Contrary to what many traders optimistically imagine, “streak occurrence” and “consecutive losses” are not the real issue. Not at all. The real issue is the collective effect of much longer losing patches where you lose a few trades, win one, lose a ...

Risk of ruin with 5% max draw down

No - sorry, but this really isn't right at all. The two things you're comparing there are a funded account with no leverage at all and a personal account with 1:100 leverage. You're missing the point that funded accounts also have leverage ...

Funded accounts vs Personal account

That's an exciting start that can, unfortunately, sometimes be a prelude to longer-term "accidents," like the people who walk into a casino in Vegas for the first time and put $100 at roulette on number 8, and number 8 immediately comes up. A great ...

(binned per thread starter’s request) Trading Ideas - What works?

There's "regulated" and 'regulated,' lol. Those offshore ones are the ones who have chosen to use pretend regulators who just collect an annual subscription-fee from them but will never rule against them or protect their customers in the event of a ...

Good Forex broker for USA?

Forgive me if I've misunderstood (perhaps like others, above) but I think you probably meant to say 1:2 risk-reward, not 2:1, didn’t you, Nurulhuda?

Doomed Strategy

I think a lot of people fall into the trap of imagining that if they're using indicators to determine trade entries, they'll get better entries if whatever indicators they've decided to use have their signals "confirmed" by other, additional ...

Why do traders use so many indicators?

Guys, does anyone have an opinion to offer, please, on which of the futures prop firms are currently worthy of consideration, for someone seeking a funded account to trade on CME? Not Apex, please - I've already dismissed that one, for many reasons. ...

Prop Firm Hub

Guys, has anyone actually backtested this system, to determine objectively whether or not it has an edge?

40-60 rule, Trader using trendline secret method