Thorough and interesting piece of hard work. Congrats! and much success to you.

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Do you know about the Myth of Sisyphus? The guy that kept pushing that rock up to the top of the mountain all day just to see it roll back down as soon as reached... yes, a certain (as in certitude) path.

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Oh I see... but maybe that last paragraph wasn't there, as the post shows as edited and there's a greater space between it and the rest of the post... and anyway he's already started the same subject on the Trading Journals section... why everybody ...

most simple method to achieve big success

Indeed this is an absolute truth. Also true, a full time scalper can easily do that and more. Aren't you already doing that on the Trading Journals section? How much % equity do you risk per trade? One can often learn much more about the pitfalls of ...

most simple method to achieve big success

I agree to the cultural huge differences but... could you really tell which country's economy and politics aren't based on make believe? Still hunting.

Eurozone scenarios

Probably something similar to what happens here in Venezuela, "depletion of foreign currency reserves"... the ringgit stays onshore, but USD or EUROS don't...

Malaysia central bank states Forex is illegal

Indeed, I didn't ignore it. I had downloaded the pdf but just read it a few moments ago. I wish I'd read this at the beginning but now I think I've learned what I needed to know from the averaging down experience. Calculations were good but aimed to ...

why is everyone so afraid to average down?

I've had a lot of them along all these years. I'll only list the "technical" aspects, as the personal and psychological ones are way too plenty and would collapse the thread, lol). As a newbie: Understanding channels and "trends within trends". That ...

AHA moments in your trading career

Count me in. Indeed it can work if the risk is very strictly delimited and respected in any eventuality. With very small position sizes per trade, as "the trade" is in fact the sum of all its potential parts. Now, as in everything, after a long time ...

why is everyone so afraid to average down?

Borrowed (for personal use), and without your permission

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Yes it is normal, even on a live account, at least for a while until all your demons (even new unknown ones!) start to kick in The following is by no means a complete assessment or checklist of all the aspects involved, but can give you a hint. ...

How harder is live trading?

I agree... though "maybe" that wasn't his initial aim. @ The Helper The point is: this is the Rookie Discussion. Who is a Rookie? Someone who is just starting and has no clue, and needs to learn the steps and ask questions and be replied to in a ...

A trader does not have to lose before you make profit in the Forex market

I sure hope anyone that took the EURAUD call held it... nearly 700 pips in two days

A trader does not have to lose before you make profit in the Forex market

FxPro uses an extra decimal point (pipette), thus "50 pips" is in fact only 5 pips. Add a zero to whatever amount you need to fix.

Do I have to close trades manually in this scenario?

Time Warp? — Does that mean you post in actual real time and there's just the forum delay? Or, do you only post in real time AFTER the fact AND above this there is a further delay... or as you know there will be a delay you post in ACTUAL real ...

A trader does not have to lose before you make profit in the Forex market

Thank you for the link!

Floored, the movie

Indeed. Post #19 explains how the br0ker, by performing this ARBITRAGE, isn't concerned about your trade winning or losing, as anyway he'll be getting the opening spread, PLUS (in the example shown) a nice 3 additional pips on your trade because of ...

A trader does not have to lose before you make profit in the Forex market

The broker's arbitrage thoroughly detailed "intro" was to "explain" why everybody can win in Forex - as the title of the post says - (that is, apparently the market wouldn't be "zero sum" because of those "little details"). Now, "the code" that was ...

A trader does not have to lose before you make profit in the Forex market

A little bit of culture won't hurt... — Holy Grail Round Table In a lighter spirit, nonetheless utterly serious in its aims, you can also check THIS thread. aga(jaak)

Who made up the title "holy grail" in the forex world and does it even exist?

Aha! THAT was it! Thanks

A trader does not have to lose before you make profit in the Forex market