Hi FTI, another member just sent me a PM with similar content. You should really think about whether you want to go down the institutional or retail road. I dealt for years through the corporate platform of a retail broker because a few ticks in the ...

Technical Analysis Fallacy

Marcel, ...not sure what you're getting at. I don't use any indicators at all - simple math, thats all. I know precisely when to enter, exit and how much per trade - no need for indicators the way I trade. regards daytrading

Is Martingale really dangerous?

I think we assume that people do the math before attempting to use or discard these strategies. regards daytrading

Is Martingale really dangerous?

Hi, what you state in your first paragraph has nothing to do with Martingale. Adding to an already open position is something completely different. Martingale means you always bet on a specific outcome during a sequence of try's. Until that outcome ...

Is Martingale really dangerous?

This is a typical example for derivatives like Interest-Rate-Swaps. When I used to workf for investment houses, very often the banks came up to buy or sell a taylored swap since they were backing a company with a foreign currency loan based on a ...

How would you hedge your life?

Sorry folks, I have to correct my last sentence. it should say....low win/lose ratio with high reward/risk ratio. regards daytrading

Is Martingale really dangerous?

Hilmy, What you describe is not martingale but adding to a losing trade. Martingale is originally devised for a straight forward probability game with fixed odds in respect of the law of large numbers. (like roulette) Which means each throw counts ...

Is Martingale really dangerous?

Martingale position sizing does work when it is applied to the correct method as you have already hinted. When you come from Futures trading environment where most traders have a negative reward-to-risk ratio combined with high percentage win/lose ...

Is Martingale really dangerous?

Hi FTI, Sorry to interrupt the conversation. I have worked my way through many brokers and charting systems. MT4 is certainly adequate if you choose the right broker to support it, like MIG investments in Swizerland for example. If you choose to pay ...

Technical Analysis Fallacy

Jody, go into Capitalist88's avatar and click on "visit C...'s website" regards

Will do statistical research for pips (or food)

Ok, here is another one: after my mother fled what was then called Czechoslovakia in 1968 when the Russians invaded, I grew up with a relative in Germany. I remember in the mid 70's me and the other kids from the road we lived in invented this game ...

When did you start trading?

Inthenightsk, I didn't want to distract from the thread but just to clarify: Vegas came a few years ago and flooded several forums with a free trading method "the 1 hour tunnel" (you might still be able to find the original thread in FF trading ...

Combination of Indicators from forum

Pipal, hi - I am glad to hear your trading is improving. All the best, regards daytrading

Technical Analysis Fallacy

...thanks Price - ok, let the good folks carry on with the intended topic. regards daytrading

Combination of Indicators from forum

Hi, ...not sure about the hair-poll, haha... My post is slightly besides the point since I don't use any indicators....but the VEGAS thing popped into my eye. Apparently, he has disappeared from the face of the earth since last summer. I know a lot ...

Combination of Indicators from forum

Hi ST, Nice to see you're back. All the best for '08 regards daytrading

Soultrader's Clinic :)

Hi, ok, here we go: 2 questions for you - 1. How well do you know your trading method (expectancy, risk, etc) ? and by far more important 2. How well do you know yourself (I mean how thorough are you with self-evaluation) ? See if you can answer ...

Battling my mind

...hahaha, no worries man

Corrections

Hi S, corrections are not necessarily proportional with regard to time frames. (i.e. after a 0.5% intraday up/down move to a new high/low you get most likely a different percentage on the correction/retracement than you would get after a weekly ...

Corrections

Man, where did you learn your math skills!? From 2500 to 10K is 400% (not 75%) Of course it can be done - you have to be good though....besides, its 2.5K start capital not 2.5million...there is a big difference in achieving big returns on small ...

Would I have any takers?