check out aud/usd since last friday the 13th...its been in a range mode and ive had plenty of trades (divergence trades) since then to make profts

At what point would you increase your stake size?

as mentioned earlier, my strat consists mainly of swing trading divergences in the direction of momentum (counter trend) or trend. As well I use S&R for profit/stop zones and breakouts It seems to work well in range environments and better in ...

At what point would you increase your stake size?

good observations custo, I suppose the only way to find out if my strat works in different market environments is to test it out for longer. I only started with the minimum for the reason to test it out on a live feed with real $ for obvious ...

At what point would you increase your stake size?

In my logs you will see the most Ive drawn down from my account is somewhere around 20% and it was down between 10-20% for a couple of weeks and I worked it back up, stayed with my plan and I am now where I am now. As you can see in my logs Thats ...

At what point would you increase your stake size?

Here is my trade logs...let me know what you guys think. keep in mind I just try to trade and get consistently get 15-30 pips per trade more or less for now.

At what point would you increase your stake size?

HMMM....very interesting perspective, I like the ideas

At what point would you increase your stake size?

no im trading micros...I need to increase my capital by trading or otherwise to meet initial margin requirements to trade standards...see the dilemma now?

At what point would you increase your stake size?

I agree, I guess now the question to myself is...to compound or not to compound? lol thanks for the perspective,makes logical sense of course

At what point would you increase your stake size?

Well ive been on the cusp for a little time now in making that decision, however I just wanted to get some suggestions to see from the eyes of a third party to get a better perspective if any Question is if it was you, and all esle being equal, ...

At what point would you increase your stake size?

I hear ya 2+2, good advice you gave. My initial thought was to wait until I have more of a sample size in my time period in live trading to then base a further recommendation of adding to my capital. I swing trade divergences on the hourly charts in ...

At what point would you increase your stake size?

I hear what you guys are saying (custos & smittens), I reckon that I could increase my lot size in small increments eventually. But lets say for arguments sake, that one would not want to wait to build a sufficient account size to trade more ...

At what point would you increase your stake size?

Also, even with my newly gained profits I run a conservative trading approach and I cant without violating my rules, increase my leverage for now...I would need to have more $ to increase lot size and contract size, and from where im at now its ...

At what point would you increase your stake size?

Well let me put it in perspective, its been 2 months of a TOTAL 43% gain to date. I have increased my capital with my profits, but Im not trading a 5 or 6 figure account to really make some profit with that I could draw income off of.... My real ...

At what point would you increase your stake size?

no sweat...lol...yea I told him some "nub" gave me the idea !

Divergence? What is really happening with buyers vs sellers?

If any1 followed that signal through for the next few hours would've netted a decent spread, I moved my stop to break-even at the 6470 level and was limit out for a net 36pips. In total I netted a cool 1:1 R/R Reason for the tight limits and stops ...

Divergence? What is really happening with buyers vs sellers?

I have to say since my friend stumped me with this question, it really made me take a step back and re-learn something, and sometimes its alway good for us traders to take a step back and really identify what happens/ed As for your theory, I believe ...

Divergence? What is really happening with buyers vs sellers?

thanks for the laugh

Divergence? What is really happening with buyers vs sellers?

In addition......the current move down appears to be testing the 70ema and the middle BB so if that breaks and closes below im looking for my first TP to be in the 6470 area for a 1:1 R/R

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