My trading process is only fundamental based. I don't look at charts.

The Big secret to trading success

You don't need TA but it can give some people more confidence. I havent used TA in a year and I am more successful as a result. Each to their own though

The Big secret to trading success

If you want to know the bigger picture you need to understand the central banks agenda and the economy. The reason news trading fails traders is because they don't understand the fundamentals and either miss the important information or miss other ...

The Big secret to trading success

How can an index tell you the market is waiting for a speech or some market data? Also how is cot reports going to give you any session related information since sentiment can be dovish and cot can be hawkish?

The Big secret to trading success

There is nothing wrong with news trading. The people fail at it because they don't know the fundamentals.

The Big secret to trading success

Wednesday is more important than Monday and Friday will be the decider

USD/JPY Discussion

Even if nfp comes in worse than expected it doesn't mean it's a sell signal. Employment fluctuates and the US is at full employment so even if it creates 120k jobs it's still not going to change direction. You might get a small reactionary trade but ...

USD/JPY Discussion

Too often I see threads like this where so many opinions regurgitate the same old lines. - You can win with a 30% rate and all you need is to hold a trend - trading has no secrets. You simply follow the trend (dozens of variations of this one) - to ...

The Big secret to trading success

the dollar index is comprised of a basket of currencies so it isn't the same. It is basically an average against the basket

How can currencies be analysed independently?

to see it's value, you need to value it against something so i don't think this is possible

How can currencies be analysed independently?

I have been trading live for 2 years now. The first year i write off as it was a disaster but the second has proven to be good. I had to withdraw money as i needed it but now starting to build it back up with salary topping up monthly. I currently ...

What to look for in a Trade Explorer

Thanks for sharing - interesting for sure

Most traders fail because of no discipline!

I was referring to Jarret Davis as your mentor and not the technical trader you mentioned since he claims to have held that 2nd spot between 2008 and 2013. It's not that i don't believe it's more a case i have yet to see any evidence of it that is ...

Most traders fail because of no discipline!

you are referring to Jarret Davis but since you mentioned pedantic, i have yet to see evidence of a trader over the long term making money off nothing but technical analysis. Feel free to prove me wrong if you like and if you do i will be humble and ...

Most traders fail because of no discipline!

I think its no different to flipping a coin. There is far too little information in a candle stick or whatever technical instrument used to gain any advantage during news releases. I guarantee you will have lucky trades as much as i guarantee you ...

My Simple Rookie News Trading System

i don't think i would ever approach a firm for a job and would rather trade out of my home office and be my own boss. Perhaps it would be advantageous to do a year at a firm to boost your own trading capital, that i can see as an option initially.

Different ways of Raising Capital

its a large market so don't confine yourself to a single pair. There is plenty of opportunity out there.

Since when is London the crappiest trading session?

dropping technicals and focusing on fundamentals

What helped you the most to be profitable?

individual news releases don't hold weight on their own unless it's an unexpected number against an important area like inflation. i don't suggest anyone tries to trade news events without knowing the bigger fundamental picture across multiple ...

My Simple Rookie News Trading System

25% in a single day! how much of your account are you risking per trade?

Drawdown % vs. Profit