Nah I went outside to watch some grass grow, it was more interesting. So he's gone into the prediction business eh, wooohoo, I wonder if he can predict the lottery numbers......

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ok that's cool

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

I hope that was sarcasm because from what I've seen you're doing great so far! If it ain't broke......

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

It's not a matter of sucking at trading, some people (particularly investors) prefer extremely low risk and are perfectly satisfied with double digit returns and an ultra smooth equity curve. Mention 100, 200, 1000% return and they'll run a mile! ...

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It's not opinion or genius, it's just plain common sense. You're offering advice about trade size relative to account size, it's pure nonsense.

Lot size and margin call

Old dog, new tricks.....well, you get the picture

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And that would be of interest to anyone..... .....why?

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

video

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

If you've got another source of income then spread bet, some companies are giving away money as a promotion!

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Fucked if I can remember!

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

lol, one of my favourite films, that and Rogue Trader! Drives my wife nuts! "You're walking around blind without a cane, pal. A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place." "It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero ...

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Well risk management is important for every trader, not just institutional traders (who risk getting fired, or worse, if they cross the line). I'm not sure about the wisdom in adjusting risk to suit your 'required profit' but hey ho.... As for ...

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Ok, so at the stroke of a keyboard the return has reduced by 75% to 2.5% per day because of what I assume must be a psychological issue as size increases?

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Why? More than what, 10% a day?

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Well to me it does sound absurd, compounded that represents doubling your account every 7 days or so. Is that possible, consistently? If it is then to heck with trading, I'll give you 10k and see you in a year to collect my 350m odd, I'll even give ...

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That's my point, too basic! It's like the 95% stat which gets thrown about, meaningless. Who makes up the 100%? Looking around these forums and others like it I would hazard a guess that 80% are complete morons trying to make a fast buck and earn a ...

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Hi j4d I think you'd need more information to be able to come up with any sort of meaningful statistic, for example how much time do they spend trading, with what equity, what's their risk, do they compound and if so, how. Then you'd need to analyse ...

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Hey gimme my 1m back, I voted -million! woof

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Whipsaws and spikes can screw with any straddle and stop. If you're hell bent on doing this then take a gamble based on your analysis, hang onto your hat, and hope you were right! It's not a real trade though, it's just a bit of gambling fun with a ...

How do you trade Fed speeches?