Don't know about you guys but I been having trouble finding trends lately now I might have 2. image

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See Gator's been busy lately lol. For anyone interested I finally figured out what Mofu's are. video

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I really wanna sell pound but I think I'll wait a bit and I really don't wanna buy the dollar yet image

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Wonder if this will 'blow' the Euro to 1.38 image Spanish Government Goes Digging For GDP, Asks Brothels: “How Many Services Do Your Hookers Provide?”

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Exactly so - bcos they are the same trade. If he had bought silver and gold he would also have made money on both trades but that is NOT hedging lol.

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Not such a daft idea after all - it's trying lol.

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Dollar Franc Last time I looked you were long DF and short EU - Essentially if DF drops, EU goes up bcos they are inversely correlated so your trades were both in the same direction i.e. double risk - not a hedge.

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Another reason I'm bullish silver - palladium and silver are normally fairly closely correlated - This is a chart of silver overlaid with palladium. image

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They are 100% correlated so your risk is double.

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Everyone's buying the rumour atm - they all expect Draghi to ease some more and when he does they'll buy lol

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Prx - I don't understand your hedging strategy - looking at your open trades you are short EU and long DF - these are the most inversely correlated pairs there are and you are trading them in sync - basically you have doubled your risk not hedged ...

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Yeah I did look at your explorer and I noticed that a lot of the trades you took a hit on eventually came into profit - thats the way it goes sometimes - and thats why I've started experimenting with hedging but I'm not convinced yet. Tradings ok - ...

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LOLLLLL Last Time this happened, The Financial Crisis Broke Out url

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Except that now I guess everyone will expect Draghi to do more next time so it'll sell off in anticipation maybe? sell the rumour again?

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Another reason negative ECB rates will make no difference?? Draghi is full of BS image

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[quote=galexandr;7520481] Not sure why you posted those links Greg, but thanks anyway - I have already done the research and I accept that some ppl use VSA, it's just not for me.

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Yep and the last time it was down here was 2007 and we all know what happened next.

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Hey Bob, Another q I'm afraid - I don't use EA's(think I'm a control freak so doesn't fit my MO) so I been digging around to find the strategy the EA's use. Q is do they still follow the Sell high buy low strategy where you buy in the bottom 3rd of ...

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Rob Booker/Cauldwell on hedging url

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