I think you should diffirentiate between two groups of people: 1) People changing the direction of their trading depending on where the market is moving 2) People trading into the trend direction only The ones who blew up their accounts belong to ...

BAD November?

I am really curious , there are so many strategies posted on FF , can anyone post a strategy here but without technical indicators? I would really like to see a real non-indicator strategy , I am already sick and tired to see all those threads about ...

Trading Strategy

This is true but only for people who think that a position having an unrealized loss is a mistake because it has such a loss , they usually get panic attacks and close their positions to realize those losses while in fact having a losing position ...

Do you hedge?

Don't worry , this is only temporary the central bank will only allow the rouble to move down down to a certain point - they usually say 1.00% fluctuations are allowed.As soon as it starts falling excessively they will start dumping USD to support ...

Russian Ruble experience?

Well , this is what you need figure out for yourself.If it was that easy everyone would be rich by now but in fact almost all traders go bust so they must be doing something wrong , don't they?

USDCAD trend reversal?

What I basically want to say is that all those candlestick patterns are useless and the fact alone that people know their names is already a reason to lose money on FX Buf if you want to lose on Forex for sure you must read the book Japanese ...

EUR/USD - Shooting Star - Possible trend reversal!

Well , the question is what you think the trend with USD/CAD is? My opinion is that it is a downtrend and it has been a downtrend for a long time , for many many months so if you continue taking countertrend positions you are not very likely to ...

USDCAD trend reversal?

Maybe you can explain why you took a long trade with USD/CAD in the first place?

USDCAD trend reversal?

Hedging is a very powerful tool for people who know when and how to use it This is also the main reason why oanda only allow hedging on a sub-account , this way they give you to understand they would like you to realize losses instead of freezing ...

Do you hedge?

People looking too much at shooting stars may be shot dead by the market and people looking too much at hanging men may be hung by the market , I don't even want to talk about people looking too much at gaps

EUR/USD - Shooting Star - Possible trend reversal!

Automated systems do not work only for one reason: they are unable to adapt to changing market conditions which is why you can only use a "half-automated" system which trades on it's own but the market conditions are observed by the trader , once ...

Can an automated trading system really work?

I see this but I mean a real strategy not just understanding the relationship between high , close , open, low comparing to previous bars , this is not a strategy but a substitute for learning candlestick patterns which is indeed a great thing as ...

Trading Strategy

Yes , the trend is different for everyone but if you try to trade tiny time frames on Forex you are gonna have a problem with the broker sooner or later (rather sooner) And the bad thing about this is that no matter what scalping method you want to ...

Real Scalping, Impossible?

Be careful there , this is only partially true.In fact the central bank struggles against strengthening of the rouble but not because oil and gas profits as these profits do not come to Russia but remain in the western countries What the central ...

Russian Ruble experience?

Apart from the fact that scalping does have anything to with serious trading but is a form of gambling it is not recommended to try this on Forex You can try scalping stocks , at least the broker is able to guarantee execution there and on Forex you ...

Real Scalping, Impossible?

adding more to losing positions? — Has anyone tested this successfully with a live account? I mean with a real account and real amounts of money and not some 1$ lots? I am asking because all this sounds great but does anyone do it for real ...

Scaling In System for Trending/Ranging Currencies

I think trading very small accounts can be very interesting for gambling because even if you lose your money it won't hurt too much But once you start trading amounts that hurt gambling is not an option and you need to concentrate on the actual ...

Now I know why 95% of traders are on losing side

Hello , I am wondering what account size you have and what leverage you use? I indeed think it is reasonable to take many smaller profits instead of gunning for rare big profits but what are your usual positions sizes and your account balance along ...

Now I know why 95% of traders are on losing side