nice job, sir! it was especially nice to monitor how confident you were about your plans when spikes up happened.

EURUSD

my experience tells me that that very rarely works if combined with contrarian mind. and the point is to miss the top/bottom with as little harm done as possible. and then once you get into it right, it pays back dozens of times. for example, last ...

EURUSD

couldn't agree more! that's why i'm not considering longs at all on this thingie (except for some very short term scalps). currently also short from 1.3863

EURUSD

My mobile screwed up post

EURUSD

by the book trading! really nice to see

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

exactly the only thing you can control in market is risk you're willing to take. everything else is absolutely out of your control.

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

i was just about to ask > does anyone play fading that move?

AUD/USD

yes, i think you're right. now i understand that i have somewhat simplified view about volatility. plus, i have some homework to do about Black-Scholes equation. then i might come up with some more questions. thanks so much so far!

EURUSD

that's the one i don't understand (not saying it's not true!). IV is, lets say, perception of volatility distribution over price. And ok, that will be used as a risk management tool because you'll adjust your risk accordingly (position size or ...

EURUSD

i agree with all what you say about risk. there is just one detail i'm not sure if i understand so let me ask you directly.. lets say that: 1) Pair1 moves south 2) Pair2 moves south 3) Pair1 has higher volatility than Pair2 are you saying that ...

EURUSD

lower move in either direction yes, definitely...but that is very different from lower move in one (same) direction, isn't it? higher volatility might even cause lower % move in one direction compared to other pair (with lower volatility) moving in ...

EURUSD

Are you sure about this one? The only thing that volatility measure tells us is how much risk we must take when taking a position. It does not automatically transfer into how much underlying pair/stock/whatever will move. GBPUSD might have higher IV ...

EURUSD

thank you very much for your response! you are right, but i'm not sure colleague was talking about the same thing. i got impression he was responding to gatorla's post about GBPUSD being better pair to short than EURUSD at the moment. the reason for ...

EURUSD

could you elaborate a bit what method you've used to get those numbers, please?

EURUSD

DXY breaking up 80.00

EURUSD

hopefully no little children around url

EURUSD

nice work!

EURUSD

he's making the brand new start of it... after all, it's a city that doesn't sleep video

EURUSD