@superdezign Sorry, don't want to get contra here, but the facts are different - from your very first post: Tell me how that is not starting an argument? Calling a technique "dumb" in a thread title is not fighting talk? Lucky for you, all the folks ...

Price action is dumb, and you're lazy for thinking otherwise

So we're a bunch of dumb <fill in the expletive of choice here> — Looks to me like your thread title is calling out just about anyone and everyone who uses Technical Analysis. So you'll forgive me if I wind back the thread and respond to ...

Price action is dumb, and you're lazy for thinking otherwise

What do you consider a copy? — Before you even start out on technicalities of communicating between master and clients consider that it may be impossible to duplicate a trade exactly, even when you are perfectly in sync. as far as issuing the ...

Thoughts on network based Trade Copier

EU SHORT Trade - whyfor... — Trend for the last 13 days has been down.Combine this with Friday's Economist cover story "On the edge - Why the euro crisis has just got a lot worse" and it looks like a sure bet that EU is going to continue ...

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EU SHORT — 20110718 0521: Eu sell 1.40602

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Hi Burger I think your analysis is spot on for a single trade. The brokers leverage, whether 400:1 or 50:1, nothing to do with risk, all it does is determine how much equity gets tied up to back the position. Account leverage, taking position size ...

Lots, Leverage & Risk

Wednesday, 5 March, -1 No entry made yesterday Need to enter details of the trades I did. Thursday, 6 March, Stopped out on UJ at 103.19 EC Stop hit, out at 1.5769, Still short from wherever When the EC stop was hit switched to short at 1.5771, ...

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Tuesday, 4 March — Tuesday, 4 March = -1 No positions added or closed today (as yet). Trading plan still not final -1

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Monday's trading — UJ short 102.60 -1. Not waiting for the pullback. Doesn't get any worse than this entry enter at the lowest point of the day. This was placed without waiting for a pullback, should have been at 102.90 at worst. (This I know ...

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Monday 3 March 2008 — Current Positions open: EURJPY short 160.57 S/L 160.18 R = 1.5% EURCHF short 1.6051 S/L 1.5985 R = 0.9% GBPUSD short 1.98275 S/L 1.9920 R = (1) USDJPY short 102.65 S/L 103.30 R= (1) GU - This was entered on Friday, much ...

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Nope, doesn't look like I did. I concede, your google fu is superior. I used "camirilla tricks" and then did the clever thing - I asked you. Thanks for the prompt reply and the links.

Forex Stop Hunting - What is it?

The half full glass vs the half empty glass — You're all correct - or wrong, you can choose which you prefer MT4 brokers treat all trades separately like PearsonFX describes. I know two brokers for which Euclid's description is correct. ...

The reason why 95% of new traders consistantly lose money

March 2008 Trading Challenge — March 2008 Running Total: 100 points

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Monthly Trading Challenge Rules — The Monthly 100 Challenge Rules. 1. Each month starts with 100 points. 2. For each trading mistake during the month 1 point is deducted. 3. A single mistake can compound into multiple errors, each costing a ...

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Camarilla tricks. The only forex related link in google is to your post above. And I suppose, now this one will be there too. Yahoo doesn't show anything other than vampire games. So fxbroker, you are going to have to expand on this a bit. Please.

Forex Stop Hunting - What is it?

Hi David, Maybe it's because I use a broker that aggregates all trades for a pair into a single averaged position, but points 1-4 are, well - obvious. Not always the nicest way to trade, as I'd often prefer being able to keep the trades separate, ...

Important – Why systems are profitable (or not)

Discuss this in the broker forum. Do a search there, or post details of your story. Sounds like you have a major problem which goes way beyond stop hunting. Your issue is probably off topic here and that forum would be the best place to look for ...

Forex Stop Hunting - What is it?

Most of the bad things that happen in forex are only bad when you haven't take them into account. First thing, I don't understand why the author would have an issue with that EU spike at 1.5000. He must have been thinking that taking out 1.5000 was ...

Forex Stop Hunting - What is it?

Trading Update — Current Positions open: EURJPY short 160.57 S/L 160.18 R = 1.5% EURCHF short 1.6051 S/L 1.5985 R = 0.9% I'm in the plus with both positions. As both swings are relatively young, I'm working in the 4h time frame with my stops. ...

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Trading Strategy — I use a very simple Trading System. It has four elements to it. 1. The foundation of any trend is the classic 1-2-3 formation. That's my tool to guide my decisions about taking a trade. No indicators, no pivots, no fibo's. I ...

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