I have a question also... — Do you actually have to create a new bid/offer price within the order book? (different 5th digit) Or can you 'add to liquidity' at a existing price level and wait to get executed? [and still get paid]

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Better yet... — You could start a Trade Explorer for that account... then everyone could see your trades and open positions and it updates automatically. url Login to Forex Factory, go to Control Panel, first item above Market Sentiments - ...

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any updates? — Any great strategies or automation for this situation Dr Who? Perhaps you are making so much $$$$ you'd rather keep quiet? Just curious.

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a fan of scalping EUR/USD also... — I'm a fan of scalping EUR/USD also. (I saw you had posted a few EUR/USD charts.) What stop-loss do you use on EUR/USD lately? What kind of winning trade % do you have? Thanks in advance.

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Similar to... — This sounds similar to 100% Win Math Grid EA. The central 'weakness' would be that you may be put into a position of trying to open more orders than you have available margin. (It is a different version of a 'martingale' idea.) ...

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Is this recent account... — I'm trying to understand what you are presenting. Is this recent account an example of your Scalp & Swing strategy? (started April 4, last update April 11) 59% equity? You are holding losses in excess of -40% of the ...

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Good trading... — ...just dropping by to show some support for your journal. You have always had good risk control (unlike me). Good Luck, I will keep an eye on your charts and Trade Explorer.

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About the addiction... — The Paul Tudor Jones documentary from the late 80's... about 16 minutes in.... "Paul spends his week-ends at his farm in Virginia. It is early Sunday evening..." He's on the speakerphone trading currencies with ...

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The Trap — Don't fall into the trap... Examining your trades (after they are closed) you can falsely label your lack of profits as deficiencies of your "psychology". The trade that moved against you quickly (and too far). You: I didn't cut my ...

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Yes...sort of...(chuckle) — Yes...mostly discretionary trading since the beginning of April. The "mechanical" entry idea I had thought of persuaded me to trade with the trend more than I had in the past. (I have had such a heavy inclination ...

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LVG said it right... — Your risk management can be perfect and your mental state can be that of a zen master but if you are missing this... ...you are destined for defeat. Really "good" edges can overcome less than perfect risk controls and ...

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an old post by Darkstar... — (click > and read the entire post) Since I am a very short-term trader...I don't have as much interest in news and sentiment. I am very interested in finding "real" support and resistance levels, areas of possible ...

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Back to what works for you... — I say go back to what works for you. Read your first post in this thread again. "For my longer term trades i used the following in alignment with those patterns: - Levels of Support & Resistance (horizontal, ...

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Just my observations.... — Things you have changed: 1. higher timeframes -> lower timeframes 2. customized position sizes -> static position sizes and static stoploss 3. 2:1 RRR One thing that you may have to accept as NOT true: "The system I ...

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my trades from last year... — Heya Tilt, I scalped quite a bit last year. (1000+ trades) I took a hard look at hundreds of my trades and found that I basically wasted time with trades that didn't start profitably (even if later they were ...

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More recently... — I've been attempting to scalp profitably for awhile now. After using extensive support and resistance analysis for some time, (and not being amazing successful) I'm leaning toward a timed-based stop-loss and time-based exit. ...

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a fan... — I'm a long-time fan of MB Trading and NinjaTrader. It is a great offering but... you have to get someone to take the other side of the trade. Of course, when you are wrong...the market can (and lately does) move fast/far against ...

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Hiya... — Hi Rooicol... Honestly, I got demolished in March. Thinner markets and me counter-trending = large losses. Other than trading, I'm doing well . I have discipline issues and I have issues trading against the trend. Just like ...

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Trying to help.... — This is very confusing. So, first- Are you using an EA for these entries? What is your objective exactly (and don't say bid or ask, lol)? Where do you want to sell? and then sell more? Where is your stop-loss? As I see it, ...

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More improvement... — Along with my fixed stop-loss [10 pips max] on each trade, I am going to work on improving my trading with the current trend. I should see more Long trades. Though I have been very selective about waiting for a ...

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