Of course you can use VT live from UK! — Hi Where did you get the idea from that CMS will not open live accounts for UK residents??? I had no problem opening one 6 weeks after demoing. You can even open a Sterling account! I reasonably happy ...

Good UK broker?

Close it! a good trader uses his/her system with discretion. What's the point being dogmatic about 3 pip difference? You can always put an entry order in if in case price does fall further. Take your profit and enjoy your weekend! O&O

oh soooo close!

Hi, I am also licking my wounds after this week and especially today when slept through that stupid Philly news and its unexpected impact, so we are in a similar position. How long have been at it overall (incl, demo)? I am keeping my head up as I ...

A Losing Week

entered EUR long @ 2799 and should have +40 & $400, but my broker's site went down some 15mins ago...

Feelings about CPI

Not a great morning guys, is it? But I 'win'! I lost 40pip why? because I am stupid and placed 2 lot short @ 8890 to potentially benefit from a larger fall; instead order got triggered by spike and reversed. I think I have now choice but to ...

Central Banks Watch

what about new gen systems? — Incidently I thought about the same thing and the other potential 'hazard' I was wondering about is the onset of new generation computerised trading systems that the big institutional traders are working on? ...

The future of forextrading???

your post from 11/8 sounds a like I could have written it today! had a disastrous day as I wrongly believed that today's US news would have little impact - well, the news was quite a bit worse than expected but I deserve little sympathy as I managed ...

hurvinek trading

yes...you never know! — did I not see this coming or what?! :surprised GBP up 80+ I think I'll sit out BOE tomorrow!

US news today - great volatility?

25 pips, 39 pips - that's more like it! well done. I have yet to try straddling, so what's was your strategy in this case? - how close to the news did you enter? - where did you set your SL and TP? Cheers

UK News - Tuesday Morning

News trading for 10 pips? — Hey Burgerking, like to play devil's advocat: hope you are based in Europe, otherwise is it really worth getting up in the night and engage in stressful news trading for 10 pips? - unless you sbscribe to a news ...

UK News - Tuesday Morning

Many thanks for your endorsement! However, if you read my recent post on Euro & Yen you'll see that I am still very much at the bottom of the learning curve and got myself into a muddle with 2 bad positions. Hence, do you mind sharing your ...

Millionaires

Samurai, thanks for a further sobering comment. I guess hedging just puts a decision on hold and has the potential to get you in a muddle. I guess I'll have some more humble pie for dinner and try to get back to my trading plan (as stated last few ...

Euro & Yen after a crazy day???

Yardie and Alsup, I hear you guys and thx for your frank assessment. As to me not having a system and trading on others' opinions - I do have a system, but I admit some lack of discipline and loss of control crept in over the past week with its ...

Euro & Yen after a crazy day???

Thanks for your encouragement Mr Green, much appreciated! By holy grail I did not mean that success comes easy but having seemingly found a great way (for me personally) of generating income and refered to FX trading attribute greats such as ...

Beginners have faith! fast progress is possible

Far from it, but big return is possible! — Hi everyone! I still quite new to FX and have been busy reading this great forum over the past few weeks. This is my first post (although largely a copy of my post in the Beginners Forum). I stumbled ...

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