Alot of traders have discipline problems. I heard that 90% of all traders do not consistently earn money. Demo accounts do NOT count either. So, if most traders (at least half) are losers..... something makes them lose. I am certain that few in this ...

ADP predicts NFP?

it's only a personal rule for me to stay disciplined on order placement. But, if I interpret your and BK's statements correctly, you truly believe a trader is at the same risk with that much leverage? BK, you even used the term "bet" in your ...

ADP predicts NFP?

I have already obtained a 2nd mortgage on the Farm, raised my leverage to 400:1 and placed 80% of my margin on a short gbpusd position in anticipation of just such an event.: Actually i like to trade the NFP but it's like the wild, wild west. Lots ...

ADP predicts NFP?

I must have missed out on the laughter part. The tears ........... ok, i can identify with that. Happy trading and keep your head screwed on right all the time. You can succeed with many types of systems;however, I would wager the % of successful ...

Tears And Laughter In Forex Trading

I guess I have been lucky. I was with forex.com and they were fair, but I wanted interest paid on my unused margin so I switched to Oanda. They do what they have to do to make money. I think they are all still trying to figure out how to manage news ...

Broker Complaints …Get over it!

Oanda is not an ECN. I don't think there are very many ECN's that are truly ECN's. I hear alot about them and did some reading, but I have been so satisfied with Oanda that I am not currently remotely interested in changing.

Getting Around your broker

I especially enjoyed the graph feature with triggers to buy, sell, and replenish account. ;>

Please tell me your method!

But I still miss my money......... soooooo much. ..... ;>

5 Rules to Trade or Die By

yes, 20 pips of movement a day is easy to find. As long as you don't care whether or not you are on the right side of the trade.... you should easily be able to achieve 20 pips.

20 pips per day, is there anyone can help me?

You seem to be describing scalping the news with a staddle and not even bothering to read what the actual report stated. There are a lot of threads on scalping and I like fundamentals because I can actually understand why the price does what it ...

can't trade news in the future??

ps I am still an overall loser. my account is 50% of my initial starting position and I don't want to misrepresent my experience level. Even after 6 months though, I know a way to make money with fundamentals. The greed and emotion is a problem for ...

Please tell me your method!

This will probably sound stupid, but here goes: if i set my leverage at 10:1, then i am profitable. at 50:1, i make huge amounts of money..... which, btw, is a super high feeling which pisses me off because i then lose those huge amounts of money ...

Please tell me your method!

why straddle? why not just interpret the report and place an order if your intrepretation merits it. i would not recommend straddling because of whipsawing... you can get both orders filled and hit their respective stop losses with a moderate ...

Agressive news trading?

I would just like to point out that there are employees at these types of nice restaurants who do not qualify as rich or probably even middle class. A meal like that brings a nice tip to people, right in your own community, and helps them earn an ...

Feelings about CPI

I would like to hear a decent theory on why the USD strengthens because terrorists are "after us". I heard the term "safe haven" traders are buying the USD. Anyone have a good theory about this? Even the GBP lost to the USD and the UK are the guys ...

UK Terror

I subscribe to Trade the News and am very, very satisfied with their service. The price is fair. You get both audio and text. The audio is how I process the information anyway and the audio is fast enough. I do not believe it is 4-5 seconds delayed, ...

About economic news

With regards to crazy usd movements on Thursday, all I can say is: *&#f***k_*&g terrorists should schedule their attacks on the forex factory calander so I can adjust my positions. Thoughtless bast*rds.

Euro & Yen after a crazy day???

I assume the dollar is soaring because of the terrorist thing in London, I certainly have no facts to back that up. But, the economic reports for canada and usa would have indicated not much movement and any movement probably against the dollar ( ...

Euro & Yen after a crazy day???

The news time spreads on the aususd on Oanda are obscenely gigantic. I trade with them and I won't even trade that currency pair anymore. So far, I have not seen that happening....... as much...... on other pairs, but they still significantly widen ...

OANDA is cheating?

I am happy you had a winning trade. But, the system going blank is not a positive thing. They can manipulate the feed anyway they want to ensure their profit. For example, if they notice their traders are profitting by straddling AND it is costing ...

Positive Broker Experience (For A Change)