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Downloadable forex/market glossary of terms

man i have a hard time considering any of these three "facts" "The forex market has no bull or bear bias" im not sure i understand this one. sometimes it has a bullish bias, sometimes a bearish one. "Plan your trade & trade your plan" this is more ...

Market & Trading Facts

narafa i think this thread is a great idea. ive thought of doing something like this, where you list ONLY the facts. when you know what the absolute facts are, it can be a tremendous decision support system. lets stick with JUST THE FACTS. if anyone ...

Market & Trading Facts

yeah man im with you on the fundies. germany has a mess on it's hands. this only adds to my bearish outlook on EURUSD. i think we see a serious decline this week, starting with the fed holding strong on tuesday.

big gaps today...

i set the stop as a % of the gap. i tested a bunch of methods. its actually jim who gave me the idea for the method i ended up using when he was discussing the dow gap system a few months ago.

big gaps today...

gap obviously didnt close this time.

big gaps today...

well i think the gap was caused by the election, but i dont have qualitative reason for why the gap should close. i do have a quantitative one though...50% of historical weekend gaps close, and 80% of gaps come back enough to reach the high/low of ...

big gaps today...

no, not at all. hedgers make up a huge portion of the forex market, around 80% i'd guess. so you could make the argument that you are taking your dollar out of a hedger's pocket, and he should be easier to trade against. i dont look at it that way ...

Where does the money come from?

yeah the fact that he didnt go for the money sort of softened the blow. the reason it was so heartbreaking for me, though, is because as it was leading up to that part, i thought he actually did go to the sox and thats WHY they won (like i said, i ...

Moneyball

this is a great question man, your post presented enough to think about for weeks. once you truly realize you are playing a zero-sum game, your attitude really starts to change. thats why its so damn hard to make money! when people talk of making ...

Where does the money come from?

im in the money now! my 30yr is at breakeven, but i shorted the 10yr a little higher. im still confused though, why is the position suddenly going in my favor when all this bad US data is coming out? PPI and CPI showed lower inflation, and consumer ...

Bonds

bonds keep on slippin, slippin, slippin.....into tha future.

Bonds

ive read this book . its is a great one, but didnt relate to trading for me. trading dicipline has never been an issue for me (one of the few areas i dont have issues), but if it is for you then i could see this book being applicable to trading.

Moneyball

dial, how heartbreaking was it to see billy beane turn down the job with the red sox, knowing that the sox won the world series two years after the book was written?

Moneyball

ya know whats funny? i never watched baseball before either, but now i find myself pausing on the baseball games when chanell surfing. after reading Moneyball, watching baseball its like watching science in action.

Moneyball

haha!! yes! dial, i told you that was a good one! ive read it two times already! its funny that it seems to be written for traders, even though it is about baseball. ok dial, if you liked that reco, you are gunna LOVE this one. the book is called ...

Moneyball

get tradestation man! you will NOT regret it...

Who uses Advanced get charts?

make sure you watch for the upcoming S&C mags. you might just see ole' merlins name in there. cant say anymore for now

Magazines

dude you crack me up!!

Forex Taxes