'Disabled' - read Hanover post number 123. You have not read Claudia?

Hanover replies to PMs

Hi claudia, Since I am still around I read your post above. An so my reply. For the record ff administrators deleted all my posts initially but reinstated the rest except the last one recently. How is my last post a scam? I had my say but there are ...

Hanover replies to PMs

Hi Hanover I am not a regular at ff. But I do come across your posts. You are a great guy who helps around a lot. Its time someone help you in return. I understand you 'quit' spot forex after many year of trying and now you are ' investing' in stock ...

Hanover replies to PMs

Your opinion is a common one shared by many all over ff and many forums. If you care to dissect what you said in detail you'll find you cannot be right. But that's another topic altogether. The error lies in your yardstick of what's 'good' and ...

"good traders trade, bad traders teach"

The original post by ddinnov stated clearly they're trading since 2005, yet till today(9yrs) they still need to supplement their income by teaching?

"good traders trade, bad traders teach"

If you want such a great trader whom you and everybody else is hunting high and low for, share out loud why should such a trader be teaching others, that's what you and everybody else should be doing - let him/her read it. Convince this great trader ...

"good traders trade, bad traders teach"

These are 'rich traders' who can afford larger account size that everybody else go ga ga over with some reasonable results, but not good traders as in great traders. This means that this so called good trader at best has a reasonable ...

"good traders trade, bad traders teach"

Good traders make good money from the markets. Why should they collect paltry fees from teaching others? Good traders find little reason why they should teach others to be successful. As for good traders that teach on the side, a few may look like ...

"good traders trade, bad traders teach"

NV I read n reread a couple of times the mass of info up there n try not to freak out. Thanks for the great work!

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130+ live trades, 68% W/L ratio, 650+% ROI todate. It's out there...

There is no Holy Grail

Many thanks NV. Similar tots here.

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Hi nv_trader Love what you're doing with this thread. Can I have your permission to borrow your post #35 ? It's a real gem stating it as it is and should be. Amen!

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For a 33% win/loss ratio, you need a fairly large profit/loss ratio, ie. greater than 1:2(breakeven) to make any reasonable returns.

Why Simple is better in trading and Complex is not

I've 2 problems with this week, day and 4h setup. 1. a) How often does this happen in one week ? How many trades does it give you in one week ? b) How many of them turn out winners and how many losers? c) How many pairs must I look at to find that ...

Why Simple is better in trading and Complex is not

Forexgogo has accounted for slippage and spread when he put up this 33%/week figure.

Why Simple is better in trading and Complex is not

Let me take it further. This means that you can achieve 33%/wk x 4weeks = 132%/mth returns That'll give 264% returns in 2 months. Which means you can double up your lot size in your 3rd month and repeat that cycle. That'll only happen if - 1. you ...

Why Simple is better in trading and Complex is not

Let's say you trade 5m to go long. 4h, 1h, 15m, 5m and 1m all show bullish trend. Do a back test on any pair with this combination and you will come up with a mixture of results. In a few cases, the trend continues with a move, a lot of times no ...

Why Simple is better in trading and Complex is not

One more thing to add on. Trade with a sound alert ea when all the correct ticks in the boxes. That'll help you not needing to stare at the screen all the time.

Why Simple is better in trading and Complex is not

Hi everyone. If the tools used is few and simple, the question is whether it is reliable. What is the win/loss ratio? 6:4 ? So the response is to add on filters, meaning more tools, hence more complex, to increase the reliability for a win/loss ...

Why Simple is better in trading and Complex is not