It depends ... — Like most ... as long as it takes ... until the charts tell me to close it. I have trades that last mins, hours, and days. Since I don't scalp, usually not mins. But I've held a trade for 2 months and closed it when the time ...

How long do you hold your position..?

I thought AccuCharts was an FX Solution package .... — AccuCharts belong to FX Solutions ... I haven't played around with their code yet. I think the package is still pretty new ... but I'm not sure. Happy Trading ...

What language is this???

Nothing to it ..... — marwan2010, I carrytrade and trade reversals. I look for setups on the daily chart and take my signals from the 15 min chart. I usually ride my trades for awhile. Even with 17 pairs ... I don't get signals everyday. ...

The Pairs that You Trade

GBP is King ... — I actually trade 17 pairs live … You didn’t have: AUDNZD My favorite pairs are anything with GBP … Happy Trading ...

The Pairs that You Trade

My 2 pips .... — disneytrader, This is definitely not a gimmick. With that being said … take your time to learn what kind of trader you would like to be. Keep an open mind to what you read and remember that something that works for someone ...

New to FX Trading

November marked my 2 years trading .... — I traded demo for 1 year and learned lot ..... and I just finished 1 year trading live. I'm still here ... I have more money in my account than I started with a year ago. This year I really learned how ...

Your Trading Experience

Here's my 2 pips .... — I'm in my second year now trading live ... and doing very well ... I'm still here and making pips ... Like most have said, focus less on the money ... for me it happened when I started controlling my position size of ...

How to Become Emotionless

Mr. Trend ... welcome to the daily club ... — Your story sound just like mine 9 mos. ago. When I moved to trading off the dialy charts, my stress level went way down. I change my money management to fit and my emotions went away. So, it's ...

The switch from hourly to daily...and the psychological ramifications...

Nice example ..... — My 2 cents .... Scaling out can also be using to reduce your position in bad trades too. Some people don't like to take their losses. So, you can work on Scaling out profits on one position and scaling out a loser position ...

question for the veteran traders

I agree ... — I fourth that! .....

OANDA Discussion

I do both ..... — I am using vegas for reversals and kolachi for trends. I trade both on the daily charts, but I use the 15 min to enter the trades. I've been trading the vegas models for a while now. I recently added the kolachi to my ...

multiple systems or timeframes?

I will admit .... — I enjoyed the GFT platform ... I actually spent my first year in forex training to trade on it. I loved it. I found the company very helpful and the chart great. I'm not a news trader, so I didn't experience any real ...

GFT Forex contacted me today

You are a brave soul .... Keep it up .... — Use image shack or another other image hosting site ... http://www.imageshack.us/ Then when u are ready to post again ... Click "Insert Image" ... put the url for the image and u should be good ... ...

Newbie Journal

I voted somewhat supportive ..... — Mainly because I work with computers and trading involves computers ... she doesn't like the computer ... but she likes the pips ... When I start trading full-time, she said she'll be happier .... ...

Family Guy

On the right track ... — I too ... do not trade news much. But I personally know a few traders doing the straddle technique with much success. This market will keep you on your toes ... haha. smjones is a wise trader ... you will have to ...

can't trade news in the future??

Try this .... — aparsai, Try this thread: http://www.forexfactory.com/forexforum/showthread.php?t=4504 Happy Trading

Brokers Using MetaTrader4

Here ya go .... — image Reducing the % alone doesn't leave you much wiggle room on trades ... but depends on how you are trading. image By reducing both, you can see how it starts to effect your risk levels. Happy Trading ...

leverage, help me!

Watch your risk ... — cantona7, Take a look at this .... image A normal trade size will vary from trader to trader. I personally wouldn't take my $1000 and trade it at 3% and 2 per pip. Then again everyone is different. Ask yourself if you ...

leverage, help me!

I've never had a problem with Oanda ... — JBB, Not sure what happened here, but I've had the price come .5 away from my stop loss and it not get hit. Sometimes the price moves so fast it will hit your stops without you seeing it. Time to move ...

OANDA is cheating?

Well .... Since I don't trade news ..... — jlowder, I leave my positions open during new releases. But, I'm a long term trader and only trade from the daily charts. Depending on my position, I may move my stop to make sure a get some profit if ...

How news affects trend trading