My first trade: (And a bit of rambling about my story.) I can still remember my first trade like it was yesterday. I was so excited to get into the game, and once I got word from GFT that I was up an running, I just had to find a trade. This trade ...

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Jesus, I wish. The shops I work with all close at the end of the day - there is no way I could do that. What contracts are you trading?

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The analysis is my 'regular job.' I am presently trying out for a prop desk trading futures - volatility is killing me these days though. Move way too fast at times. The ES and CL both have spanked me a few times as of late. Chris

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Yes they would. I think that the longer we trade, the more we understand that there is a certain amount of luck involved. The skill is how you handle the luck - be it good or bad.

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The first thing that you need to do is accept the fact that you have no control. There is a popular thread here called "Technical Analysis Fallacy." While I don't necessarily think that technical analysis is useless, I think I understand why those ...

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I would point out that occasionally I will use a chart, but more or less just in the aspect of the psychology of the market, or perhaps decisions that you may or may not have made on a trade. Beyond that, I hope to look into why it is we trade, what ...

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FX Empire, Daily Forex, Investing.com, and a few others randomly.

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Yes, I don't know what in the hell happened, but the thread disappeared a while ago - and now its here. I am trading my own money, a fund's money, doing my daily analysis for web sites and trading firms as well. I have been making my living from the ...

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I think we are going higher, and have traded as such - but only for a little while longer. I think S&P will come close if not right to the 3,000 level by the end of the year - and we will chop back and forth in the meantime. This next couple of ...

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An indicator I use. CHF/JPY weekly - its always nice to know where to run to if there is trouble. image

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I also am waiting to pound the hell out of natural gas........patience has been key. weekly chart: image

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I have been trading for a prop desk lately, and oil has been the majority of my work. its been a wild ride, but i think these two charts could be worth looking at. posted from barchart, because Rithmic has horrible charting. image image

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AUD/JPY weekly image

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Another interesting chart: AUD/USD weekly image

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Looking at the most obvious chart right now....weekly EUR/USD image

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Well, that does offer a very small stop loss....but then again - this is all based on Erdogan and Trump in a stand off. The US just levied tariffs, so I am not so sure we don't break lower to be honest. This one is purely about headlines.

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Crude Oil hugging a major trend line. So far, it looks like we still have an uptrend going......I will be trading this on short-term charts later I think... image

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