Why do you assume that just because FXCM states SSI is a contrarian indicator makes it true that most retail traders are on the wrong side of the market? I have reviewed many SSI reports since beginning of the year for e/u and the retail traders ...

Why are most retail traders usually on the wrong side of the market?

Most of the suggestions can be eliminated by not day trading.

Why Trading is Destroying your body

This is getting off topic but... My point is the majority loses not because of entering in the right direction, but due to other factors such as exiting too soon and trade management issues, etc. So, since you don't agree I assume you're implying ...

Let's move the market!

Thanks - you validated my point!

Let's move the market!

Majority of posters here have so many different opinions, so it would be impossible to get 1000 to 2000 traders to agree on a trade. Better for you if you want to do this type of strategy is to trade FXCM's Sentiment report (SSI), but in opposite ...

Let's move the market!

I think there's some useful info. in the 1st post of J16, but IMHO, instead reading almost 5K pages of that thread, better to come up with your own system.

I am demotivated...

Why don't you use RSI to determine when to buy/sell dips/rallies?

Buy dip sell high with rsi

Early in my trading, read an article by someone to the effect that once a trend starts it usually will continue (not indefinately, of course).

AHA moments in your trading career

You could send the indicator to a programmer and have him write a basic EA for you, and request a .set file for optimizing it.

Correct Kagi settings on Daily Chart?

I have found that EMA is fantastic for entry, but using same one is terrible for exit. I added JMA (orange line) to attached chart and is great for exiting, which would have resulted in profit, but if used EMA, would have been loss. However, using ...

Why Moving Average?

Not exactly as you specified, but I think even better... url

Currency Correlation Indicator

Just read Campaign Trading by John Sweeney, editor of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine: url Great book - good to read with a glass of campaign

Best forex and/or trading book you have ever read?

The best time to enter your limit orders is when the market is going sideways. If your stops are getting triggered too often during sideways movement, then they are too tight.

this is a debate about how to not predict the market

Why did you even bother to write this? Original post over 2 years ago, and poster not active for almost a year. He must have made his millions from it and split

What about this system? Amazing strategy

Attached doesn't color the candles but appears in sep. window - need to adjust inputs accordingly.

session candle colour indicator

Attached is ebook related to subject of this thread.

Systematic trading

RSI is one of my favorites mentioned in the ebook. However, I'm using a smoother version of it called RSX. Can also use it to help determine when to add positions during a trend on pullbacks.

Exit Strategies

Attached is excellent article on exit strategies.

Exit Strategies

In program #1, if you lose the 1st 5 bets and win the 6th one, you are at -99. If you lose all 6 bets, you are at -363. So, why not increase the 6th bet to 231? This way, if you lose the 1st 5 bets and win the 6th one, you are at -0-. Or, if you ...

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