As far as straddling, I tried it a few times and lost my ass! Now I try to get the number as fast as I can and trade on it. You need a big move to do it that way, and I do it on Oanda, but even with a 15 pip spread on an 80 pip move, it makes money. ...

NFP 10/6

I'm just ramping up, watching several consolidations and licking my wounds from not watching ECB stuff and entering technical trades earlier in the week... BTW, anyone watch Swiss CPI last night? That number had to get leaked, because I checked it ...

Let's talk about U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls

Also, I'm not making political judgments, I'm just looking for events that move currencies...

USD/THB + Military coup d'etat + $$

I just watched the news spike... — Well, I just watched the news spike play out, I never traded it, but I was very intrigued by the fact that I got the news before the spike happened. I seriously considered trading it and would have made $$ if ...

USD/THB + Military coup d'etat + $$

Also, I don't put on trades before the announcement. I set them up in either direction, wait for the number, then click. Think fast, brothers, the spike starts in seconds...

USD/JPY report release, I guess it happens...

News trading is about the divergence in the number, you guys obviously know that already. However, there are head fakes all the time, and straddling has never worked out for me, personally, because the spreads widen and sometimes both trades get ...

USD/JPY report release, I guess it happens...

Is that supposed to be funny? Yes, I am the f%#cking Duke of Dents and I can completely diassemble and remanufacture any automobile ever made. Including the Dodge Omni you drove up to the municipal golf course. Got anything to say about USD/THB?

USD/THB + Military coup d'etat + $$

All auto technicians aren't dumb — Thanks for the advice, opportunist. BTW, all car guys aren't dense, I actually can make more money fixing cars than any other job available to me, including those where I use my formal education. Forex seems ...

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser

BTW — By the way, right now I make about 50k annually fixing wrecked cars. Talk about stress! 4X will extend my life by preventing me from having a heart attack, if I figure out how to do it properly. Stress is not a factor in my trading so ...

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser

Well, I'm not really a jack of all trades, I'm a jack off of all trades. I want fx to be real. From reading these forums, I realize that I'm dumber that 60% of people on here, the other 40% think 4X is a get rich quick scheme, which it is not. It's ...

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser

cocktails are okay..; — Actually, learningtheropes, my Jim Beam on the rocks is mighty okay right now, I might have to leave you all and play my Telecaster a bit...

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser

Usually I'm packing out my gear after playing guitar on broadway, or some other usually ungodly location at this time of night on a Friday, so I'm used to being awake right now...

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser

Nashville, Tennessee — I'm in Nashville, dude, I'm actually a country musician in my spare time. I work most Friday nights, but not tonight so I thought I'd mess around with fx. The markets are closed for the weekend so this is the only thing ...

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser

Just charting — I was just visually backtesting something I thought of, too... Using systems that have really bad returns, like negative returns, turn out positive if you do the exact opposite. Like using their longs for shorts, using their ...

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser

BTW — By the way, there really is no Holy Grail. There is money management, solid analysis using a combination of tech and fundamentals, and patience. That;s what I see in my newbieness, anyhow...

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser

Thanks for the welcome... — Thanks for the welcome, man, I'm not a forum kind of guy, I work on cars for a living. I thought it might be a good place to learn something. I know a little, but not enough. The news is my best friend right now, I ...

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser

Maybe I ought to just stick to fixing shitty drivers' cars, it pays better

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser

No, you're cool, man. I've met some resistance elsewhere, though. Everyone's a genius and I'm a dumbass, apparently. I'm really laid back and just want to learn shit...

Seasoned newbie and professional $$ loser