Having a look to USD index chart, wow. Perhaps we've our AAA trade, the usd index is simply perfectly bullish. On a first looking, seems like price is targeting the 81.6 area (november highs) (equivalent of 1.33 on eurusd). But on a more careful ...

Howard and the 1000 trading adventures (2014)!

Ok, the explorer just started working (it wasn't working untill at least 1 trade was closed, i just made a 0.01 lots halfpip scalp for the reason). So.. this is the first trade of the account (and hopefully not the last), we're actually short on ...

Howard and the 1000 trading adventures (2014)!

Ok, the new year has begun, i'm back from holiday, ready for action. The explorer is up and running in realtime, the first 2014 trade has been entered, well this is what i call a start!

Howard and the 1000 trading adventures (2014)!

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Howard and the 1000 trading adventures (2014)!

Eheh, funny isn't it, the hidden subconscious protection mechanism! After all i think is a good stuff, just look what happen to the majority of people that get rich in a little span of time (the ones who wins the lotto/lotteries for example), most ...

The clarity thread

-- New thread -- Hello, i've just opened a new thread here Howard and his 1000 trading adventures (2014)!, so to speak on the new thread there will be only practical-trading posts (trades, etc.), this one instead (the clarity thread) remain a place ...

The clarity thread

Hey Luis, thank you, and Merry Christmas to you too!

The clarity thread

Hey, Let me think, for me a confortable leverage for let the trade breath (regadless the timing factor) can be well max around 10x, in other words for a $10k capital, total maximum 1lot position size (1 lot = 100k, aka 10x). But then it depend only ...

The clarity thread

As i am here, i really want to write about a factor that pass totally unnoticed in trading, yet it probably the second most important factor that we, as leveraged traders, can face. I'm talking about TIMING, As reader of this blog, you may remember ...

The clarity thread

Of course, that is the real gift. I will write about the trade, and about each and every reason of such trade, maybe it will be a long post, but i think it will not be too much complex at all. Merry christmas! To you and to everybody

The clarity thread

It's almost christmas. This thread was slightly sleepy in the recent past, it's clear that well, seems like i'm the engine of this thread. That's fine, i like it. So, let's do something! From my side, i feel generous, really! I was thinking about a ...

The clarity thread

it is required some good faith to buy eurusd at these levels, true the trend is up, but it may as well be having the second leg of a correction (in this case buy now is a sure loss). I'm for the shorts!

EURUSD

You can do it, however when you trade decent lotsize (100 lots / 1000usd-pip) you will probably not get filled to the current Bid-Ask price, but a few pips away (i'm not really sure as of why it happen, this is not about lag-slippage, this is about ...

What is the highest lot size you ever traded?

You are right, it is very hard to describe how to take posession of your own minds, and even if you achieve such thing, it do not last forever. I guess it is just how the human brains are programmed. However, the good thing is that there is still a ...

The clarity thread

--- THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND FINAL --- You are looking at your chart, have your own system, everything is perfect aligned, then the trigger! (a MA cross, a support/resistance broken, a economic news, a trendline breakout, a pinbar, a whatever you use) ...

The clarity thread

--- THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND CONTINUED --- Ok, the human brain is not really understood by the science yet, but we may have some approximate informations looking around. The scientific consensus say that, the human conscious mind (you) is able to ...

The clarity thread

--- THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND --- Some months ago, i had a very bad loosing streak. I did lost 50% of my account in one very bad trade. The emotions triggered by this event, was soo strong that such loss was only the first of many (in the order of 50% ...

The clarity thread