Time for reflection I have recently completed my first year trading live. It was the most memorable journey. I definitely had A LOT of help. All the books, the forums, the websites that I have gone through and all the people that have so generously ...

Hilmy83 Trading Psychology Journal

This is exactly how i configure my MM. Every trade is considered a loser and takes a portion of my equity when I open them. And I also add on fib...what a coincidence

The Wizard of Oz Intuitive trading journal

greedy brokers vs greedy traders it's the world we live in

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

bonds

What To buy Tonight?

i still use my trend following and able to scalp few pips even when this pair is ranging. But this recent upsurge really surprised me in a good way. I hope it will continue to the stars....

EurGBP

well i feel a little better bout oanda now that's cleared up little bit

Oanda being shady?????

when i short these positions, i get charged as normal Actually I did find a thread about Oanda using fluctuating interest rates, not the ones that we are familiar with. If that's the case, I guess that's something you just gotta live with. These ...

Oanda being shady?????

dude it was long AUDUSD and USDCAD....tell me which way the carry trades should be.. I'm not a total newbie you know

Oanda being shady?????

I did try to look over Oanda's forums but I couldn't any thread about this interest stuff. I'll try again later and maybe post a thread on it.

Oanda being shady?????

I wish this issue could be big enough to bring an Oanda representative on here to answer these questons that we have. Maybe the moderators could do that??

Oanda being shady?????

I don't know, but I guess I agree with steviet. When you trade on your own, you become more effective because all decision are yours and you don't have that psychological impedence that comes from people's opinions of your trades I encourage all ...

Steviet's Live Trades!

STOP TRADING!!! Pick up a few books, read this forum front to back and write down your trading plan!. Read about psychology of trading (i.e Mark Douglas "Trading in the Zone", Alexander Elder "Come into my trading room"). Spend some time to pick out ...

The Biggest Challenge: What will YOU do?

i got in long at around 1.34, cause of obvious candle patterns. Screw the news, I trade by what I see, and right now it just doesn't make sense

EURUSD

The way I average is when the price goes my way and I add on 50% retracements. BUT, if i were to average down, I would do it in small amounts with total position no more than my acceptable risk for ex. I usually trade 2% of my equity on a trade, but ...

'Averaging Down Is for Losers' - valid or not?

off to the library...

Traders Needed for New Book!

signal providers are worthless. They are like brokers, good or bad signals, they collect they monthly dues from you. They are no smarter than the rest of us (believe it or not) Tradnig is a bout independent thinking. Using a signal service is just a ...

Are all Signal Services scams?

wow, i love your journal. Very insightful

How do you find and confirm a trend?

GBPJPY, CADJPY, AUDJPY, and other crazy movers are the ones that really make money for me It's true they are more volatile, but that doesn't mean they're risky. It's like these wall street gurus who say that stocks with higher Betas are more ...

Gbp/jpy trading Tip