thanks hamedmohd, thanks for your appreciation! trading is fighting and defeating your inner demons. the chief satan (the chief economist in this bestiary) is everyone's fear of failing, of being a loser, of fooling oneself. but this is how everyone ...

How to start like a pro? - afraid to open trades

anyway, for who's interested, during the 1st ep, there's a ny hedge-fund manager and a hft company owner from Netherlands. then there's a bullshit marketing company that looks to be more concerned to train people than to trade. the rest is garbaj. i ...

Traders Millions By The Minute documentary

so it wasn't only me to dislike the show. now the problem is that bbc is doing a tremendous job in creating this impression that traders (some are bloody investors, that make 3.1%/year) are a crowd of gamblers that will put society at risk for some ...

Traders Millions By The Minute documentary

it's on youtube under the same name. no use to download it. and it's a bad documentary. it's stupid. it's boring.

Traders Millions By The Minute documentary

my biggest frustration is not being able to tolerate routine. like i see a good trade, wait for it to develop on a smaller tf to get a better risk/reward, and it doesn't happen that often. i would rather jump to another trade soon after. and wait ...

Trading WITH Emotions

nice thread, the Fool! hardly wait to get through it!

Let's Trade Options

as already said, you can't avoid losing the minimum you could lose in order to trade. to trade, you must open a position and pay the spread (in some cases swaps and commissions): there's a loss. then you can lose another minimum by trading 0.01 ...

How to start like a pro? - afraid to open trades

ok, that sounds great!

FXCM Discussion

ok, i can agree with you and i could feel your frustration. but it's your business to deal with adversity here. i don't get it why fxcm has chosen to change the price structure on oct the 3rd (too many important news). but anyway... you seem ...

FXCM Discussion

thanks man!

FXCM Discussion

you shouldn't care, dude! cause even if you would find out who the fuck is TDM and even if you would freaking understand what he claims, you'll still be rich, a genius, and yourself! he's not you, or like you, that's for sure!

Tom DeMark Fears Market Crash

hi jason, can you please explain what's a "round turn" commission in the new price/spread structure? i'm a bit confused. thanks!

FXCM Discussion

hanover, you're great! thanks for posting this stuff! as hanover already said, it depends on your profitability and the leverage you use to skyrocket 7 pips/day. a 55% profitability will get you a certain amount to risk with a certain leverage. 66% ...

7 pips per day? is it possible?

Confidence is good. It makes you feel better. Losing money is a different thing. It’s like losing a dear one. It’s not up to you. Like in real life, it’s not up to you. Losing money happens. It happens more frequently if you are stupid. Losing money ...

Stop struggling dude!

They build up some confidence. They are smart by nature. They do well in school or they are street smart. Sooner or later, they discover tons of money can to be made by trading x or y stuff. Everyone gets the virus. Some are able to replicate ...

Stop struggling dude!

I don’t care about winning. I care about not caring. This is how people lose money.

Stop struggling dude!

This account is a small fraction of my working capital. That’s why I decided to gamble it into a better % of my money overall. It didn’t work out, to my surprise. Now what afflicts me is that after years and years of trading all kind of markets and ...

Stop struggling dude!

to be continued... gotta go now. wish you well!

Stop struggling dude!

Every time you punch yourself in the head, because of wrongdoing things, a city sticker gets glued to your head: „I’m an Idiot; this is what I paid for it; it’s valid through the end of the year; wish to renew, hopefully will get a discount next ...

Stop struggling dude!

Most of my losses have come from overbetting and abusing thin markets. Most of them were the result of paying off huge spreads and getting cornered into consolidation phases on smaller Tfs as M1-M5. Most of them were closed at 2-3 pips in minus. You ...

Stop struggling dude!