The end of the year (or quarter, or month) can be a time when systems break down due to random moves in the market. Big players often want to get flat during those times.

bad months for forex

I can say that if you close with a market order, you'll almost always lose a pip. I mean, you're looking at the popup and it says you've got 10 pips, and you click "submit" then check your activity, and you got 9, not 10. Almost every time. If price ...

OANDA Discussion

Here's a more interesting (and fun) version.

Alert for order open / close

Mark, Just out of curiosity, right click on the chart and open the "objects list". Scroll down and look in the description field for "Ticket" "OpenTime" "Type" "Lots" "open price" etc. to find out if they are there or not. Whether they are there or ...

VHands Trading Simulator

I've removed the print command and inputed the suggested code thanks to Vitovd, and re-uploaded, so the one on the first post is now.

Alert for order open / close

Beautiful. Seems to be working. Thanks! So, it stops execution at that point until all account info is loaded, is this correct?

Alert for order open / close

Still no solution. Any help out there?

Alert for order open / close

I think you are right! It does the count, but the orders aren't there yet. That would make sense. I tried if(! IsConnected()) return(0); and if(! IsConnected()) Sleep (5000); but no good yet. Oh wait, I know why this made no difference. It doesn't ...

Alert for order open / close

I guess the explanation you're looking for is as follows: For example, I deposit USD. Let's say I want to buy the EUR/CHF. Some of my account deposit will be used as margin for that trade, that amount is probably up to the broker, although it is ...

account/ currency advice please?

I agree almost anyone can do it. These are required: 1. Infinite persistance. 2. Ability to recognize when you are wrong 3. Ability to correct your behavior 4. Ability to evaluate information 1 and 4 can be cultivated to a great degree. 2 and 3 ...

I am going to give up this forex soon.

Hi David, We've all been there, so don't beat yourself up. And, even after you become profitable, you will probably have months were you're ready to jump off a real bridge, not MM_M's "proverbial" bridge. Just have to hang in there. Also, the recent ...

I am going to give up this forex soon.

Better than what? Read, study, practice, learn, repeat. Do this for 12 - 36 months. If you're still around and still interested, you should be starting to see the light by then.

any better formular to trade forex

It's a reasonable question, but as the others have pointed out, it makes no difference which currency you fund with. However, if you are going to fund in sterling, then you may have to pay for an exchange of cash, banks usually charge for that. So ...

account/ currency advice please?

If you have a mini account, 1 = 1 mini lot

how to place orders

I'd like to add also that small traders do nothing to move price. Big traders are more likely to move price, and cause ticks. I think this lends another level of credibility to tick volume. (I still don't use it, though.)

Forex volume

Axioms simplify things to the most basic level of truth that can be attained. They have to be general (not ambiguous) in order to always be true. Take them with a grain of whatever you want, but if you can "bust" any of them, feel free.

The Ultimate Fallacy in Technical Analysis

I have a lot of trouble with that, too. If you're in fullscreen mode, press F11 and go back to smaller screen, that seems to help for me. Then click right near the first digit, on the left side, I don't know if this was coincidence or not, it worked ...

VHands Trading Simulator

Joking aside, if your setups and entries are decent, and your stops are being hit, then you're putting your stops too close. The solution is to place it farther away. Doing away with stops entirely is, in most cases, the wrong solution. Big traders ...

Important – Why systems are profitable (or not)

Most people reading this are probably too young to remember the old "Lost In Space" series of the 60's, but one quote is applicable here. At least once per show, there was an opportunity for the robot to wildly flail its "arms" and loudly proclaim: ...

Important – Why systems are profitable (or not)