All your anxiety and losses come from the fact that you really don't have a system. You may have stops and take profits designed for what you’re doing, but your entry sucks. You’re basing your trading decisions on your (incomplete) perception of the ...

Lack of discipline.

Clearly you have no idea how insanely boring the life of a trader can be.

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If your system actually performs as you describe, it will be phenomenal to trade. I would caution you that with such low tp/sl points, spreads and slippage are going to very important factors in the real world. I'm not sure how you accounted or such ...

A System i'm working on

See if you can open a $50k account with them and get the same deal. This would open up so many arb opportunities it makes me dizzy...

Anyone goes to New York Traders Expo?

Many good points have already been made regarding your original question so I'll skip it. The above comment is truly something you’re going to have to get past. Even the best systems have losses and drawdown, sometimes extended periods thereof. One ...

Traders and Their Systems

You could move gbp/jpy right now (6pm est) with a couple million...

How much money to move 1 pip?

You mean the uber system that has an average 54% winrate and loses money on almost every non-carry trade pair? image Congratz on a great month by the way. And I'm done with this thread. I said my piece about the autoclick and wish ...

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Are we supposed to be looking at something in particular?

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Yeah, I'm calling BS. You have made some tall claims in this thread and don't want to back any of them up with the tiniest bit of evidence. It isn't that hard to let people know the general idea behind what you’re doing without exposing your exact ...

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Ohh yeah, and what type of systems are those?

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Just out of curiosity, if the markets are completely random and then you have to account for transaction costs, what exactly are you doing here? Gambling?

Why exactly do EMA crossover systems not work?

The sad truth is that the news spike trading gravy train has already come to an end. The very fact that people are looking to pay hundreds (or thousands) of dollars a month to get in a few pips earlier is testament to the fact that the average ...

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Just curious, who do you have your institutional account with?

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The more interesting question is, why "Should" EMAs work?

Why exactly do EMA crossover systems not work?

He certainly isn't a fraud in any sense. Until the day he died he had a deep conviction regarding his economic theories. I was pointing out that there was a time when the Monetarist principles were highly regarded at the Fed, but it has passed. The ...

Is the FED Friedmanian?

Glad I could help. It looks like this system is working out well for you. When you get to 50 completed trades send me a PM and I'll show you how to analyze the profitability and efficiency of what your doing.

Simplicity is the Key

Well, I've read Keynes "General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money" as well as Friedman’s "Capitalism and Freedom". The events as I described them came from the minutes at the FOMC during the time when Friedman’s policies were in effect. But ...

Is the FED Friedmanian?

Fair enough. I would mearly point out that his nobel prize, books and column, and the advice provided to the presidents were all the byproduct of a theory that turned out to be a failure in practice. I suppose that might not make HIM a failure, but ...

Is the FED Friedmanian?

The short answer is no. The core of Freidman’s work was that economic policy could be managed through the use of strict money supply controls. Leading up to the early 1980's economists from around the world were beating the money supply drum as a ...

Is the FED Friedmanian?

Currenex Inc. is an application service provider. It is impossible for anyone to open a trading account directly with them. So yes I have a whitelabel account, but there really isn't an alternative. If your asking am I using FXCM Pro (which is NOT a ...

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