"Every great building starts with a solid foundation." The Foundation - Market Microstructure Basics Part I ========================================================================================================================================= The ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

Order Flow Analysis =========================================================================================================================================== Market microstructure basics will tell you that there is one and only one thing that ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

Markets are pretty boring right now. Of course I expected it, but I just wanted to see the area where we opened at (which was pretty much the same area we closed at). So in the meantime, I will re-post some of my old posts made on another (pretty ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

Hi ChanhXanh, Thanks for that! Hopefully I can just make money from the markets, then writing would just be a hobby lol. You brought up some good questions. Answering them will require explaining my strategy more in depth and I'll try to give the ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

There hasn't been any important new news over the weekend that would affect my currency pairs. Just more articles about Sony hacking, mourning in Pakistan, US airstrikes, oil output, brutal police killing in NY, etc. Although the news is just sad ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

~Fundamental Analysis~ Week of 12/21/14 ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

~Technical Analysis~ Week of 12/21/14 ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

Tomorrow I will finish up with technical analysis (the road map), fundamental analysis (knowing and preparing for upcoming market events), and reviewing any important news over the weekend that may cause a gap. I may or may not trade Asia on Sunday. ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

~Sentiment Analysis~ Week of 12/21/14 ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

~COT Report Analysis~ As of 12/16/14 ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

~Post-week Analysis~ Week of 12/14/14 ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

Thanks for the support guys! I have accounts with TD Ameritrade, FXCM, and Oanda. These are regulated brokers with great reviews (from traders who actually know what they are doing) and I am very satisfied with them. However, my goal for this ...

Trading Like A Dealer: Treasury Management With High Risk

Good call. Almost hit 23. With dealers net long and such a big sell-off in E/U it was only a matter of time to expect a retracement once sellers exhausted. What happens now is fair game, listen to what price is telling you, follow her ...

EURUSD

Hey FTI, I hope you are doing well. Just out of curiosity, I remember earlier in this thread it was stated that you got a 200% return in like 2 weeks. What kind of risk were you taking on your positions to do that? Thanks! SK

Technical Analysis Fallacy

Trust me, it's very possible to make tons of pips around news time. You just need to understand how to really trade the news and it's reaction. There's no sure way of knowing what will happen and how long it will last. The market is not rigid. It ...

How "long" an impact does news have?

Thanks for your reply Phil. You are truly one of the most helpful people I've seen around these forums. I don't know why people are judging you based on how much money you say you have, when what really matters is your useful technique. You do what ...

Are there any Large Lot Traders here?

No one knows. There is no defined time. It all depends on liquidity's interaction with order flow. This is where you should start as there are too many variables to consider i.e. was it priced in? Are there a lot of market participants on the wrong ...

How "long" an impact does news have?

Haha okay price glad to know. You know him much better than I and I was just making sure he's alright. Man talking to you reminds me of Pakistan, those delicious sweets lol. They don't make them as good here.

Technical Analysis Fallacy

Hey CookieMonsta, Thanks for your detailed explanation! I actually do pretty much what you do as well. I think you are referring to my question posted on the Institutional Traders thread? When I meant fake breakout vs. real breakout, I really meant ...

Technical Analysis Fallacy