Lol!

The obstacles to trading

i agree.. unrealistic expectations got me at the start.. i think it would be alot of peoples case aswell, as it has been marketed by those bs marketers like "i made $12,000 while at a bbq with friends"

The obstacles to trading

agreed — it's always gonna be like that, 95~ or whatever statistics show will always lose, it's like saying 50% of people have below average IQ. when you begin, no matter what it is, if you have no idea you will look for ideas for how ...

Food for Thought

it would be nice if it was like that though haha, i dont think even the banks would like a 20% chance of winning even if they got their team of analysts to thoroughly research their approach

Going Live??

my view is that it's not a loss if you are still up overall. people are always going on about strictly setting the loss 20 t/p 10 s/l having the stop loss alot smaller than the take profit. i honestly dont think that this is the only way to win. il ...

Stop Loss No More : Double Take Profit

i was just trying to explain how i thought i would feel like if u were winning 70% of the time on the demo.. and you traded live strictly and lost 3 times in a row the first 3 trades.. you would feel that its not working? just trying to think ...

Going Live??

i agree, but i read awhile back that when he lost he used to blame the speed of the ticker (which is what most people try not to do.. blame their losses on something else). he had balls though hands down. i dont think i will ever get the chance to ...

My take on trading

jessie livermore didnt trade. he used to bet.. and he got bankrupt twice and committed suicide

My take on trading

hey — i didnt read your whole thing, but i read something interesting.. IT IS BASED ON SUPPLY and demand which can be broken down into a bajillion different factors, think of it this way.. if the price is to high export suffers, importers are ...

My take on trading

Yea, just gotta keep my head tightly screwed on all the time, iv tried to work out the outcome for each trade taken. e.g. if i had trading success rate of 60/40, trying to see how i would feel if say in 10 trades 40% losses randomly placed within or ...

Going Live??

oops — Also please include your ambitions

Going Live??

Hey, you can make money from it. Don't let time determine whether you can or cannot. I don't know what you count as an average joe but i know people personally that are well off from forex. 1 year 2 months is still a little premature. You know what ...

Is anyone here earning a living, just with forex trading?

hey everyone — Not that my 2 cents matters or means anything, i am new to this board and cannot make a post yet but thank you for creating this thread. A little on my background, i am currently in my last year at uni studying commerce and ...

Trading For A Living

it doesnt matter what time frame it is

Forex scalping in 1 min time frame?

Hey, if you didn't get the answer before you read this post, hopefully i can answer/give you an idea. It doesn't have to be complicated like that, but you should think of it as if you are making money someone else is losing, so they(your friends) ...

Is trading complicated?

if it isnt too late — If you haven't received the answer you were looking for, il give you some ideas. The japanese were prepared for an incident such as the earthquake/Tsunami. It was known as the retribution effect, the overseas investors ...

Japan Earthquake good for JPY?