I also want to add to current income as I work in health care.. started fx trading in 2005. graduated in finance in 89. There was not much in the type of exchanges (or the internet) for fx back then. Originally thought it would be easy to make big ...

Why did you start trading and what do you expect from it?

Great thread....No one of course is saying x marks the spot. The mentor. Lots of advice around the edges.... Maybe a higher view will help all. .... To me, it comes down to ....did the market move already? your too late. Is it ranging...get ready ...

The REAL reason why nearly every trader fails. Can you solve this trading dilemma?

It does not have much for entry parameters. No market disipline. Matter of time before this blows out...maybe immediately.

New trader needs advice on a EA

minimum 4-6 years......If you work during the day..more like 6 because you likely want to code your stuff. Then it gets tricky.... I am sure there are some manual traders doing well...likely 2-3 years of hard study....They aint given money away, ...

Education road map?

THINK OF IT LIKE SEX ...YA GOTTA WANT IT AND GO ALL THE WAY!.TIGHT STOPS...YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS IS A FN TOUGH BUSINESS EVEN WHWN YOUR SOBER. TOO EARLY--no pleasure... too late and you miss the run. Too big of a stop your account disappears. too ...

I exit too early...

...macd is a momemtum/ half partial trend oscilator indicator. .(.re : in your settings, the moving avg difference between the 12-26. And it also is partial extention of the stochastic...IE the stochastic cyles or pops while MACD shows the move that ...

Newbie Questions - Multi Time Frames?

holy cow ...some of the worst advise I ever heard. ] -a.) 95% of traders fail...consider this a 4-5 year process to get good. Why would you be any different? b Contrary to "advise" ....ea's do work. However, market character and money managment ...

Desperately seeking a good DAILY Trading System

"Good methodologies can rarely be programmed correctly" ? --- I dont believe there are very many good methodologies that is why eas don't always work. Only 5% or less of traders make it. So, as far as I am concerned manual versus mechanical, there ...

Some lessons from the real world

"If you have been stopped out only to have the market make the move without you, the problem was how you determined where to place your stop, not whether to use stops." "1. Analysis of when and at what price level a market will top and bottom." oh ...

Knowing yourself

here here. Give me any mechanical system you can guarantee a pip and it will be turned into an eaa. There are no certainties in this market.

Looking for a proven mechanical system

-learn to program ea's and test a lot. -dont' quit your day job. --this has to be fun; not a drugery. --none of the people on this forum are likely to lead you to the promised land. If you worked and failed as much as some; you relize there aint no ...

Any advice for new guy?

First initialize your iHighest. then get the high with integer. Metatrader quirk.

Problem w/ Indicator

anytime anyone post; it has the potential to be stolen and likely will. There always predators and leaches. Just the way the world operates. .... the metatrader championships and all the rest are the same.... for 20 bucks you can break down any exe ...

4H Box Breakout

in other words? let the trade run....?

4H Box Breakout

the 200 ema is a line and means absolutely nothing. Any EMA can make things look good. just throw one on /// 20 30 50 100 200 ....Testing of various stoplosses levels would be awesome. All want to maximize pips-- good thread.... I like 1.61 wave ...

4H Box Breakout

jones -- you would probably have to rerun all the years. To be accurate However, a backtest of any positive gain over 5 years aint too shabby ..!. Ace is great for sharing. I like your martingale theory myself but it may take a little bit to triple ...

4H Box Breakout

anyone getting trades with this ea? lot of smiles but nothing opening. dont mind manual but would like it to work.

4H Box Breakout

none when I attach it...I have live trades that are manual...but separate majic number should separate from other trades I believe. strange.. my other ea's running live fine.

4H Box Breakout

settings — Ea isnt opening..have a smiley. enabled trades......been using ea for long time. not sure why this is not working. on 4 hour chart s/b openinig. #property copyright "Ronald Raygun" extern string Remark1 = "== Main Settings =="; ...

4H Box Breakout

any one having trouble with ea opening up trades... can trade manually but would like this to work .....

4H Box Breakout