The final gdp numbers are never as important as the preliminary releases. If it is yellow in the calendar then don't bother with looking at is as a trading catalyst because you will end up losing money.

When is the forecast number for GDP q/q available

I started just over a year ago with technicals and quickly realised it was voodoo magic. Moved onto fundamentals and i only look at charts now after entering a trade to manage the trades. so similar outcome to you and i am currently sitting at ...

Successful traders are very, very rare to find

Have you considered a radically different approach to the market i. e no charts? Trying other markets could also prove to be positive.

Successful traders are very, very rare to find

How do you know how many pairs successful traders trade? I trade at least 20 of them including gold and oil.

Successful traders are very, very rare to find

The only thing in life that is a certainty is tax and death. In your old age you want to enjoy the fruits of life well who do you think is going to pay for the infrastructure and services you use. Tax is generally proportionate to your earnings with ...

Would you renounce your citizenship to pay less tax?

So what you are saying is you want the ability to generate income and not hand some of it over to the taxman.

Would you renounce your citizenship to pay less tax?

You mean dealing with the morons who through their inability to trade, are taking out their anger on me is a problem? Shall I bow down and start sucking then? This was simply a comment I made with absolutely no reference to anyone in any insulting ...

Would you renounce your citizenship to pay less tax?

That's because nobody who's made profit in millions have gone down the road of sitting in their pj's trading from a home office. They all tend to open up funds or other businesses.

Would you renounce your citizenship to pay less tax?

Tax funds infrastructure and services, without it we would all be living in the wild west.

Would you renounce your citizenship to pay less tax?

You disagreed with me when i said you can know and now you are reiterating that you can't know. The question wasn't about catching a trend but knowing which one is fake. A technical trend trader like yourself have to take every setup and this is ...

Trend Trading

Obviously it will be reflected in the chart but at what point in the chart do you realise this is a developing trend. The question was how do you know when a trend is starting and not just some short term reaction to something unrelated. No chart in ...

Trend Trading

yes you can but not through charts

Trend Trading

every single initiation of a trend is brought on by the introduction of new information into the market that changes sentiment. If you want to focus on getting into trends early then you need to incorporate fundamentals. Nothing a chart can show you ...

Trend Trading

i trade exotics often but off of their economic releases like South Africa GDP release today. You don't see them in most economic calendars , i get it from Eikon but you can also get it from tradingeconomics. Generally i find the same quality of ...

Exotics (USD/TRY, USD/ZAR, USD/MXN, and others)

fundamentals applies to all currencies, not just exotics

Exotics (USD/TRY, USD/ZAR, USD/MXN, and others)

I trade according to a weekly schedule based on the economic calendar. Outside of these times I am not actively trading but rather just have a news feed running on the side

Question: Realistic to trade forex at specific times of the day?

One word, charts

The one reason that trumps all other reasons why traders lose

i always recommend twitter. you can follow excellent news feeds and other good traders in a single thread. its free and makes me money every week often with faster response times than premium services

8 Years Later - Still Not Winning

That's one of the many aspects of trading fundamentals that people don't get and most likely why they just give up and dismiss it as irrelevant. Take this weekend as an example. We had Michel Barnier brexit comments, Germany Business letter about a ...

Successful traders are very, very rare to find

look at that chart or better yet go to tradingview on a 5 min chart and see for yourself if these events are priced in. what is priced in are expectations but news is as much outside of expectations as much as it is within. when the market moves ...

Successful traders are very, very rare to find