I have to say discretionary trading is very difficult for beginners, at least it was for me. I think new traders should implement mechanical trading to develop discipline and money management techniques. Once you have that down you can implement ...

Hilmy83 Trading Psychology Journal

when i used online journal, i did find myself more 'affected' by winners and losses. Even though I try to convince myself that this is only for analysis purposes, I can't help the feeling of being 'watched' because people do look at your journals ...

Hilmy83 Trading Psychology Journal

Ego Trading url Posted on 02/07/2007 If there's one word that costs traders the most money, I would have to say it is "ego". See, what we believe about ourselves - whether it's true or now - prevents us from seeing and acting on what the market is ...

Hilmy83 Trading Psychology Journal

I will begin with a nice article Why Do Traders Fail? Chris Tate 21 May 2001 It has been estimated that 8 out of 10 individuals who attempt to trade make no money. A recent survey of daytraders in the US found that 75% had lost everything within two ...

Hilmy83 Trading Psychology Journal

100% success??you must have the edge that none of the top traders in history has ever had i suppose but if you have a system that works 100% of the time..why are you wasting your time on FF??!??! Go to chicago, NY, or wherever else they have big ...

Ultimate Successful Trading Technique

i use srdc I to filter out ranging markets ex if the price closes above its previous high, then reverses and hit my s/l I only will short or go long again once it closes beyond the high or low of the failed entry candle that's not 100% filter, but ...

Signs markets are heading into a choppy period

the problem i have with limit orders is that the shadows of price may trigger the order, but it's only a market making it's low or high. Waiting for the close thus sitting and watching your computer is probably the best thing. That's why i jus trade ...

What should i do when price touches Trendline ?

i find it ironic that the first post of this thread begins claiming that 'this is the most succesful forex system'. Then it moves to 'it needs to be improved...'

Bagovino Method

i like your signature

Stocks, Futures, Forex trade journal

well nfp came out good for the usd. hopefully it would be a start of a good trend up for usd for the rest of the month

Steviet's Live Trades!

Pura Vida Realty..it's short and sweet people would say 'hey...you need to go to prv!

Turbo's Journal

well he didn't really prove or disapprove, it was more of an interview of what made him success.. altough I did like what the trader said.."making money is hard, unless you're the son of a king"

Real Grail in Money Management

that's actually one of the best descriptions i have read...

for Those who found success in forex>>

the weekly chart determine where i add position on my daily swing trades. If i were long, i look at the recent week's high and add when daily closed above that, then look at a higher weekly high and see if i can add to taht position.. it's pretty ...

Real Grail in Money Management

this is exactly how i do it, i don't add to positions unless profit is locked in previous positions and that all added positions are less in 'size' so that if it is stopped out, previous position never go negative, only slightly reduced.. There's ...

Real Grail in Money Management

so does alpari..on demo account

Success!: using Metatrader to chart lots of things!

this is more of a comment rather than question..but feel free to comment on it too. My trading has consistently show 35-45% winning ratio, sometimes more. But I find that adding positions to winning trades, once I'm able to lock in profits really ...

Real Grail in Money Management

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