The bolded ones.... You have anything more to support that supposition, or just your bosses says? Anyway, does anybody here in FF even dream to try to beat any long term traders? Me, my dream is simple. To be able to withdraw US$1,000 every month, ...

so i've lost half my capital

Does it matter? Even if you know the reason behind those volatility, unless you can capitalize on it, what's good does that knowledge for you?

Half hour before London Open

Sure it is possible, but those who make it doesn't brag around about it.

Exceptional or Normal Results?

I'd say, "Good for you," and talk about other topic.

Exceptional or Normal Results?

Nothing and everything... You trade with a wrong focus. It's normal, but unprofitable. Seems to me you cannot trade if you focus on the money. When you see your dollar grew or shrink, somehow it boggles and paralyzes your mind. Ever try to focus on ...

so i've lost half my capital

I don't know if this can help or not.... I built my system using Alpari MT4 demo, but trade on Oanda. On 4 yrs backtest data, my system is good. But on live trade, I lost many times, even when backtest result of the day showed profit. That's when I ...

Serious chart problems that could destroy your strategy

Can you tell me what's wrong with your own statement below?

so i've lost half my capital

you've been had.

Exit Strategy for review

The world and life itself always consist positive and negative. Nothing is all positive. And if you think I'm a frustrated person for all those negative you see, let's see how you feel a couple of years down the road. Just because somebody never ...

Being able to follow moves greatest traders

Do you think he felt that way during the first 5 years?

Being able to follow moves greatest traders

You're talking the end part of the journey, grasshopper. Everybody remember how a frog turn to a prince overnight, but no one remember how long he was a frog prior to that fateful night.

Being able to follow moves greatest traders

Sure, if you crossed out everything else you need in life, including the fee you spend to find the right one. If you have to bust your butt on two or more jobs to make a living, how much time you can spend to search the net day in day out? And if ...

Forex Trading

Read Xaron post again carefully. Not to demean you nor your IQ, but most people read him the wrong way. Xaron has a solid reason for not using stop loss, which is not "hoping the price to rebound and reclaim your losses." I do believe his experience ...

Do you use stoploss?

I'd say close your $1,400 account. Sent $100 to a broker which offer nanolot and play by the cent. If you got trouble with your emotion, playing with real money is a faster way to learn than demo. But play it as small as possible. There's a high ...

Introduction and request for advice

How can you have US$5,500 floating loss on a US$700 equity? You should have been margin-called already.

Best Trading System for a Newbie

including yourself, I presume?

Comissions should be percentage based ONLY on winning trades

You have that much data? Which time frame? Which pair? If you don't mind....

What Constitutes a Statistically Significant Sample for Back Testing?

The same as casinos everywhere, different only in numbers. For every dollar played, casinos retain 45% of it. So if you loose, you loose all. But no matter how much money you win, the house gets 45% out of every dollar you won.

Where do brokers get the money to pay you out?

Nope! Got the best system (for me, of course). Took 6 months to control myself to execute it correctly.

Looking for strategy to "set and forget"

True... And the other part are what kind of a person you are? Will you sit in front of your computer for hours waiting a setup to show up? Or would you rather trade on certain hours only? Are you more comfortable with calculating, or seeing graphic ...

Looking for strategy to "set and forget"