No argument there! Thats been a topic on this thread. I think blindly placing a stop at the top or bottom of the box regardless of risk is and can be dangerous to any account.

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Its funny in a way. I REALLY like the idea of trading higher time-frames. Actually in a way . . . I think I would prefer it, less stress you know. I know that traders who concentrate on the 4hr and daily catch much larger moves and from what I ...

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Today's results — image Opposite for me today. all on eur/usd +40 on .1 lot +10 on .1 lot +37 on .2 One of the trades, can't remember off hand which one, was a carryover form yesterday 3/3/10. My opinion only . . . I have tried the ...

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Not that I have seen, which isn't to say there isn't something out there. Everytime i have tried to use an EA, I havn't been able to get it to work. Probably operator error! Good luck with your search.

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I place the s/l on the trading terminal right after I place the upper and lower pending orders. I just noticed that on this new demo, it doesn't (as you said in an earlier post) allow you to place your s/l limits when you place an order. Thats ...

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Broker — SirSpike good job today. Up 33 pips for the month and it is only the third or March! I finally got in touch with FXCM and Boston Technolgies regarding my demo, they told me I had to start a new demo and that the demo policy has ...

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image Yesterday the eur/usd showed resistance on the daily. Could have done three things, ranged for a while, break through resistance, or go up. Looks like it went up. I missed this trade, didn't get my orders set in time as I was late for work. ...

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Jason, Yes I did chat today. Had to open a new demo. I also emailed BT and was told that from now on, demo accounts will only last 14 days. Bummer for use that are trying to learn consistency.

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image Well lets see if this works. 79 pip box

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I trade this system on a slightly differnt time frame. My box is displayed from 5am-7am PST which I believe is 8am-10am EST, I live in California and these times allow me to place orders at 7am right before I go to work. Also the box size although ...

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Geeez — I don't know if I should be upset that I couldn't place orders at home before work or not after seeing today's results. Now when I try to log in to FXCM, it says my account is invalid (on two different computers at two different ...

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Wow SirSpike . . . missing by 1 pip is just not right. I am sorry to hear that! It sure would have been a different day if not for that. For those orders that got stopped, did they open on the other side? If they did, all might not be lost. Also, if ...

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Todays problems with FXCM — I emailed them yesterday morning asking about the problems I was having and have not heard from them yet. Now, I can't connect at all and when I try, I get "invalid account." What the heck? I have two pending orders ...

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Sounds like you had a great day! Congratulations. It looks like you are doing everything correctly. Your stops might be a little tight, but if this continues over the next few weeks . . . well, let us know how that goes. I still place my stops as ...

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Hey pianosax and sirspike — Well after my problems placing an order with FXCM yesterday, I did manage to get in on a short. Of course price immediately reversed on me, fortunately I had a high enough stop (probably too high for real money) and ...

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I am using FXCM and have been getting "trade context", "busy", and "common error" messages. This is at a time when I was getting ready to open a live account. I'm not sure about them now.

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Very good point!

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Today's trades — Congrat's on the good trades for the day. I missed out on my entries because I couldn't log onto my account. That was really frustrating, had to give up after 20 minutes of trying or be late to work. Missed out on a 40 pip ...

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Common Error — I have recently been having a difficult time placing orders. I am using MT4 charts. When trying to place either a buy stop or sell stop I am getting a "common error" message. I will get this upto 20 or more times before the ...

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PianoSax: Couldn't agree more! — Couldn't agree more about exits . . . ultimately it will be an individual thing. Although I have not been doing this, I like your set TP because it allows for no second guessing and emotions which for me are a ...

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