Doubling your account every 2-4 weeks?

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Of course it works, anyone can hold a trade for as long as it takes to turn profitable, it's even easier in the ranging market we've seen over the past 3+ years or so. As I understand it only half of your 700 trades were live. Aside from that, you ...

No SL No Leverage Strategy - working so far

Ha, I did the exact same before the explosion of online trading platforms and leverage, except more frequently than twice a year! Transaction costs were high and spread, well, spread was out the wazoo, 2 and 3c! Execution was painfully laborious and ...

No SL No Leverage Strategy - working so far

You wish!

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Right, statistics on actual trading history, but how would that help in assessing probable future performance, especially considering the many ever-changing variables used in deciding a trade and it's management (both historically and in future ...

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Don't get me wrong I'm not defending them, my short-lived experience with them was terrible right from the introduction of FXTrader, customer services, friends and family agreements.....the whole experience was not a pleasant one! Just looking up ...

Broker Manipulation

I'm not sure I think they don't apply so much as I don't trust them in such a dynamic setting. How can there be any reliable statistics for something with so many variables, which change so often, and sometimes so unexpectedly?

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

lol, cool answer! Wassup jag, get a broken egg this year did we?

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Well although not illegal it's definitely immoral, and it's easy enough to prove and discredit them publicly with the evidence. Knowing that, and the risks it would pose to their credibility, I'd be very surprised if that's what they are doing even ...

Broker Manipulation

Buffett is a different story altogether but sure, for example investing in high yielding currencies long term can produce interest and eventually capital appreciation but that's not what these guys are doing, most of them are predominantly ...

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Maybe it was the alternative data feed which was off, who can say? Streaming quotes are derived from different sources so they're unlikely to always be identical, not to mention that an individual broker's book may affect the prices he quotes. There ...

Broker Manipulation

lol, it can be an acquired taste and not immediately apparent!

No SL No Leverage Strategy - working so far

I think you might have missed the sarcasm in Blue's post. (Good post of yours by the way.....)

No SL No Leverage Strategy - working so far

I think the back and forth between fxtr51 and LazyPawn, together with LazyPawn's excellent pdf and contributions from other experienced traders makes things extremely clear to any novice trader considering following these types of strategies and ...

No SL No Leverage Strategy - working so far

I can't believe you posted that comment! Probably because they don't use an obscure half-baked trade and money management approach like some we could mention! A couple of the threads I briefly read seemed to be a reasonable no-nonsense grounding for ...

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Ok fair enough, I take it all back! Let me mosey on over there and have a look see.....

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Well lookie here it's a trading strategy, novel idea there 60! What's that, Skype? Try mikogo, I've found it much smoother and more versatile, you can pass control to other participants to draw on your charts and do lots of other funky stuff. ...

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Well post the link then, maybe it can be revived and rejuvenated! Edit: Cancel that, it's beyond redemption!

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

lol, yeah I think he's slightly off track with those remarks, maybe he thinks this is a game of poker or something! "....the more pips you lose, the more they can win....", lol, ya gotta luv dem trading gurus!

The life of a trading system on Forex Factory

Averaging in, perfectly acceptable as long as you've planned the trade (esp. risk) that way from the start. Not really a martingale strategy though, not in the generally understood sense of the word.

Does the martingale system really work?