I notice Van Tharp always incorporate spiritual comments into his trading articles

Do A Thorough Self-Evaluation Before You Start Trading, by Dr. Van K Tharp

holy shit! this is probably my first post on FF! this was back when i used fxcm for charting LOL! aah..the good days my god, look at those indicators i was planning to use! I even admired boris schlossberg! daaayumn haha looking at such post really ...

ok finally!!!

i did look at some broker descriptions..but it seems they are trying to sell forex rather than inform us. I guess i am looking for more info towards risky side as well as rewards in forex trading.

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i would love to scalp, probably on the 15-30 minute chart (since i can't calculations very fast hehe) But my biggest obstacle is capital. I only have 1000$ to lose when i started. I'm waiting for someone to give me another $9000 or when I get to ...

Mathematical reasons why MOST DayTraders & scalpers fail?

One observation I noticed about FF is that most people tend to limit their gains. They would plan to trade to get certain amount of 'pips' per week, month or year. But isn't the goal of trading is capital preservation? I never see journals that say, ...

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people share their systems because of two reasons to boost their ego or to be helpful or even both..who knows.. but lately i've been reading a lot on trading psychology , and ego seems to be a double edge sword. Having a decent amount of it helps ...

This so called "self-destruction" of trading systems...

using the indicator wouldn't work because candlestick interpretation is not mechanical where you simply look at 2-3 candle formations.

Candlestick Id Indicator

The Personality of the Trader: How It Affects Performance traderfeed.blogspot.com A recent pilot study addresses the interesting topic of how a trader's personality affects his or her trading performance. The researchers focused on six personality ...

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yea, that's definitely too large of a contract to trade $250. Assuming that it's about $1/pip, you would need something like 5 pip s/l or less if you wnat to just risk 2% of 250. yes, switch to broker that offers micro account like oanda or fxdd

Forex Beginner: Price Action Question

here's a fact You profit from your EXITS not your ENTRY

Market & Trading Facts

i think you lost your $500 not because you're clueless, even though you may think you are. But I think you might have risked waaay too much on a single trade. If you trade with someone like fxcm or forex.com, then an account of 250 will dissapear ...

Forex Beginner: Price Action Question

yes the human mind is very complex, and the market is made up of the collective human minds. I think if you can figure out what the majority sees, then act sooner or contrary to them, that would be your edge?

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that makes sense. i understand as account growth, risk/trade in dollar amount grows....

for those who trade full time...

i've been trading live since august last year i want to know how other full time traders grow their account..either just leaving it alone or funding it a little bit yearly or monthly

for those who trade full time...

I've thought a lot about why we use indicators in our trading. Basically the market presents a lot of information, and various books I have read claims that the human brain cannot process too many information. So indicators are used to simplify ...

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I think there are two emotions that encounter the market and those are fear and greed. And I am learning everyday to deal with them One aspect of my system is to determine stops/exits because it is done with descretion. I look at hourly and ...

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Website with some questionaires into your trading personality url

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