If by being extraordinarily rude and arrogant, and otherwise showing signs of not being able to have an intelligent conversation, you think I might just get sick and tired of you, that might actually work. Maybe you are in the life situation you ...

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All expectations are unreasonable. They distort your view of reality, and they pollute your life and actions. Better to completely and unconditionally surrender to how things are, and take life as it comes.Then you will find "balance".

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The big difference is that GEfx is making money and you are not. And as triphop has pointed out, your performance expectations are incompatible with your "philosophy" quoted above. You can keep this philosophy, but it will be at your expense. Your ...

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Ah, somebody is making money with my little contribution. I'm delighted to see

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Thanks. It just sounded a bit redacted with exactly 100.000 'starters', but if that's the source I guess we can trust it. At the same time a bit surprising that they are publishing this, as it isn't exactly good advertising but the naked truth. ...

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This is the article I meant to post (instead of the the previous one): url Better? Getting back to my five part solution to what you need to trade successfully, number one was get yourself and your life in balance. If you were in balance you ...

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Perhaps it does. It was only meant to create a different focus/perspective. And your response underlines it.

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It's time to say it out loud - what this thread is driven by. I had my partner take a look at some of the thread-starter's posts here. Her diagnosis was immediate. If you are interested take a look here: url

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Agree wholeheartedly. Successful trading requires understanding of the markets, not pushing the buttons of some backtested system that one only half understands. As discussed earlier it's about finding niches relatively safe from alpha decay, and ...

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What's the source of this?

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It's 5 minis once you pass 55k.

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But various people here have offered direct help in the ways they see fit, but you have taken none of it on board. And you need to accept that even with direct help, you need to do your own work, and build the skills needed to achieve your goals. ...

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Right, and what are you going to do about all of that?

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Here's my chart with explanations, showing why the trend was down throughout, and what 150 points short you missed by having too nearsighted a focus. As for your last trade: trading DAX while the US equities markets are open can be tricky due to ...

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I can understand your frustration....but, like you say, no plan. And trading without a plan never works. And the way you think of "trend" is likely to get you screwed repeatedly in intraday markets. A few concepts of ICT would have enabled you to ...

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Using the method suggested earlier there would have been this TSI divergence reversal trade. Entry around 3.45 pm CET. 20 pips for 14 pip risk. Not sure I would have been tempted.

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I happily confess that I am no good at trading with traditional time-based charts. Too much noise most of the time. Sure, it's easy when the markets are really moving, but then anything goes. And DAX I try to avoid. Too low liquidity and too much ...

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Yes, I know the general kind but haven't kept up to date. It's been a while. But I'm sure many still use TT (Trading Technologies) as a generic trading platform. The algo world has a lot of specialised tools for every little bit ...

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Wonderful. Happy to hear. Feel free to shoot any questions about the design work my way. (As said before, my partner facilitates this kind of work professionally.)

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There are many reasons for that: Regulatory concerns, Lack of transparency/risk to prop clients, Broader industry impact. And CME has the clout to set the rules.

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