days to Profitable EUR/USD Scalping....

Some USD/JPY and some notes... — On April 12th, I tried trading USD/JPY again. Analyzing my trades for the past months, even my other accounts, it’s quite apparent I do well in slower markets. Solely trading EUR/USD, I have a much higher ...

30 Days to Profitable EUR/USD Scalping....

Trading on the news is very difficult... — Trading the news is very difficult and the volatility can be quite extreme in the short term. The EUR/USD situation is so complex right now, and there are fundamentals to support either direction. I'd ...

New home sales, whats going on EUR/USD?

Same kind of example trade... — This is on the very short time frames, and it is a setup I look for often. Tight stop, probably about 4-5 pips....mostly I try to get the trade to go in my favor within 2-3 minutes. This setup totally disregards ...

30 Days to Profitable EUR/USD Scalping....

I am short... — I am short, and with a less than perfect price. I think they are punishing the people who want to close out any positions before the week-end, making them pay as much as possible to avoid the week-end risk. Here's a scary 1 ...

EURUSD

I'm stunned this has moved below 1.33 — This looks like such a good price that I want to buy it and hold it forever and ever and ever.... but I'm a scalper. (sigh) 1.3288 at present. I just want to buy and turn off the computer and look at it ...

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You are correct... — I guess I should say that I haven't played much since the complications of the legislation they passed regarding the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. You are correct, I shouldn't say that it is illegal. I agree, ...

Poker vs Trading

I'll share some of my experiences... — I played at a serious recreational level of online play about 4-5 years ago, before it was outlawed in the U.S. The standard of play is much higher now that you don't have a bunch of Americans coming home ...

Poker vs Trading

Looking for... — I'm looking for a good price on a long myself, but I don't think I want to fight this bearish US equities market at the moment. I think the Europeans have "flushed" out any retail longs over the past two days, and we might ...

EURUSD

Perhaps... — Perhaps there was one small buyer out there for a short while (last hour), but the turn in the US equity markets has stopped him (her). I agree, flight to less risky investments, which favors the dollar over the euro right now.

EURUSD

Europeans... — They are great traders or privy to something we don't know. The European market blows out all the short stops in the early part of their session, and then we trade lower. Edit: I guess we did have a chance to get short at 9:30am ...

EURUSD

Your "profit" will be somewhat tailored to your entries, signals, timeframe, etc. — It sounds like you are a short term scalper, as I am attempting to be. Basically, over time, and many recorded trades that you can analyze... you are ...

The REAL reason why nearly every trader fails. Can you solve this trading dilemma?

I wonder if one of the more difficult aspects... — I am a programming "noob", but I wonder if one of the more difficult aspects is programming volatility based stops and position sizing. I believe that is one of the aspects needed to be "head ...

Manual system that can't be Automated

Looks like you found a very old post... — Looks like you found a very old post Totemg... A quick glance at this, warns me that you will need a fairly high winning trade % with this strategy ... as you are selling 2/3 of the position at an ...

Intraday Money Management

Thanks... — Thanks for the ideas, I'll give them some thought. Yeah, I have alot of experience but it doesn't make me a great forex trader Things were much easier before decimalization of NASDAQ stock prices, and stocks have Volume which ...

30 Days to Profitable EUR/USD Scalping....

Range? — No sustained sell-off from yesterday. US stock markets propped up amazingly. No major news tomorrow. I vote range bound, 1.3335 to 1.3365. I wish I had an order book with some customers to sell to or buy from and could front-run them ...

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