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johnedoe replied Sep 22, 2007what are your uses for the shift?.......since it really does'nt change the actuall MA other than it's position on the chart....I mean it does'nt see into the future. it is still a lagging indicator.
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johnedoe replied Sep 22, 2007first off.... I use WMA and SMA....... set WMA @ 5, and the SMA @ 7. when MAs cross and price stays above/below I trade in direction of trend, use longer TFs to reduce the whipsaw....... image it is not so much the MA cross as it is which side of ...
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johnedoe replied Sep 22, 2007Here is one way to keep an eye on multiple pairs.... image you really don't need a single chart that fills the page, just one big enough to show which side of the MA the price is on.
Road behind....road ahead.
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johnedoe replied Sep 22, 2007those figures are per 10,000 units trade size,,,,also goto the link for Oandas intrest calculator.

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johnedoe replied Sep 21, 2007Here is an intrest calculator for Oanda pairs .... it is a couple weeks outdated but here is the link....... http://www.oanda.com/products/fxmath/interest.shtml here are the intrst rates at Oanda image
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johnedoe replied Sep 21, 2007that would depend on your margin used........ to get 2% could take as little as 2-4 pips or as many as several hundred pips
Road behind....road ahead.
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johnedoe replied Sep 21, 2007generally I stay out..... However FX market is a very trendy market, there are periods of rangeing, during those times either stay out or find another pair that is still trending. here is the same pair but on the houly, still very tradable. image
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johnedoe replied Sep 21, 2007isto.....caught you here, two different answers. Quote: Originally Posted by FiboFan here is what I came up with to exit. I put a regression channel around the current trend. When PA gets against the north side on a long trend i'll exit all ...
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johnedoe replied Sep 21, 2007isto are you still mostly trading daily charts or have you also gone to some shorter time frames?
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johnedoe replied Sep 21, 2007fxnewbie71 image Seems to me the side to trade is pretty obviouse with few exceptions, SMA moving up and price is above the SMA line then trade long.....SMA moving down and price is below SMA line then trade short.....not exactly rocket science
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johnedoe replied Sep 21, 2007I am still amazed at how easily people are sucked into these bucket shops, there are some very good brokers out there and yet somehow folks just don't get it. Good God people.......do your homework, investigate befor you put your money down.
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johnedoe replied Sep 21, 2007Open positions I can not believe there are still open long positions at these levels...... image Open orders image
USDCAD trend reversal?
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johnedoe replied Sep 20, 2007Open positions image Open orders image Here is the link for the above charts. http://fxtrade.oanda.com/resources/trastats/positionsummary.shtml
OMG! USD/CAD @ 1.0000 today?
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johnedoe replied Sep 19, 2007Also post these two staments conspicuously.....burn them into your mind. The first, biggest and worst enemy of any trader is his/her own opinion about where the market is going. The next biggest enemy are opinions of friends and brokers about where ...
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johnedoe replied Sep 18, 2007Oanda spreads — The EUR/USD spreads at Oanda ahve been .9 pip for the last several days..... of course the FOMC thing today raised them to 2 pip which was the highest I saw today,...might have been a little higher when I was'nt looking
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johnedoe replied Sep 17, 2007Maybe you could try this instead........ nice wide TP, with a SL that gives the market some breathing room......then follow the market with a trailing stop, getting to BE as soon as feasable, after that it's gravy.......just a thought.
what ive been doing lately: profitable?