Now that's funny stuff!

Help me out? I need the help of you.

Here's an excerpt from a chat with my mentor from a few years ago. He worked at Tudor Investments for five years. Mike: That culture of discretion was rampant throughout the systems group which consistently lost money. Pete was finally ousted in 96. ...

Forex Profit... Im sorry but... (10% per month?)

Go Deutsche Mark!!! Oh wait, you gave that up so that you can support the Albanians. Too bad!

How insidious is your patriotism ?

Like a few others here, I've met a guy who worked as a trader for a very large firm. He had a $50 million account and never made under 20% per year in 5 years. He made almost $3 million per year doing it. But after 5 years he was burnt out to the ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Interest rates rule the currency markets. Everything else is secondary, much of it is bullshit. Plot out interest rates for different countries and their currencies for the last 30 years. Bear in mind that money will shift around in anticipation of ...

forex fundamentals are way too vast

You left out Esignal. They use the GTIS feed which comes from 200 banks. It's as reliable as anything else, and more so than most.

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It's true just about everything in life. It takes nine months to have a baby, and it can die in an instant. It takes years to build a reputation, but one moment to destroy it. It takes years to put up a massive building, but moments to bring it ...

The long & short of the matter

No, but I know some Indian restaurants here in the UAE that make a curry to die for.

Carry over interest

Kids can be a real pain in the ass at times, but most of the time they're non-stop laughs. I wouldn't want to live without him now that I know him, that's for sure.

My "Holy S**t Moment"

And bananas...there's gotta be bananas in there somewhere.

The monkey (in progress)

My Aha moment was when I realized that trading with the trend really is the best of the two options out there. I still will go against the trend, but I risk a fraction of what I put on a trend trade. It took me years to get that simple fact even ...

"AH HA" moment

You're welcome.

Is trading FX for living a myth?

IF you are successfully trading an account, no matter what the size, then borrowing money to trade is just another business decision. If you aren't, then borrowing is tantamount to financial suicide.

Is trading FX for living a myth?

Anyone remember the Monday morning about 3-4 years ago when the GBP gapped down 150 pips? It was after they found that Brit dead of a supposed suicide, the one that was blowing the whistle on Blair and the Gulf War? I got stopped out on that one, ...

lose my shirt with news?

You don't have a plan, that's the problem. As to the 80 pips a day, that's meaningless to us because we have no idea how you calculate that number. If you show us precise information, such as types of trades and exactly how you count 80 pips, then ...

Everyday I make around 80 pips

MetaTrader is a company that makes charts. They make money by licensing their charts to companies. Your account is with a broker, not with MT. I'd strongly suggest you do some serious research before you open an account with any firm, much less FXCM.

A Quick Overview

Yep, it's immoral. We're all going to hell. I hope it isn't run by Refco!

Is trading Forex immoral??

If you were to read the first two Market Wizards books by Jack Schwager, you'll find a variety of successful (we're assuming they're all telling the truth) traders using a variety of methods. Some such as Seykota are pretty much mechanical, while ...

Regarding the article "Trading As A Business" (Or:Are successful systems automatic?)

Yep, all the time. Have you ever paid attention to the type of music you play according to what's going on with your trading?

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