I envy you....I don't know how many years it will take for me to be courageous enough to quit my job.

I finally quit my day job!

the system is working great.I am still learning to trust it more.I want to reach a point where I can follow the rules 100%.

Do I Really Want to Start This Journal II

yep I use intuition a lot ....in fact I'm paranoid ....so much for the "psychology of trading".

Existing Backtested Forex Systems

true ...the system I trade didn't show up to be profitable, infact it had the most perfect down curve! but when I was doing manual sim trading I was able to see things that fully automated backtesting couldn't. for instance I could see when momentum ...

Existing Backtested Forex Systems

by expectancy I meant the first system returns 3 cents to 1 dollar risked. The second system is truly awesome,almost hard to believe. my own system is surprisingly similar with around 45% winners 2:1 R/R .sorry can't post the stats as I'm on mobile ...

Proof That Ultra Profitable Trading Is Indeed Possible

where did the O.P go? Did tdion and his E.As blow up?

Show us your workstation!

metetrader mt4 isnt as bad as guys say. I find their charts to resemble the ones on pc most.the issue is order entry and stupid balck and white color.

What is your favorite iPad trading application?

i believe less than 10% drawdowns is unrealistic.unless you are a CTA or hedge fund. I think I am comfortable trading with a 10% chance of 45% drawdowns which means it will definitely happen soon,for a 80% chance of 300%+ gain.As long as you ...

Proof That Ultra Profitable Trading Is Indeed Possible

[QUOTE=mmaker;6209083]No, it's because the account grew 9 folds and so the statistics were skewed in absolute dollar terms when averaged this way. As the account grew larger, it doesn't make sense to risk the full equity, as this was live account ...

Proof That Ultra Profitable Trading Is Indeed Possible

from my estimation, this dude is risking about 5% position size...what I don't understand is the minuscule drawdowns. Is he using tiered position sizing?

Proof That Ultra Profitable Trading Is Indeed Possible

I believe the trick is to learn to trade long and lower timeframes or using trend and counter trend systems. as long as both system have positive expectancy they will reduce drawdowns significantly.

What is your best chop indicator to keep you out of choppy markets?

hahaha....I think the original dibs is a positive expectancy system but marginally. I could always see that petercrowns was the realthing/Joel resink....talented in the art of persuasion .he started a blog infinity yield and posted imaginary ...

The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues

most of the advantages of the big boys is being edged out.news is instantaneous, quality of execution has improved for all.all of their competitive advantages have been evened out....and here comes the biggest challenge,CORRELATION.the fact that ...

Hedge Fund Quits Because of Political Economy - Does it Affect Trading

yep...hear thee....enricofx is a pro's pro,a trader's trader.

Key To Markets broker

its you who deserve the thanks...before reading your journal i was stuck trying to find an edge.i was thinking that i have to develop a very complex system to be able to compete with the billion dollar funds and extremely talented ...

Do I Really Want to Start This Journal II

this system is very robust.i have traded it,although different parameters and it works great.i also trade a version of it on the hour charts and 4h,though with an intelligent pattern recognition system. basically this system beats hands down all of ...

Do I Really Want to Start This Journal II

....I would like to know how fast he blew that 100k...that would be more interesting.

How I Turned 1k To 100k In A Wk!!!

when i was researching fx brokers,these were amongst the worst rated.reqoutes kings,they were called. Nfa needs to sting em a little bit more.

FXDirectDealer (FXDD) Discussion

fx was the greatest thing in the 90's.before that was bonds an before that still was grains.low volatility begets low volatility.we are in a new period, expect many bucket shops to fail. Still this is no excuse not to make profits,profits can and ...

OANDA Discussion

this is definitely the stupidest thread i have ever read...you think people are morons? Are you now the richest man on earth you tool?

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