Hud, I'll tell you a true story. A relative of mine was well into her 30s but hadn't ever left home. Her parents loved her and everything but they were getting exasperated, wanting a bit of space to themselves in their retirement. They had a word ...

Forex as a Future?

These outfits remind me of the massive chicken nugget that is Oliver Velez, a man who knows as much about trading as I do about turkey farming. url

Funded Traders - Pros n Cons

Ah OK. I thought you were making it up because the questions are so qualitative but I'm sure there's method in the madness hope this helps 1) What is more important, technical or fundamental in a trading strategy? and why? Neither, it's a straw ...

Help with dissertation

Swissy, is that seriously the name of your final year dissertation? What degree are you studying, and where?

Help with dissertation

Lol, I admire your enthusiasm for it, and a short eurgbp soon is a fine trade full stop, irrespective of outcomes. But here's one last thing to chomp on, zoom the H1 chart for GU out so it's as tight as can be over the election period. If the 7th ...

Brexit, anyone?

I've seen 'no-brainer' situations like this come up a few times and they're often account ruiners. Eg, Iraq war 2003, presumption that oil price would skyrocket if it was invaded. It didn't - it tanked for 9 months or so before then rocketing up. So ...

Brexit, anyone?

Quite right. Den, you know the story yes? So way back in ancient Greece, people said Thales, philosophy is futile, why bother? He says what would you chumps know?, or similar in Greek. And they say well it's all a brain workout, it's not real. Money ...

A jump to the beginning - chaos and market forces

Less original, more forgotten. Thales did it 2500 years ago.

A jump to the beginning - chaos and market forces

If you want to determine a trend against price only, what's your reference point? The peaks, the higher highs and lower lows? So in a downtrend when price forms a higher high against a previous, what's your filter? Any higher high? Or only against ...

Do trendline breaks really have any significance?

If you accept trends exist, then you also accept a trend has to end at some point. If a trend ends, what determines it? Price alone? Or price and time?

Do trendline breaks really have any significance?

Not only does it mark you out to be a total c*nt to do that, also it instantly shows you're about as professional as a bag of potatoes.

They ask you: how to be a successful trader?

You are still trading direction; you're simply deferring your direction decision to a range breakout trade. If you're adamant not to trade direction, you need to investigate option straddles, and then you can trade pure volatility. Olsen - great ...

Using the currency pairs to predict the market

Hi Jason, yeah, keeps my stress levels down! Now I don't want to be a nitpicking SOB, because I wouldn't advocate negative RR.... But... ...correlation isn't causation. Just because winning traders have positive R:R doesn't mean simply turning your ...

FXCM stats worthwhile? AUD/NZD has the best win rate to trade?

Hell's teeth, FXCM don't half twist things around. Not sure if that guy is being deliberately misleading but his logic is full of holes; simply mucking around with R:R does not turn a rubbish strategy into a good one, or rather if it does, it won't ...

FXCM stats worthwhile? AUD/NZD has the best win rate to trade?

Are you actually on the right thread or... hold on. Your 5 quid is up. video

Calculating probability of losing streaks

Yeah yeah, no that's what you are that is, we could go on . Risk of ruin is for position sizing, but feel free to create a straw man and argue against it. And as for the next trade having no bearing on the last. True unless... *fill that ...

Calculating probability of losing streaks

Oh to be green again.

Calculating probability of losing streaks

Lads, lads, lads! It's the interest rate news, simple as that. Carney told the country yesterday we might not be looking at any interest rate increases for whole of 2016. Genuine surprise - everyone figured we'd be following US so it's v. bearish.

Your Opinion is Welcome on the GBP/USD Decline

Chris, not easy to attack an area like this from the outside and produce a solid, grounded paper - well done. Two things stand out - - If you want to get a more accurate picture of consistent profitable traders, speak to a couple of brokers off the ...

Is Forex trading worth it? If so, why?

I've always maintained if you're in trading for the money, you've lost before you start. Not only that, but that fact that money is the only driver means you'll be run ragged with your losses too. Do what you love, look after those you love, and ...

Is Forex trading worth it? If so, why?