Suzanne, thanks for this post. some really refreshing thoughts! i have experienced the increased learning effect of concentrating for short periods, then doing something else entirely myself. but i would have never thought of applying this to ...

Taking it serious and accelerating my learning curve

thanks everyone for your replies yep, im nowhere near consistent profit. but i feel if i continue like this, i will never reach that goal. i am proud of myself for not having one single cent of debt. i dont have to pay back anything to anyone - so i ...

Taking it serious and accelerating my learning curve

i have made 10% in may on demo, but that doesnt mean anything. i would like to prove myself that i can do this for an extended period of time. i cant trade at work too, its just not possible (work- and boss-wise) do you plan on a job change to gain ...

Taking it serious and accelerating my learning curve

Hey Jay personally i like trailing the Kijun Sen "steps" as i call it. a KS step = when KS is flat for more than 1 candle (this is of course just a rule of thumb, it all depends on the particular trade) of course add a bit of a buffer for the odd ...

Ichimoku forever

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Timeframes and the learning process

(remember, all done on demo - im not a fool) I started out with D1 to allow enough decision time. went horribly wrong. went down to 1H, went unexpectedly good. experimented on 1M last couple of weeks and discovered a real nice pattern and ...

Timeframes and the learning process

you could use autohotkey to autorelogin every 3 hours or so. when doing regularly relogins, the case of "cant connect whatever you do - only a restart helps" is more unlikey to happen. works wonders here

How to restart a MT4 program automatically?

just found pagezipper - url just use it on the thread, and then print it to a pdf printer. its a great tool!

PDF of james16 thread?

personally, i use the news calendar just as a help to know when to stay out. when there are high impact news ahead, i mostly dont trade any setups. or at least i am more cautious. after news hit, you will see it reflected in price -> on your chart. ...

Ichimoku forever

this is the post where i talk about how i use the alerts and the like: url here i posted the indicator which sends emails with screenshots (its very rudimentary - a quick hack at best) url i modified this indi a bit (only strong ks/ts crosses), ...

Ichimoku forever

1. Because the 200 MA is used by many many traders and therefore is one of the most "self fulfilling" indicators. whats also very important is, if price is near the MA, watch out. it often acts as strong S/R 2. i dont know which version of the ...

Ichimoku forever

standard ichimoku stop: on a ks/ts cross it is the ks + buffer on a kumo breakout it is the other side of the kumo + buffer

Ichimoku forever

long only if price in 1h, 4h and 1d is above kumo, short only if price in 1h, 4h and 1d is below kumo

Ichimoku forever

i just realized i forgot something: targets are mostly S/R, and exits are mainly achieved through trailing the stop manually (although im just in the beginning of implementing this) im happy if it helps you!

Ichimoku forever

its only a handful of trades, so no statistical meaning yet... but of course i want to continue this way the rules are standard ichimoku, with some additions by kinko and some by myself Standard Ichimoku Rules Only Kumo Breakout or TS/KS cross ...

Ichimoku forever

yes, it was a valid ichimoku signal. but the KS was rather flat (bad sign), and the 200MA acted as support on the 4H. i didnt have the balls to instantly kill the trade when i realized my mistake, but rather i moved the SL with the 15M KS. this was ...

Ichimoku forever

first loser after a string of winning trades. and just because im an idiot and cant stick to the rules. STICK TO THE PLAN!

Ichimoku forever

something that's pretty obvious, but many tend to forget when they start (dont ask me why it seems to happen to more people in trading than in any other profession): routine. if you do something often enough and for a reasonable amount of time, ...

Some lessons from the real world

Im still in the beginning of all this, but if i may comment a bit on this - pleasingly high quality - discussion: i think one thing never (or way too seldom) gets mentioned on FF in the whole psychology talk is attitude. without the right attitude, ...

Some lessons from the real world