I think your comments about the fed's plans are slightly off, look at these statements out yesterday: "Fed's Mishkin: Financial disruption poses substantial downside risk to growth outlook; Should take back easing once recovery is established - ...

EURUSD

Hmm sounds like someone has an ulterior motive?

Trading Contest - Started Feb. 3

The only sad thing is that most of the 1kt members have nothing to contribute in the Trading Room or simply do not do so (the former being the most likely) yet go about requesting to be vouched for in order to stumble around the factory screaming ...

1KT

Go ask Jimmy Young what he's going to do when he gets slipped 20-30 pips when anticipating a 20 pip profit? Besides that, Using a market order does not increase the probability of the market going in your favour, you even admit to that- you said ...

Market or Limit orders

This is so wrong. A limit order is A LOT safer than a market order by the way of SLIPPAGE- which is a real problem. Another thing with limit orders, is that the price you want A LOT MORE OFTEN than not WILL BECOME AVAILABLE again VERY soon after ...

Market or Limit orders

Nice thinking leeb, what timezone are you looking at? This can make a difference on occasion. The 50% point is a great level for entries, but here's what I think (based on my gbp/jpy stats): Let's assume we're using the GMT timezone. If price is ...

Sharing a method which has been profitable so far

You are forgetting that traders with a high hit rate >70-80% can make money with negative reward to risk. Whatever you would "rather" do is obviously up to you, but having a positive r/r is not "essential" as you coined it in order to make great ...

The Holy Grail - Found

The need to reverse is not a rare occurance, it's the norm rather than the rarity. This is a fact about price: It may make a new high following the previous day, but will retreat to within the previous day's range a lot more often than it will ...

Indicator Free Trading - Skunny

Hm No not trading it on daily/weekly, i use the previous day/week information.. The range is fine, but counting on a daily high/low breakout is a losing proposition, that is the point I'm making

Indicator Free Trading - Skunny

Well Brunite, I find that if one is to make repeatedly successful trades, some things need to be objectified, and drawing a fib on "swings" is subjective in its entirety, so what I have on my charts is previous day & week high, low and 50%(GMT) All ...

Indicator Free Trading - Skunny

So just a question for all the people participating here. Has anyone actually found an objective way to apply anything you've been discussing? It seems everyone is putting things on their charts just to suit whatever it is they want to see.

Indicator Free Trading - Skunny

People come from a variety of social and professional backgrounds, is that new? We have Saudi princes on FF, we have all sorts :>

Lost 40K in 2007 - Traders weigh in

lose all excitement when trading, forget about $'s, trade to make winners, know what a winning trade looks like before it happens, whatever size you are trading cut it in half. do not hesitate to execute. revenge doesnt work, fear doesnt work, being ...

Lost 40K in 2007 - Traders weigh in

This thread sounds like a USD reversal signal

Putting our money in non-usd dominated account will be better in long run?

How are you getting slippage with limit orders? This is new!

Strategies to fight or minimize slippage.

Hook me up for free, we're all like brothers here you should give it out free. Otherwise I promise that your thread will be cleaned out real soon lol.

My 25 successful Trades

Ahhh so these are the secrets of forex.. System Selling.. Course Mongering.. Soliciting.. I KNEW IT!!

My 25 successful Trades

I'm guessing you are a news fader, right?

My 25 successful Trades

I found GMT most effective for GBP/JPY

Clever Asians

The thing about this particular news item is that on every release, the previous number is revised, so making the forecast = meaningless and even if the news is not revised, most of us do not have the knowledge to actually know how the news will be ...

Unemployment Rate - Risky?