i always thought of this one as an advantage i like trading in the wild west!

What are the disadvantages of Forex trading?

HUGE commision costs (disguised as fixed spreads). thats about it

What are the disadvantages of Forex trading?

very true. thats why i never keep all of my trading capital with a single broker. spreading it out gives you an emergency stoploss. it will still hurt, but not quite as bad.

Refco debacle

fiji you edited my post! its easy to get confused between the "edit" and "quote" button

Money Management Strategies

i know, i know. ya keep testing and testing, and you end up right back where you started > %R. when it comes to MM, simple is superior. the only time i use the %RP is in place of an optimalf strategy. and that is not often at all.

Money Management Strategies

i think this whole thing is overblown. one little secret loan isnt going to bring the whole company down i just bought some butterflies on the stock, the volatility is crazy overblown right now.

Refco debacle

i was wondering the same thing (why noone posted about it)..

Refco debacle

anyone else getting the feeling that the US stock market is about to crash?

Stock Indices

just read Van Thorp's book, its MM made easy. youll get it in no time. once you learn the techniques, you will realize you shouldnt have been trading without knowing them

Money Management Strategies

as ive said, i stick to %R for MM (risk a constant percentage of portfolio on each trade). this is a simple concept that works well. i do have one other MM strategy that i like to use. its commonly called %RP. this is where you bet a percentage % of ...

Money Management Strategies

mm is made out to be a lot more complicated than it needs to be. the most simple method of betting X% of your portfolio on each trade (aka %R) is usually the best. you will find that even the largest, most sophisticated institutional traders still ...

Money Management Strategies

this is really the best method man, because then you dont have to mess with your "stake", and you can take full advantage of the compounding as you said. problem is, sometimes its really hard to save two years of reserves

Paying Yourself

Savant, i realize that you use martingale in your cash/carry strategy and it works well. but using martingale in directional trading (were you make or lose money as the market moves in a certain direction) is the fastest way to SURE RUIN. you MUST ...

Money Management Strategies

yes of course there are insiders in the stock market. i said there are no insiders in Forex. the banks are kind of insiders, but even they dont know anymore than the other banks. there may be some corrupt (and brave) government officials who act on ...

Non-Farm Payroll Observation

nah we dont have to deal with insiders in forex. unless greenspan is out there trying to make a buck the pattern you are noticing may just be smart investors, or it may not even be statistically significant. btw, did you see this thread... ...

Non-Farm Payroll Observation

i was looking at the futures contract, which bottomed at 1195. i called the bottom, but it only lasted a month LOL. we broke this on thursday during the meltdown. i dont know what to think of the S&P right now. i mean, i want to be bullish, but you ...

Stock Indices

LOL! well looking at today, bonds broke the support, but then rebounded. we are essentially at the same spot we were a week ago. hey man it looks like we a little ahead of ourselves on that russell 2k discussion. did you see what happened this week? ...

Central Banks Watch

LOL! well looking at today, bonds broke the support, but then rebounded. we are essentially at the same spot we were a week ago. hey man it looks like we a little ahead of ourselves on that russell 2k discussion. did you see what happened this week? ...

Bonds

stocks suck!! too capital intensive! if you want to branch out, check out futures or options man, there you can get the same leverage as forex. an no, stockbrokers dont offer demo accounts. demo accounts are only found in large doses in the forex ...

stock trading

man this is really weird, never seen it happen before. i looked at the permissions and cant figure it out. fiji, try re-posting the thread and see if that works. can someone else give us a count of how many threads you can see in this forum? there ...

VantagePoint discussion thread