One way is to trade less often on longer time frames. That is one way the spread can become less significant.

Expectancy is always zero

So, is it safe to come out of the bunker? — Housing Data next week. comments?

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Yep I am looking at the same thing. To include comments about acid's reply to indications of GBP support: In USA the news is still rattling on about how the weak dollar is going to spur exports, but haven't mentioned that it means imports are going ...

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Oh the pain... Trying to think what might drive the pound higher...coming up short on ideas.

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

He keeps saying "and you know what that means"...not sure what he is trying to say, actually.

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Looks like EURGBP is causing downward pressure now on Cable. Pound is looking weak against the dollar...ack

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Only NY is silly enough to be buying dollars, but someone has to fill the foreign banks shorts. Payback for the crappy bonds we sold them.

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Might be the run for .90+ — Hoping I can sit back and let it ride from here. Nice gradual climb. Nothing fancy.....9390

Aussie Pairs

Is it a short bath or quick bath? I closed my long from friday and reentered on this dip. fact remains AUDUSD has room to go up...need it sooner than later now.

Aussie Pairs

The key is to pick winners. I got clobbered recently on USDCAD, so I know waht you mean. 5% daily is a trick...a 10% here and there, affords me a day off or days with only 3%. I won't trade everyday, so it works out...

friend wants to leave 100k, for 5%, riskless profit.

I aim for 5% a trading session. Today from Friday is currently 12%.

friend wants to leave 100k, for 5%, riskless profit.

That's a lock, IMO.

Making Money On USD/CAD

I wouldn't go that far... Seems whenever it gaps over the weekend it reverses the other way

xe.com - what is deal with weekend rates?

Practice makes perfect. I use neither, I keep mental stops and pull the trigger. Sometimes I will buy on the way up and in that case I will use stop to lock in some gains. Trailing stops are hard to use unless there is a sweeling long term move. ...

Who is best ? stop loss or trailing stop

The charts are dandy, but with the continued rate cuts and eco0nomic reality in USA, the EUR could have a long run ahead of it to the upside...the amount of cunsumers under the EUR umbrella, it's my opinion that the Pound need to come down, and the ...

EURUSD

You might want to tighten the parameters on the BB — You might want to tighten the parameters on the BB, that's a fairly loose BB. I would want the center to line up with pivot / support / resistance areas.

EURUSD

It's simply really. — Different methods work at different times. It not so much of how to trade based on certain indicators, but when NOT to trade based on certain market conditions. There is no one full proof method, so keeping it simple is ...

Why are we afraid of simplicity?