good post jmn... yes, I am just posing the question - I always try to be contrarian in my thinking for logical reasons... most traders believe in patterns and TA and most traders are failing. If patterns really existed and worked they would be over ...

Funny Looking Rectangles & Useless Drivel

I have never said it can not work - just be aware of how the mind works when relying on visual interpretations. I use patterns in my trading but I understand they have little or no predictive qualities, I use them as structure combined with other ...

Funny Looking Rectangles & Useless Drivel

don't try and make it personal - that reflects badly on you. I made a point about humans seeing meaningless patterns, let's leave it at that. thanks url

Funny Looking Rectangles & Useless Drivel

maybe you're right - but it's always nice to have a counter argument to an unproven theory. -and just maybe I can save one poor soul from 3 years of tweaking random lines and possibly losing some money he can not afford to lose

Funny Looking Rectangles & Useless Drivel

strange no studies relating to trading on that one.. are you in denial of facts?

Funny Looking Rectangles & Useless Drivel

- I think it is used to suggest a large percentage lose, and I wouldn't argue with that

Is random really random?

good luck to you GEfx (if luck exists of course!)... it's good we can all have different opinions and still debate without fighting.... many more pips to you sir!

Is random really random?

spend less time staring at bar charts and a little more studying the mind and human behaviour. The markets are just a reflection of human feelings. The reason the majority lose trading is because we are just making human errors. Stop inventing stuff ...

Funny Looking Rectangles & Useless Drivel

Hi TB, im on holiday but I briefly scanned your ideas and you have good context -

H4 Power

always apply logic before you trust what your eyes or your intuition is telling you... url

Is random really random?

I have no issues like re-quotes or slippage and my spreads are fixed. From what I hear the 'states is just about the worst place on the planet to be a retail trader...

Is trading really that hard?

I get filled at the price I want all the time with an FSA regulated broker, you must have a very different experience of trading to me.

Is trading really that hard?

Do you ever have problems getting your orders filled at the price you require?

Is trading really that hard?

you're only focussing on the negative aspects of being relatively small in the market place. There are advantages also...

Is trading really that hard?

heheh... ok lets no even go there!! but remember this 1 point... a. if you do not know all the elements affecting price then your entry is in effect always random... so, if random entries can not make money, what are you doing here? (unless youre ...

Do you believe this market is random?

the math he posted is very simple, I think perhaps you skimmed his research, if spread is an issue on EU you're not even in the same ballpark... but anyway lets disagree.

Do you believe this market is random?

in your opinion.

Is random really random?

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Any book recommendations to help devise systems?

hahah you've got the holy grail too??? ... so many here I guess everyone is trading from their super yachts

Is random really random?

I wouldn't call your stuff basic but it has limitations yes.

Is random really random?