I think your interpretation to combine low risk and tight stops is not right. Low risk situations were there sometimes when for instance price HAD to break out of a range and a stop loss in that situation was often not even needed. So its not the ...

Building an equity millipede

if you want to invest for decades in a certain instrument, one of the better things might be in property with reputable reits when prices are low. spread the money around in different reits and maybe even in different countries. they also pay you a ...

Trading system for Gold - Longterm, pension plan

Cindy, I`m curious about your thoughts.........would you mind to give a different perspective here? appreciate it.

Strong - Weak Currency Analysis

this is what I believe too. you will always have a tiny trading account compared to the money in reserve in anticipation of a crash, so your ROI percentage over your trading account + reserve will always be low. dreamliner mentioned knightrider on ...

$100 trading

if you trade this system long enough, you`ll always encounter another worst scenario. so you always will need another reserve of at least $ 7,300 to add to your $ 100 trading account when the ugly times come around. so any profit made on your tiny $ ...

$100 trading

a more conservative way of entering, especially when the weekly trend turns around is feb2865`s with irony thread. on the daily chart he waits for the down trend to stall with a pinbar or bull bar, second candle a bull bar for confirmation and ...

The7 Trading System

charvo, very good - you almost got your 1,000 pips. I traded once a day and generally I take a trade 40 pips below the close of the previous day. except 9/9 where I took the breakout at 10 pips below from the 2nd and 3rd day before. 12 trades, 7 ...

Max's Simple Ride the Wave System

sorry max, I realize its your thread and if you dont like the exercise I suggested earlier, I`ll delete the post.......

Max's Simple Ride the Wave System

hello folks, I always find that in these forums we talk a lot, but hardly anybody does the hard yards to succeed in this business. and to succeed a lot of work has to be done; you cant expect somebody else to hand it over on a plate. what about some ...

Max's Simple Ride the Wave System

is there a reason why you limit yourself to a maximum of 3 positions? doesn`t seem logical to me. as long as all your trades are @ BE or better, you can only lose on the last trade. and sometimes the trend is so strong, there are really no ...

Max's Simple Ride the Wave System

ever thought about stacking additional positions as long as the trend is moving your way? the profit potential if it works out is enormous. what I suggest is doing it like this: when the stop of your first trade is at BE or in profit, place a new ...

Max's Simple Ride the Wave System

Jfk would you mind or anybody else giving me a few names for further research?

Interactive Brokers - experiences and opinions

this is a different strategy altogether. you place pending orders every 50 pips and at the end of the day you close any triggered trades, hopefully at a profit. no use then to open other trades long and short at the start of the day. although they ...

Set it and Forget it, Dollar Cost Averaging

???????????? are you trying to prove something or do you want to make money

Set it and Forget it, Dollar Cost Averaging

in my system I dont take every trade. you got to remember that the profit is coming from buying low and selling high. once I have 10 trades on say the buy side I get very picky for my next trades. for my 11th trade I only take trades which are at ...

Set it and Forget it, Dollar Cost Averaging

E/U is not a good pair for a long/short system, too trendy and the yearly range is far too high. you should look at low range pairs like A/C, A/N, U/C, E/G etc. or a combination if that range is even lower.

Set it and Forget it, Dollar Cost Averaging

for my own long/short system I have a larger TP of 150 pips for each individual trade. that way the long or short side wont be closed in 1 hit. the advantage of a gradual closing of positions and a higher TP means that the long and short side are ...

Set it and Forget it, Dollar Cost Averaging

at least your equity rises for margin purposes

Set it and Forget it, Dollar Cost Averaging

tropics, jaws does not enter every 100 pips....see post 1.

Set it and Forget it, Dollar Cost Averaging

excellent advice

Set it and Forget it, Dollar Cost Averaging