Sorry, mostly random is actually what I meant to say. BTW, I also thought the OP was joking to begin with.

What should have happened...

There is no reason, the market does random stuff, any outcomes are at best a probability. Isn't this all obvious?

What should have happened...

Lots of traders have these type of win/loss size stats, all that matters is long term positive expectancy.

Anyone using Avg W < avg L?

I'm only about half way though 'Option Trading' by Sinclair, in the first chapter he neatly demolishes all the horse-shit that underlies most of what people are recommending here (psycho-babble & irrelevant history lessons). It looks like it could ...

Best forex and/or trading book you have ever read?

Hilarious, you might want to learn the different between an options straddle and a pair of limit orders, because you're talking about one and pipmutt is talking about another.

this is a debate about how to not predict the market

You mean like frequency analysis stuff? There is a bit of that in the book (basic Fourier analysis), depending on how mathematically literate you are this stuff is in most time series analysis text books. You could try this blog post url . Maybe a ...

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I have read it, there is nothing in there that you can't get on the internet. Basically the guy applies FIR filters and Fisher transforms to different indicators and throws in a few simple systems which probably worked awesome in 1990. Not a ...

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No.

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Here is another thing which caught my attention url . This guy has collected together a good set of threads which would be worth reading. In general, a good thread on ET is far better than what passes for 'information' in this place.

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If you read back though this thread we talk about using the IB Gateway, there is also a thread about it over at ET somewhere which might be worth checking out. IMO the IB API itself is crap, I actually don't use it, I reverse engineered the protocol ...

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This guy probably knows what he's talking about... url Turns into a bit of a trollfest at the end, but worth a read.

What kind of person can trade?

I don't know if this has been posted yet... url

(binned per thread starter's request) Behind Price-Orderflow

I'm not sure to what degree you want to quantify any given relationship, but a quick glance at the VIX vs. an ATR on say the EUR/USD will show that stock market volatility and fx volatility are heavily correlated.

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Amen.

Who is your friend in FX?

Single account, live portfolio is dollar neutral.

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LOL.

Once you have plateaued...Where do ya go?

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Candlestick Analysis - Do You Use It?

LOL, I think the main theme is just bitching.

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Good luck to you on the go live, I'm fascinated to see how things work out. I still can't get my GA to generalize in any meaningful way.

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