I was trading mini lots last week, and misunderstood how the margin actually works in the account. I either forgot or didn't know that my original amount to buy the lot was locked away, and I get the money back when the marginable money goes to $0. ...

Anyone using high leverage successfully?

On the flipside, if gains are taxed in the US like stocks and other income, I get taxed on pips if I withdrawl the money or lose it all on January 2nd regardless if I ever touched a cent. That stinks. It should be like 401k's and IRA's, I should be ...

Post your pips.

I don't know if I'm allowed to mention websites yet, but one of the more popular daily news and commentary fx sites had a how to trade the NFP last night. 5 minute candles, I got 15 pips. Obviously not as high as you straddlers, but not a bad 1 ...

NFP Feb 2

Would you still be satisfied with a negative amount of pips with a net profit? That's like having a store, and the big ticket items makes you the most money, and the small items you sell at a loss. Are the small items what drives in the business to ...

Post your pips.

Um...do you mean net versus gross? If you only included gains without losses, that's called cheating. LIke only counting losses on your taxes but ignoring the gains, or reading a 10k and only the revenues, but not the net after expenses. I assume ...

Post your pips.

How come everytime I think "ahaa, I got it!" the next day I feel like i'm still missing something. I had an ahaa moment recently remembering an ahaa moment I had for the stock market. I decided to do the same thing. It involves trading events, or ...

What Was Your "Ahaa!" Moment

Guess it doesn't matter how well you play with a mini-lot! But it would've been nice using standard lots. 1st Friday of everymonth....who can miss the NFP?

NFP Feb 2

I closed my contract for a loss. I never got to take a straight Forex trade, was hoping to do a news breakout thing that I used to do in equalities. Thought there'd be a trend, but this is a little flat for my taste getting so close to noon. Even ...

US ISM report Feb 1

I bought a binary contract for that range...I'm baffled too. I read that prices paid means some inflation concerns, but I don't believe that has any effect for higher rates for a second. But what do I know.

US ISM report Feb 1

Is this normal? 37 point jump, looks like ISM was weak, then all gains given back and we're just hoovering?

US ISM report Feb 1

Why would 8000 pips a year with only 50 trades be boreing? Can I use two standard lots? : I guess you have my attention. But I have to ask. When I backtest, even visually, methods where lines cross, I get a better result than when I do it live. On ...

The Kinko Method

I wonder if this is one reason for the drop you mention this morning. Todays paper: From Stuff

NZD Trade Balance

Wasn't there some bad numbers last week? Possibly. I hope there's some action today on the pair. I haven't had a decent news play in a few weeks now in any aspect.

NZD Trade Balance

If that's the case, I think you won half the battle. You got the pips, but not the money!

Why professionals "only" make ~30% anually

Trading for a while now, and needing to recapitalize, I believe the part that I highlighted and bolded is key. I don't think you can trade sucessfully if you are trading as if you're living paycheck to paycheck. There are going to be bad weeks or ...

Why professionals "only" make ~30% anually

I'm assuming you put the numbers in order. Fast is short, slow is long, and the 1 is MACD. To get the lines, I had to use the third version of the MACD. Moving average convergence/divergence. Now it looks just like the pdf. Will have to see if it ...

4 Hour Strategy (MACD)

Interesting thread you started. I had noticed originally, then stopped paying attention that there's a quick spike, maybe 5+ pips everyday at either 11am or 12pm when London closes(depending on daylight savings etc). There maybe a correlation to ...

Help Me Establish The GbpUsd After Dinner Club

Looks like I violated rules 3,4. I thought 30 was the stoploss. image I entered at the red arrow on the left. See the retrace right after and hit my stoploss unexpectantly, which was 30pip. I see you're entry, I put blue arrows for that. Your ...

SRDC Episode I

How many trades did you do this week in SRDC? ------- I want to add to my last post, that's where money management comes into play. Do you trade two pairs at .5 lots to spred out your risk? Or do you just trade one pair at a standard lot if you know ...

SRDC Episode I

Yea, Euro/dollar was around the low for hours, and Cable was about 40 pips away. All of a sudden Cable comes down hard and both my orders go through. But both don't go down enough to trigger my 5 pips. Today was a definate day for both pairs to go ...

SRDC Episode I