I have over 20 years trading experience. I have yet to make money trading. I "give back" because of two reasons: 1) Because others have helped 2) Because when I "give back", smart people like Dial and Scott and others et al give me feedback of which ...

How to choose a course/mentor

Akuma, I'm going to go ahead and steal quite a bit from you; for the HAT method Nice job.

Not So Squeezy - Trading Manual by Akuma99

The problem is.. How "big" is your friend's account? My students trade for a bank.. they trade 1 pip = $10,000. So I'm thinking your friend isn't trading that; and so he's probably not denting the forex market.. I'm all about conspiracies, but until ...

Is this true?

If you have an uptrend or downtrend, and the volume increases; then the trend looks solid to be continuing. If the volume drops drastically; be prepared to see a hammerhead or a doji; or worse yet, just a reversal. Volume confirms a trend by its ...

HAT Trading method

My students? Their bosses ask them to analyze the market, and then pick a "direction". For example, is the Yen going up or down vs the USD? They pick, the direction, but their boss picks their stoploss. The boss sets "HARD STOPS". The boss basically ...

Why technical indicators and MTS fail...

I've been using T3_Nick and it's so far worked pretty well on MT4. Give it a try. It's buried somewhere in the HAT thread.

Confused about T3 indicator

I note the bottom lip on the DC opening up, so it should be a good move.. I highly recommend throwing "volume" onto the screen. That will tell you quite a bit as well.

HAT Trading method

I HATE to break the news to you; but I pretty much don't buy the "Joe vs BigBank". I teach Business English, half my students are forex traders. They comprise, total, about 25~30% of ALL FOREX TRADERS IN TAIWAN. Note, I'm their teacher, not the ...

Why technical indicators and MTS fail...

Software vs Strategy — Certain software seems to be more condusive to easier trading. For the HAT, MT4 seems superior to VT for actual trading; The reason I say this is: First, MT4 is fast, where as VT is painfully slow. Also, I pull up a ...

HAT Trading method

Trinity, Yes, I'm using the 20MA; on MT4, I am unsure if it's the SMA or EMA. On VT, I generally use the EMA.

HAT Trading method

I've only come across the one that displays one. If you see it as 5, I think it's incorrect. It is the: MA(MA(MA(MA(MA(MA(X)))))

Confused about T3 indicator

Mixing Price with Volatility — One of the strange things I did, was I went ahead and mixed price channels (DC) with volatility channels (Bollinger Bands). I added a BB @ 1 Deviation to the charts. Assuming that a "move" is defined as outside ...

HAT Trading method

No. There was a problem with that version of T3. So I still use 8. ''blink

HAT Trading method

Why not Start Your Own Business?? — So, why not start your own business then? Guess what, FOREX IS A BUSINESS, AND ONE OF THE TOUGHEST ONES ON EARTH. If you don't believe me, look at the statistics. 95% of those in Forex don't make money. 95% ...

"A Tale of Two Blinks"

Chapter 3/4th — So on our road to Chapter one, we are met with a simple question; actually a few simple questions: 1) Why not Real Estate? 2) Why not Start your Own Business? So we will tackle both first, and perhaps be on our marry way to ...

"A Tale of Two Blinks"

The psychology of it is tough, but I want to really stress.. If the math doesn't work, then it will NEVER work. Even if you have the will of a presidential intern; all the psychology in the world won't help if you can't get the math of it down. But ...

My simple way of trading

Information — Information: Now information gets its own catagory, and at first, you might not understand why, but hopefully it will become abundantly clear later. (or not) Information gets its own catagory simply because it doesn't fit into ...

"A Tale of Two Blinks"

Customization — Customization: This is such an important topic that it gets its own section. People are willing to pay more if you can make it exactly to their specifications. Henry Ford said "It doesn't matter what color car you want, as long ...

"A Tale of Two Blinks"

Service — Service: So I'm going to talk about service in this section, and so I'm going to begin by tell you what service is and is not. Basically, service is really easy to define, anything that is NOT Labor, is service. If you went to school ...

"A Tale of Two Blinks"

Product — Product: Product has 2 main subcatagories; and they are: Consumables Non-Consumables The best example of this are film cameras. The camera and the lenses are considered "non-consumables" and the film is considered a consumable. ...

"A Tale of Two Blinks"