I do not think gold is in a bubble, but will probably be eventually. There is constantly growing amount of paper money in the system (although it did go down slightly during the crash, and fed had to step up their game) and gold/silver will be ...

Is gold a bubble?

Light at the end of the tunnel — My personal journey and observations of the market are such: 1) News move the market, learn how to interpret and trade them. I give you a perfect example. After the US downgrade it was pretty much obvious that ...

Where is the EDGE in trading? The most important thing in trading!

To get news as they happen you need a news wire, something like RanSquawk or Trade the News is a good option. News trading basically comes down to waiting for something unexpected happens. I.e everyone is expecting a bad GDP and it comes out really ...

trying to understand news in respect to trading

I'm not taking about interest rates hikes effect on the market, but on economic activity

Chinese Rate Hike Implications

Don't see how higher rates are supportive for economic activity, informed opinions is what I was look for, ideas for trades, 0 so far, come on... Anyway, an interesting angle I though about goes as following: 1) Expectation of higher rates in China ...

Chinese Rate Hike Implications

Don't want to be dismissive or rude, but you are either not following the news or mistaking expectations with what people say. Also, stating that due to illiquid market conditions we could see wild moves, really does not add anything to the topic, ...

Chinese Rate Hike Implications

I think you are off on the expectations. As an example, please see one of the articles below: url All though the week, the news have been coming out that Chinese would use RRR as a tool to control inflation rather than interest rates. Or at the ...

Chinese Rate Hike Implications

Shahab, Great thread, also trading based on COT reports for long term trades so would like to join your posts if you don't mind. At the moment looking to build S&P short position, traders have been building up their short for a while now, while ...

Weekly COT report Analysis + Trade Ideas

Trading Psychology IS BS. In a sense that it does not give you a winning system. And most systems here most definately do no have an edge. If they did, a simple EA would make money. Look for a real edge and your trading willl get much better. After ...

Trading Psychology is BS

Oh Moe, if you really think like that you must have Zero empathy. Sure the guy made mistakes, f*cked up big time, etc... but have some compassion, the guy is a human being, just like you and me. So cold hearted, makes me sick!

My life is spoiled

Well, another useless piece of advice. Most systems don't work. 99% don't. IF it was simply about sticking to a system, you would be seeing hundreds of trading bots making millions all over the internet. Turn the pc on, go to the beach, comeback to ...

Where should I start?

Oh boy, what a post... Few thoughts: 1) Always have a back up plan 2) Reality is, most people will never make money trading, markets are set-up for loosing, the odds are against you. 3) Even if you have an edge, you are still very likely to loose ...

Newbies go here...

The biggest secret in trading, the biggest edge is not a secret at all, it's right in front of you, as you open the forexfactory front page, and i've said it before. News move the market and create plenty of opportunities month after month. And it's ...

We're all saying the same thing

1998 GY dropped 3500 pips in a week, that's rather severe i would say...

Super Carry Trade Trading System

Oh god, i hope you don't think that you have found a new way to make money, carry trade has worked in the past, many people were making a lot of money, but look at where we are now. Severe unwinding will happen sooner or later, there is no easy way ...

carry trade for 3--5 years

Big jumps based on news happen alll the time on all currencies. That's how news traders make money. The size of the move depends on the consensus, how surpising is the numberm, and how relevant the report is... That's the general idea...

Big jump or big drop ?

Hey TEB, take a look at these charts, tell me if those are valid set ups.. A- Possible set up on USD/CHF happening at the moment. B) Something i missed on E/U a bit back, notice first target right around 1.5... interesting

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