No, using SMA's I can tell you, exactly when a trend is changing direction GBP 2hour up trend, 30min flat EUR 2hour uptrend line being tested, 30 min down. ( not a good time, abit dead and not trendy really )

Best indicator for trend?

Markets aren't random at all, although they may seem that way at first to a casual observers. Unfortunately, its the casual observers which write the books which you people read, then treat as gospel. Funny old universe, but I really would live ...

Random Price Movement

Not if you find the SMA's that work they aren't, and use which side the price is on. I use my SMA's in my system for S/R to make trades off, and even breakouts. Zero Lag, everything else Lags, which is basically cheating. Makes it look good in back ...

Best indicator for trend?

slap a 1min chart on, and a 30SMA ( 34EMA maybe ), aim to short with the trend, just under this line during trend moves. Find my thread, more in there, it calls it perfectly.

Best indicator for trend?

News is only good for the 30min period of the news, the Pro's will move us in the direction they like regardless. Recently, I've got the feeling EUR and GBP is in a distribution phase, which means most likely, it'll head down at some stage. Even ...

EURUSD

TwoBlink, it's also true, I've tried to stop a few people from blowing there 100K ( the Media's you need 100K to start with, really reads deposit 100K here ), tried to stop them just trying to get reversals everytime, watch as they take $40 profit ...

How come nobody likes to share?

Markets move from Buying / Selling Pressure, if you can identify the market has selling pressure at that time, get on short, 80% of the time you'll profit. 20% of the time, the seller finishes and the buyers move it up again, or a bigger buyer comes ...

Random Price Movement

Bapxyz, wasn't a normal NFP, news got leaked 30seconds earlier, then people thought it was a fake move and went Long, then everyone else got the news and down it went. I got on it short at the bottom, in and it stalled, then flipped long and made ...

Getting Around your broker

Trendfund.com is a prime example, they had such a huge following ( as long as Waxie the main man was there ), they would literally, advise a stock to there paying customers, then pass advice to all e-mail subscribers, and 9 times outta 10, would ...

How come nobody likes to share?

My take is :- We are all Retail traders, we are all on the same side, we should no we MUST help each other out, if we are going to have a chance of making it big and I personally want to bring people along with me, as others have helped me in the ...

How come nobody likes to share?

I'm actually trying to do that the other way around, trying to use the Demo account to prove that my system / setups work and then to actual trade them for real, without so much fear. Sad thing is, I wuss outta trading my setup, then watch the ...

How far is your Stop loss

Thanks Scott, I was considering doing that to, but pls go ahead as I'm lazy. I'm logging off, first full week trading, it's a killer in more ways than 1. enjoy

Random Price Movement

Merlin, recently started marking my own trades, on a profit / loss basis, but also on quality of trade ( scored from -10 to +10 ), does force you to think about your trades more, to get a higher score. Some trades Lose, but still get a near 10 ...

Random Price Movement

Agree 100% there SMJones, I've played with the idea of flipping a coin and placing trades based entirely on that as money management is key. Prefer to have my cake and eat it, smart entrys and good money management / exits, but sadly lacking on both ...

Random Price Movement

So just to be 100% clear as it's been a long long week :- You think that the Excel spreadsheets Random number generator is 99% as good as a Coin Flip ?? If so, as a programmer, that along time ago worked on psuedo random number generating, thats not ...

Random Price Movement

Bad english "UK Coins for instance the Heads side has more mass, so as it spin when the head is downward facing the coin slowly down abit, and vice versa." should read UK Coins for instance the Heads side has more mass, so as it spins, when the head ...

Random Price Movement

Do you agree that the psuedo random number generator in the excel spread sheet, is generating very un randomly ?? Which be why it's giving a very market like apearance.

Random Price Movement

SMJones, "Please read post 92 again. this is not a computer program. But if you feel a coin toss is not random what is the point of discussing this? Please read this thread before you post on it's content. " A coin toss is completely random, but the ...

Random Price Movement

More importantly, walk away from the markets, don't think about Markets, have a good weekend and some fun, and come back refreshed and ready to attempt to kick ass on monday ( notice the ATTEMPT LOL )

Random Price Movement

Palabara, after failing to profit from the NFP ( down 3pips ), I gave it up and couldn't pull the trigger, so setup another FXCM demo account, got my head back in the game and made over 90pips, without 1 losing trade. Sooooo much easier to trade ...

How far is your Stop loss