Although I am on O a nda too, and I wish I had a take profit set up, I think it could be a mis Quote. As anyone asked the chat service? I will. Lou

Weird quotes on Oanda FXTrade?

Hi Dave, I am considering a different chart pkg. What do you use? Lou

My trades by Dave

DePastino, I think you have a good method. Catastrophic stop loss. Based on what your account can take. Based on very strong support. Lots of leeway for the market to move against you. A negative position is not a loss unless it is taken. Wait for a ...

How to avoid stopp loss...anyone doing that?

xxDavidxSxx Eur/Usd seems contrarian to fundamentals over the past weeks. My 2650 support bent but did not break. What is EW showing? Where are we after this morning's low? Lou

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Thanks Abob for reminding me that this is a rumor and not a fact. But others may consider it and be wary of it or use it in some way. That would give it some reality I guess. Lou

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Greetings, I understand the mechanics of the no touch option as described. What I want to know is how, if it is true and not a rumor, it effects prices, other traders and the one who made the option. If the maker is a real big player would he/she/it ...

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Hi Dave, could you please explain the calculations involved in the chart diagram just above ... with the projection to 1.31 Obviously 1.61 is the golden ratio but how is it drawn? Why is that distance 1.61 Thanks Lou

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Are there any takers for this question? Note This from Thompson Financial... IFR off of F X C M: Note the underlined section about the Double Notouch Option. How does this effect the FX market? What are the mechanics involved. [19:18 GMT September ...

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Here I am 24 + hrs later and still get the message ' charting servers are unavailable'. Tried earlier today too. By the way the spelling on the message of unavailable does not give one confidence. Lou

VTTrader: broker disconnections - is it only me..

Connectivity Problems on 9/24 10:45 CST — Ok is it CMS or is it me. Charts will come up but candles are not matching up with price. Candles seem stuck on Friday's numbers. Lou

VTTrader: broker disconnections - is it only me..

I think if the US GOT Osama then we might see some downspike action. Long ago someone else said and I took up the saying..." Lets hope we are all long on the dollar when we get Osama" More interesting is this taken off of the F X C M squawk box a ...

SHORT the EUR/USD!?!

I agree that a lot of news releases should be considered 'noise'. One has to look at the long term. Weeks months. Does not mean you cant make money in the short term however. Lou

EUR/USD for the week of 9/25

IMHO... a cheaper dollar is being quietly supported by big players because it will help reduce the trade deficit. So supporting a very general upmove over the long term (weeks, months) for Eur/Usd. Thus News release reactions would be noise for the ...

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I think you are too close to Canada

Euro Spurt or US$ Rockets Up

Sorry to hear you are from Minnesota with a comment like that. Lou Nonetheless, welcome to the forum.

Euro Spurt or US$ Rockets Up

Newstraderfx My bias is stronger Eur weaker US $ as well. I find it interesting however that the RealEstate Investment Trust (REIT)fund that I follow has been doing better this month than last and has done well during all of this slowdown news over ...

EUR/USD for the week of 9/25

I tried GFT several times on demo. (Went for it due to its DiNapoli feature which I am not sure is still offered) Got rep calls too. Now I know why. For me it was the worst trading platform I have ever experienced. Contra intuitive and confusing. ...

GFT Forex contacted me today

Also try Visual Trading charts VT there is a separate forum dedicated to this right here at the Factory... moderated by Bemac. Fib time tool can be adjusted for % you want to see projected... color and other minor features? I am curious about your ...

Fibonacci Time Projections

In reply to Exit Point. If when you make a trade you are actually taking several positions over a course of time, then you could scale out of these positions as they reached a designated % of your fund balance (or some other type of similar ...

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What moved price at 9:30 a.m. central US time on September 13 ? Was it Crude Oil Inventories. That was the only news I was aware of during that time. Was not able to view charts from 8:30 to 12:30 so was surprised to see that move. It wasnt ...

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