I tend to agree and disagree... I agree because I believe that the human mind is the most powerful tool and since it's the human mind that creates an EA, then if it created a proper one with an edge, then of course, the EA WILL make money... And I ...

the weird market

Agree to some extent, but not all the way...In many cases, very strong round figures must be ranged with +/- a certain amount....For example, if you are looking to trade the round figure 1.0000, you should consider trading the whole range 0.9950 to ...

Important Round Numbers?

Well, I think that this is a hype or a miss-understanding, I mean that the market always moves against you....The market really does not know what will you do in the next second just exactly as you don't know what will the market do in the next ...

the weird market

Pretty much every 100 pips can be considered a round number, sometimes every 50 pips also, but I see this as too close and not important...100s are more relevant in my opinion... The reason behind this is based on 2 facts: 1- Mind Psychology of ...

Important Round Numbers?

I used to trade a mixture between my money and others money in 1 pooled account, but that was 5 years back when I had time to trade... Back then I made sure that anyone putting money in the account will not be financially hurt or damaged in the case ...

Does anyone trade for others?

I think you are asking the chart to tell you so much... Best Regards, Nader

A big problem with my technical analysis

I am not sure if this is possible, but I don't think so...Trading grain futures the normal way through a futures broker will require margins, both initial and maintenance as required by the exchange.... The good news is that all grain futures come ...

Corn futures

You will need to have a look at a continuous contract chart, which is a chart composed of different expiry months connected together...In real life, this is something tough to get...It's not impossible but it's a little bit tough, especially if you ...

Corn futures

It's not rocket science, but it's tough... It's easy to win a trade, but it's difficult to consistently win... Trading is very easy when you get a series of good hands but it becomes extremely difficult when you get a series of bad hands... Driving ...

do you think trading is really that hard?

You mean the EUR/USD futures listed on Globex, right? If this is the case, then yes, I am one of the people who trade EUR/USD futures among others...Of course it's very liquid to trade 500 contracts (Not just 1) without any problems... Regarding ...

Trading euro futures

Well, I do have a book (Attached)...It's called "The Mathematics of Gambling"...Hope it's useful.... Regards, Nader

Looking for probability resources

Do you mean why the Euro goes up during the Asian session lately?? Regards, Nader

Why are asians buying EUROs these days?

You will probably need a Thomson Reuters or Bloomberg terminal....According to my knowledge, you can find everything related to bonds there....The problem is that the cost is very high...$1700+ per month for anyone of them.... Not sure if you can ...

Bond Prices and Yields, where to get them?

Here is a good interactive thread.... url Regards, Nader

Looking for probability resources

It is an individual contract on it's own with a size of 12,500 Euro per contract....Of course it follows the standard contract size although this statement is not very accurate since the underlying is the same...It's like saying that the Euro is ...

Forex E-micro Futures

I did...Wanted to build a long position in the EUR/USD back June/July 2010 when it was hitting 1.2000 and instead of buying 2 standard contracts, I used a combination of mini and micro contracts to buy the same amount...I paid more in commission of ...

Forex E-micro Futures

It's really amazing how the silver price behaved since this hype started circulating on the internet and on YoutTube... Typical Contrary Opinion clear example.... Looks like JP Morgan is not going bust anytime soon Regards, Nader

The "Buy Silver, Crash JP Morgan" Hype

Well, I slightly disagree....It depends on the timing....At some point in time, the all time high of gold was just $850...When it broke above this figure, it was making an all time high every single time and it continued to do so for another ...

The "Buy Silver, Crash JP Morgan" Hype

What does EWMA stand for? Is that Exponential Weighted Moving Average or what???? Regards, Nader

How to calculate EWMA?

Well, first of all, you will have to check this while the market is open and you can actually execute the trades.... Second, it's not a guaranteed profit as you say...You won't make the $120 profit less the exercise cost unless the SPX end the 4th ...

Iron Condor prices