looking for a modest continuation — I've been looking for an increase in volatility since Friday and the pop higher today has satisfied that and has my vol indicator falling off, signaling a decrease in the potential for a large move in the ...

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Not sure where the poster in the link got the data for a minimum of 30% returns to hedge the inherent risk in forex. I've never seen it - the data - and know of very few people who return 30% on an average basis. The great thing about forums and the ...

$100 to $100K in 1 year...

quick look at volatility — I know today, the last few days, have been painfully slow, especially if you trade longer time frames. In my vol forecast I'm seeing some increase in the model. I would expect a pop soon, if not today in the ...

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If you're just tuning in... 100% a month, every month, is not possible. 100% a year, every year, is not possible. This one is going to hurt. 10% a year, every year, is not possible. If you disagree with any of the above, please just keep trading. ...

100% Monthly consistently

Hypothetical Trade Account Update: 2-18-10 — Trade is a little further into the black with today's price action.

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Hypothetical Trade Update: 12-18-10 — The pair is pushing a little lower today...

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Hypothetical Trade Account Update: 2-16-10 — Quick snapshot of the account...

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Hypothetical Trade Update:12-16-10 — Pulling back a little this morning with mixed signals in the longer term picture. There are indications this bullish dollar could be in its very early stages and could run for many moths, six - to twelve. I ...

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Hypothetical Trade Account Update: 2-15-10 — Here in the first part of Feb we've ground out a little over 300 pips, but we have to factor volatility into it. We also have miles to go in this trade. It will be several weeks before the exit ...

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Hypothetical Trade Update: 12-15-10 — Not much happening right now with the business holiday here in the states.

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Hi Robert, I appreciate your intentions and you taking the time to add some input. Our views of what is easy and/or possible are quite different, and I know my beliefs tend to be in the minority of the Retail Market. I don't spend a lot of time ...

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Hypothetical Trade Account Update: 2-12-10 — Quick snap-shot of the Demo account for today... grinding along.

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Hypothetical Trade Update: 2-12-10 — The pair has ground a little lower today giving a momentary new high in the trade, but has since retraced to previous levels. The new high is a good thing bet we have to keep an eye on the longer term ...

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In a perfect world. — In a perfect world, step forward testing and real time testing would match that of the back-testing. It rarely happens; human response to shifts in model efficiency, changes in market behavior etc all affect how models ...

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Short Term Hypothetical Trades — It's been several years since I managed funds and for a long time I never really bothered to look at the old computer based trade model. Last summer I blew the dust off the computing grid and fired things back ...

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Hypothetical Trade Account Update: 2-11-10 — Grinding along... just trying to squeeze a couple of pips out here and there.

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Hypothetical Trade Update: 2-11-10 — The demo trade is slowing regaining some of the ground lost earlier in the week. It's not to the point where it's adding any new profits to the trade and I still see technical uncertainty and possibly a ...

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Perspectives — It should probably be noted here with this testing I'm more concerned with pips returned or lost than actual returns. I'm trading about .20:1 here, if this were a live trade I'd be sitting somewhere between 1:1 and 2:1 so the ...

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Hypothetical Trade Account Update: 2-10-10 — Grinding back some of the losses from yesterday, again, this price action is meaningless in the big picture when trading longer term.

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Hypothetical Trade Update: 2-10-10 — More noise today, not much impact one way or another in the longer term trade. The "risk hump" is still developing and it will take a few weeks to know if we see a larger reversal, some consolidation, or a ...

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