For all these people voting that the market is not random, that would imply it is predictable. So, where are all the profitable systems based on the predictability of the markets? Why don't ANY TRADERS in this forum show profitable live account ...

Is the market random or not ?

Any positive year is a good year, simply because you were able to beat the spreads and rollover premiums.

What is considered a good return on your money?

Pretty graphs. Worth any pips?

Let's go!

Probably just another tumbleweed system passing through the Wild West town of Forex Factory....

My Bat from team aphid trades

Hi Harold, Sorry I haven't read the thread from front to back.... I tend to jump around. I was wondering if you will trade your 1-2-3s going into news releases? Thx.

the key to the mint

How long have you gotten away with it? It would seem to me that they would catch on after awhile. How much are you making annually?

Swap System

Well, this was a true backtest. Not one of those 10% modeling quality deals. I did hundreds of hours researching the validity of the results, and indeed the graph is realistic. Note that my point is not to tantalize newbs with impressive graphs, but ...

Newbies go here...

You forgot to give the password. Back to the thread: In our Nintendo society, its easy to look for the "reset" button when a trade goes bad. That's just not reality. Once its gone, its gone and it hurts. So even a system as nice looking as this one ...

Newbies go here...

I'd like to throw in that if you believe price is random (as I do, because future news reports move markets and are not known in advance) then all MA based systems are derived from randomness. So although you are comparing candlesticks movement to ...

Technical Analysis Fallacy

NICE LOOKING GRAPH! What does it mean?

The basket of Hybrids; 4 Pairs

Well, Craig, there are lots of (can I say crazy) people that risk their money on what the European Psychic Advisor tells them. "Miss Cleo said go long..." Some people's egos are high and mighty until they realize that without an edge, its luck. I ...

Trading Psychology is BS

Well, ken, we are all adults.... and must pay the fiddler. Life is survival of the fittest combined with chaos. I think that soft hearted people need to realize that all business assume profits and losses. Unfortunately, traders are businesses as ...

My life is spoiled

A very nice post. However, let's not forget that you can do all those things, and still go broke. And to the original poster: One rule of thumb for your newbie toolbox: you can lose money as quickly as you make it. Never forget that side of the ...

Is forex the best investment?

Well what advantage is it to bring psychology into the picture? In other words, are you trying to imply that trading without EAs removes luck? Just asking...

Trading Psychology is BS

Er, the closest free thing to a real feed you'll find is an ECN demo account through EFX group.

How do you compare the quote from your broker to the other markets?

With 5 million views of this thread, is anybody turning profit? Geeeez....

Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)

I think Craig means that the system is what's important, not the person trading it. Reality is reality. Psychology is, well, imaginary. So what counts is the cold hard execution of trades, which is not affected by a person's psychology. Of course, ...

Trading Psychology is BS

LOL, thanks for the kind thoughts. The point of the thread is not to complain.... it is to beg the question: what is the reason your system works? We are looking for evidence that trades taken will end up positive. I have been around the block ...

We're all saying the same thing

You're on your own buddy list, dito? lol

Trading Psychology is BS