they call the direction right, but use the hedge to limit their risk. no matter what you trade, wherever you go, it is literally impossible to have a perfect hedge. in FX, even if you sell and buy the same exact currency at the same exact time, ...

How do hedges work actually?

its always easier to blame someone else, i guess. but seriously koolo, i though you were talking about a live account. if you were i would have believed you about the stop hunting and told you to find a different broker. but the fact that you were ...

the broker pushing to stop you out..a myth or a real thing ?

R2-D2 and C-3PO are some pretty cool robots.

ROBOTS

i have vista. it's pretty much the same as with XP. just do the steps hanover listed and you'll be good to go.

downloading indicators

but when a market stays that way for a long period of time, it is different than it was a couple of months ago. when something is different for a prolonged amount of time, it has changed. definition of change:become different in some particular way ...

Exactly how do "Markets Change"

the best way to look at market change is to look at daily ranges. take the dow for example. just a few months ago, a move of 200+ points just didnt happen. a five percent loss was considered a tragedy. nowadays, you'll get swings 400 to 500 points, ...

Exactly how do "Markets Change"

but he did explain it: "look on the chart. the line is to be trade" don't you see? it's a very simple system. LOL five years of experience my left foot. you do not use the metatrader templates if you have five years of experience. if he knew ...

Olympic formula

if you spend so much time looking at bad indicators, maybe you shouldnt look at indicators at all. you dont seem to be good judge of what indicators are good and what aren't. plus, your approach to indicators is all wrong. you arent supposed to use ...

Metatrader and repainting indicators

it's a book that my boss provided me. he got it off of some website. i think this might be it, but i dont have it with me so im not sure: url im pretty sure that it's that one. but again, the book is at work and i'm at home so i can't be too sure.

Those who trade for other people...

lol that's an understatement. i'm studying for it right now. a TON of information to remember. it makes the series 3 look like a third grade math test lol. i have heard that the series 7 is the hardest though. that's the big one right there.

Those who trade for other people...

the series three doesnt either. you can register on your own without a company backing you. also a good one to look into is the new series 34. it's the forex version of the series 3.

Those who trade for other people...

great post, gspajon another thing to add about discretionary trading, when you arent trading inside a set of rules or watching a set of indicators, you are relying on your own skills and intuition. when you do this, you learn how the market works. ...

Systematic Trading vs. Discretionary Trading

i would say keep it in euros just because thats the currency you use at home. because of exchange rate fluctuations, the value of dollars relative to euros is going to change, but the value of a euro compared to itself wont. it's just a more stable ...

Having your Account in Euros or Dollars?

no, i know dude. i was just throwing out an idea. trying to get some thinking going.

What's Up with GBP?

i second this. ive seen these guys in action. i've even talked to a few of them about systems and they sort of chuckled at me and gave me that annoying patronizing smirk (freakin pissed me off lol). but yeah, they either trade based on short term ...

Systematic Trading vs. Discretionary Trading

financial services are used by rich people. rich people arent as effected by the recession as others. so the financial services stay pretty much intact, and the GBP survives. there is obviously a lot more to it than that, but consider this a watered ...

What's Up with GBP?

i know it's not a setting. i was wondering what the code was for getting rid of it sort of like a property or something like #property indicator_color1 or whatever.

help with code

LOL that smart enough to trade, smart enough to program line is his signature bill. he wasnt talking to you, thats in all his posts. lol.

need help to translate a simple indicator

another cool thin i noticed is that when i threw some bollinger bands to confirm the whole volatility/speed idea, the circles seemed to stay pretty much inside the bands. check out the yellow arrows: image

circle indicator request