i don't know if i'd agree with that. i think that you have to study each market you trade, figure out its character and then go with its flow. trying to impose your own feelings and opinion will quickly burn your account. i'm not sure if it is ...

Reality Check.........

Dude, if itsn't too much trouble could you split up your monitor and post 'em one at a time please? I think you might be a smarter trader than you give yourself credit for... Respect bro'

The Bonehead Trader..please be brutal!!

Whose got the >21" monitor then? Anybody care to put their hand up..?

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I think FF has right now the best collection of down to earth, honest traders in the pf who have no axe to grind, ego to massage or product to sell. What a refreshing change! I hope the community spirit we have right now keeps on going and we can ...

Cash & Carry

Thanks for replying Electric! Just a few more questions if I may: 1. Is it possible to automate part of the data entry in the spreadsheet? For example the Unrealised P/L or Realise P/L could be taken direct from your Oanda account and filled in? I'm ...

Cash & Carry

Thanks man, I know Jim does something similar with his charts. I might choose a different colour though!

EURUSD

Ubuntu it is then! I used to have a Sat Pro 4100 XCDT which had a fan problem (damn thing never switched off). The laptop doesn't work anymore - the fan stopped working and perhaps a few components melted! [My brother has the laptop now and it ...

Best operating system for 4X trading?

They don't call it the "idiot box" for nothing! A corollary poll might be "How much time are you on the computer? [per week]" Could be interesting...

How much TV do you watch?

How do you do that highlight thing on MT4?

EURUSD

Putting it all together — I think some of your electric light has finally filtered into my dark room of ignorance and I've picked up what you guys get up to here. Man is this a popular thread! I think Jim's gonna have to watch his viewing ...

Cash & Carry

Time to be have a punt — Well I think the economy is fairly steady even after the pretty sharp Oct sell off in stocks. I think Merlin said inflation is on the rise a little. I have no experience of the US Housing market so I'm guessing it will ...

Central Banks Watch

FAO Beachie, linuxtroll and, er, everybody else I suppose — I'm thinking of downloading one of the linux distributions. Has been a while since I built a linux box and that was with redhat. Right now gentoo and ubunta look good and I've read ...

Best operating system for 4X trading?

Generally the noise comes from the fans - CPU and A/C. For the CPU you can try and attach a heatsink instead. If the fans are old then they might be wearing out: they are after bits of plastic spinning on top of a motor after all - so you may need ...

How to keep a trading system running while computer is turned-off?

trade up man - you know it makes sense!

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LOL!!!!!

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If you stack 'em up maybe you can double up to 28"

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comparative analysis — just seeing what my system would of done...i will try and keep these postings to a minimum...jim, do you mind me doing this?

james16 Chart Thread

There are some interesting articles on this forum on the wisdom of just using candles or bars for trading...do a quick search and read 'em all. I would hesistate just to base my decisions solely on either, particularly on small timeframes (less than ...

I'm loving Candle Sticks, newbie's check'em out

How big is your monitor? — Does size matter? Is bigger necessarily better? Who has they mutha of all setups? And how many screens do you watch at once? Let us all coo and gasp in awe at your setup... OK mine is a 19" TFT widescreen, ...

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Wow beachie you sure know your candlesticks! I would add to the list patterns like evening/morning stars which are kinda like Jim's pinbars, harami, thrusting/piercing. Also continuation patterns like 3 advancing soldiers or 3 black crows. I ...

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