Darkstar, now that is one good post

Why "x" a secret?

I saw the other post in the thread as well: "And some spectacular profits: June 14th - Jul 3rd -profit = +1112 pips Jul 14th - Jul 26th - profit = +906 pips Sep 12th - Oct 4th - profit = +779 pips We already know this drawdown issue, but it depends ...

100% mechanical trading systems

I had a look at the spreadsheets with the results in them. Most probably missing something here but I can not see the insane drawdown - can you perhaps point me to them? Thanks

100% mechanical trading systems

Try this link - stockcharts.com/charts/performance/perf.html?$USD,$XBP,$XED,$XSF,$XJY From here on you should find a lot more. Enjoy

Currency indexes

BBC got it wrong — Good read, the 70% mentioned by BBC is actually the unemployment rate, inflation in Zim is 1200% - check it out here http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_1976028,00.html

Zimbabwe devalues its currency

It all depends on your system/timeframe. I use OANDA for my medium/longer term systems because I have full control about the number of units I want to trade with. With the stops I use for this systems 10 pips spread is not even close to playing a ...

OANDA users...how do you profit when spreads change

Read the info, it's there — Just look what the rules are at the specific broker. Each have its it own strong and weak points. If you want to trade news rather not use OANDA, they say so themselves - "Fixed or variable? The choice depends on ...

OANDA users...how do you profit when spreads change

Just want to share a quick real life story. Few years ago done an advanced FX course (meaning all the people attending had previous exposure to FX trading). Last day after lunch (on our side of the world that is New York open) the instructor handed ...

Isn't it better to just copy someone else's system?

Each week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) releases information on the long and short positions of three groups of traders in a couple of dozen different futures markets in a report known as the Commitments of Traders. The three ...

EURUSD

Hi renasdad I'm just going to waffle a bit here. By shifting the MA forwards and backwards you can get a few interesting results. Nothing wrong with moving it backwards, just difficult to have an indicator that stops while there are price bars ...

mt4 question

Brokers don't need the forums to know how we trade, they can just look at our orders on the dealing desk. They don't care whether you use a MA crossover, a fiblevel, pivot point, some oscillator or the latest $99 trading system that puts a green dot ...

Brokers might use forums to know how we trade ?!

Hi Dave I'm saying that if you are not sure about a trade don't trade. Since you need a high percentage of winners you can not take trades just because you're a daytrader. Only go for high probability setups, and if there are none, stay out of the ...

Mathematical reasons why MOST DayTraders & scalpers fail?

Why, if no trades, make it 0 trades a day. If the market trend strongly trade as many pullbacks as you can, if the market range play the range as long as you can. Good if this work for you. Personally I would get indicators that suit the market ...

Mathematical reasons why MOST DayTraders & scalpers fail?

Hi daveander Welcome to the forum. I read hiyosilva's stuff and try to learn something from it. Just as I read James16, Diallist, Fijitrader, Narafa, MuddBudha, Merlin and almost every one else who make an effort to post. As you can see I even read ...

4,153 Pips In 11 Trades On The GBP This Year

Just grab the market by the pips and hold on. It'll fight back but no reason to get emotional, in the end the best will win.

finally goin live......again

Just zip it and attach as file to your post. Thanks in advance. Johan

some trades...

Make that #5, 4. Have some rules

PPC - Thingamumbobbies

FT With all honesty that post was more truth than most books I've read. You've managed to touch basically everything to do with trading there, emotional, technical, everything. Don't polish, it might shine a bit more but a small piece might be lost ...

Gann Revisted...

Hi James Might be totally wrong but isn't time an important factor as well? Here is a quote from The 21 irrefutable truths of trading - John Hayden "Risk can be defined as the probability that a trade or a series of trades will result in a loss of ...

How do you define risk?