Hi heyseed. I took the liberty of putting lines around what I perceive to be areas sandwiched neatly between the tsr and satl like peas in a pod. Do they sound right? Since one doesn't know where exactly the next dot will be in, I think it is fair ...

2019

Firstly, I don't have a trading plan. I have many of them. The market doesn't come at you the same way every second. It comes at you every nano second with a revised plan of it's own and you in return reach into your bag of tricks and react. If you ...

Plan the Trade

Well, in that case, I suggest trading a cent account with small money. Just trying to be practical here. In one of my accounts I am trading $20 in a cent account and have made it to $28 in a couple of weeks and I am applying every possible trick of ...

Plan the Trade

Oh, pardon me. I didn't know only people who have been around since the beginning of the thread were allowed to comment. Comment still stands. You want to detach yourself from your money? Get an EA, put it on VPS and look at it once a year.

Plan the Trade

I disagree. I have detached myself from my money. The result: I have caught myself treating my money as if it was demo money. Meh, it's only money... I can deposit more. Now i am trying to attach my emotions back to my money and treat it like it ...

Plan the Trade

The 10,000 hour rule doesn't mean that after that many hours you become king of the jungle and master of your domain. It means that after spending that long trading, if you lose badly or get a margin call, you are not going to run around like a ...

No skill in trading!

I recognize a few of the Indies on these charts. Some are actually informative and some showy and spectacular as in eye candy. Any chance you would be willing to post some Indies I am interested in or at least name them so I can research for them?

Amazing charts!!

I believe you 100%.

Hanover replies to PMs

Well, this thread is not about a "big reveal". That is fair. I don't blame you. You only know what you know and what you don't know may not harm you but it won't benefit you either.

Are We All Gambling?

Sorry LDFX, you have to enlighten yourself on that since you are such a smart businessman. Us gamblers think differently and I am afraid as long as you are blind to certain facts or at least you don't open yourself up to possibilities of discovery, ...

Are We All Gambling?

Gambling in Forex with positive expectancy is so very possible. I guess you don't know that. Very well.

Are We All Gambling?

To pet3250 There are several free ZZ Eas around and I'm sure pay ones. What fresh/new idea do you have implementing ZZ in an EA that hasn't been thought of before?

I will code your EAs and Indicators for no charge

To beat a dead horse even more and to play the devil's advocate, I can see that if you had 1 million in your pocket and bet $1 on roulette at a time hoping to win $1 (I've never played roulette so I don't know the prizes), after 1 million tries, you ...

Are We All Gambling?

The backbone of LDFX's argument that FX trading is not gambling is "Positive Expectancy". Here is an article that explains what positive expectancy is: url After reading it, I am convinced that the author is just an academic teaching a theory and ...

Are We All Gambling?

And for you, post #4

Are We All Gambling?

If LDFX wore his best business suit and walked into a casino declaring that he is a businessman handing out his business cards or whatever that makes him look like a businessman, they will just point out the chip kiosk where he can slam down his ...

Are We All Gambling?

It makes it simpler to accept losses because you tell yourself that you took a chance, gambled and lost and that is the nature of the game. If not, then when in loss, you have to question your intelligence and business acumen for making such horrid ...

Are We All Gambling?

Sure. A casino gambler could say that without their gambling, the cost of food and drinks at the casino would be a lot higher and their spending of money is keeping a lot of people employed. Yet they know they are gamblers. A gambler in denial is ...

Are We All Gambling?

It will make taking losses easier and if you make money, the realization that you pocketed some chips off the table without rendering a service or producing a product makes you understand where you are coming from. A casino gambler can say they are ...

Are We All Gambling?