if you want to be a millionaire, you are in the right game. but your not going to do it by focusing on X pips per day. thats a fool's strategy, and it seems to creep up into many newbie's thinking. the first problem with the X pip per day strategies ...

The quest to be a Millionaire

damn dial, thats one heck of a great post! jeff b, if you dont get this concept, jut read dial's post over and over until you get it, he has provided the easiest way to understand how to do the calculations. its all about the pip value and the size ...

Money Management, Please help.

man, the lessons learned are so numerous... here are a few that come to mind... 1. Avoid Multicollinearity this is where you use two (or more) indicators that tell you the same thing. for a complete definition, see this. systems that have ...

Lessons Learned during System Development

LOL! i just realized you said the exact same thing before i made my post eye-to-eye man, eye-to-eye

Why traders don't disclose their methods

i like it fiji, this actually wouldnt be hard at all to set up (infrastructure wise). do we still have interest in the team trading idea?

Working together as a team

you fit right in buddy its amazing how relaxed a forum becomes when people act like they do in real life. this forum really has the best group of members i have ever run across. thanks to all

Cash & Carry

hey dave, this thread was moved into the new journal forum. in another thread we decided to start this new section, and i said if you dont want your thread moved to speak up. i didnt hear from you, but you may have missed my post. if you want this ...

My trades by Dave

check out the sticky post at the top of this forum....has all the details.. http://www.forexfactory.com/forexforum/showthread.php?t=2796

Forex Trading Expo Casebook (merged threads)

LOL! too bad they only comp you with shitty food

Cash & Carry

ive been working on the options thing too. ive actually spent quite a few hours on it since i first mentioned it. options are the easiest (and cheapest) way to hedge direcitonal risk so i know there has to be a way to improve the system using ...

Cash & Carry

ive heard it all man. at one time i too thought there was some trick way you could beat a negative expectancy game. but you cant, flat out, no matter how you bet or how you use time or whatever the heck you can think of doing. thats not to say that ...

Cash & Carry

thats EXACTLY what i do when i get down on my trading!!!! that book is the cure!!! i have no doubt you will figure this thing out man, its a brilliant system. options man, options

Cash & Carry

um, i hope your joking seriously man, there is no way to beat a losing sum (aka negative expectancy) game. that is not my opinion, thats a mathematical fact proven by the greatest mathematicians.

Cash & Carry

excuse me if i missed this savant...but are you about to go over your maxxDD?

Cash & Carry

really? did i miss it? you got the link?

Working together as a team

savant i like your journal forum idea. why dont you post a thread that has a poll attached and lets see what people think. thats the way everything seems to get done around here

Working together as a team

here is the orginal team trading thread... http://www.forexfactory.com/forexforum/showthread.php?t=2174& as you can see, there was A LOT of interest in the idea. we ended up setting up the forum, but it never got going. here is the discussion after ...

Working together as a team

i was thinking about doing that. i agree it would be awesome! only problem i have is that i cant 100% commit to that weekend yet because of some other business i have late november. i already bought a few expo tickets and reserved hotel so im kind ...

Forex Trading Expo Casebook (merged threads)

ive struggled with this question myself. mostly deciding how much to disclose to friends etc. whether or not a trader will ruin his/her system depends on what kind of system it is. for instance, if you have a discretionary method for reading charts ...

Why traders don't disclose their methods

hey man dont let us get you down on Forex though...this is the greatest market in the world...

What are the disadvantages of Forex trading?