It's an odd system they've got here, where flags are given according to the popularity of posts, in other words it has absolutely zero correlation to experience or profitability. Case in point; ex bank trader came on here who knew far more than ...

What have you learned?

I bet you can too Well op you can have this for free too. This place is exhausting because you've three camps - those that say it can't be done, those that say nothing exists, those that'll bamboozle you with maths way above your paygrade to ...

The brutal truth of day trading

Blob, I see FF experts are out in force. That aside - out of curiosity - you ever applied any of your FX discoveries to another field? And you ever followed the rabbit warren of the lineage?

The hidden numbers of forex

What a bunch of scumbags. Tell them to go take a running jump into the Cagayan river and tell them you'll sue unless you get your money back. And tell everyone who these lowlives are. And... so you know, FX is not a lovely world where useful ...

What to do if a broker cheated you?

I don't think I've ever agreed you Hud about anything, and yet I agreed with every word you wrote. A new dawn

What I learned after losing $300,000 trading forex

Try being nice, you might learn something.

Forex - A negative sum game for losers

absolutely you are

When did you start trading full time?

Not sure where you got that, but certainly not HMRC's stance: url

When did you start trading full time?

Since 2012. Trading is a full time knowledge career. Full time because when I'm not in a trade, I'm researching how to improve. This is a brutal business, I've never ever seen anyone less than 100% committed succeed. And knowledge career, because ...

When did you start trading full time?

Amen. This thread, honestly. 3/4 of the viewpoints could be decimated by 5 minutes of googling, makes my mind boggle.

Forex is random

I've seen anyone with anything worthwhile in trading selling a thing. It simply doesn't work that way. I know everyone will now pipe up with stories of this dilbert and that, but I've been around the block for so long now, I'm confident enough to ...

Sam Seiden Goes DOWN

god no I wouldn't pay a bean for tuition from anyone. I'm just glad to see people like that get their just desserts, something very satisfying about it don't you think?

Sam Seiden Goes DOWN

My heart bleeds for the bunch of thieving c8cksuckers.

Sam Seiden Goes DOWN

To my mind, the most valuable: To learn the basics - Dummie's Guides to currency trading. I only mention it because 99% of people here won't even be able to tell you what the cut is, let alone what time it happens. Then, honma - find your own ...

How do you come up with new strategies?

Like in any field, you find people who've done it - historically - and you follow in their footsteps. As you get proficient, you might be able to improve on your predecessors. Everything that needs to be discovered has been discovered, but it's not ...

How do you come up with new strategies?

Honma, 18th century. His discoveries are timeless, needless to say Steve Nison managed to make a living by missing every fucking one of them

Is candlestick patterns a losers game? Discuss

This was a good question. In 1963.

Forex is random

The mindset just determines how fast they lose. If they didn't bet large, they just lose by the speed of the spread. the idea that all these retailers are using sensible strategies hampered only by their own psychology is broker and trading guru ...

Retail Sentiment Fallacy?

OK, so everything that you say *sounds* sensible, but does the data really hold up to scrutiny? That chart you posted is actually more or less what I found; price is highly inversely correlated to retail positioning on higher TFs, but not predictive ...

Retail Sentiment Fallacy?

I spent a good year with retail sentiment (and wrote a thread about it years back), using hourly data feeds so I know my way around the whys and wherefores. you need stats, rather than eyeballs on something this big. *Generally* speaking, it IS a ...

Retail Sentiment Fallacy?