Thank you Strat. I will try to keep this as brief as I can as I’m sure a lot of people will relate, and I just want to give the Cliff notes. Funnily enough, we’re approaching my one year anniversary of when I first considered trading and opened a ...

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Well put. I'm not one for referencing past posts but i seem to remember a lot of discussion from early members and a very succinct point from Blackeagle that every bar/candle tells its own story. Does it reject highs or lows? Does it reject a low ...

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We've come this far, why not go for the BIG round number at 1.5?

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Really? Strat, you must be what i call a '10 pinta' then!

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Hi Grim, i find no need to use IF. I appreciate if i knew more about Excel i could make it do more of the work for me, but i find manually doing some of the working out is good way to keep me more involved with my book. I briefly looked at your PM ...

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USDJPY — For those with an eye on Dollar Yen, this may be worth taking note of (or not - your choice): Japanese traders take record long dollar position

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Congratulations Xaron

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image And by finished, i mean dead as a dodo, sunk, kaput etc etc

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Darkstar, regarding the Fed, have you read The Creature from Jekyl Island. If so, do you have any comment. It's a little difficult to get hold of in the UK and i'm wondering if its worth the trouble. Also, Ron Paul (R) has just written an anti-Fed ...

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I thought this story may be of interest re: countries internet network capability (now and future): url

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Anyone thinking of going toe to toe with Iran has to consider China and its massive oil and gas interests in the country, and i think neither Obama's government nor the shambolic Brown (UK) government have the minerals, frankly.

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EJ — The beauty of trendlines (or DSRI). As with CADJPY, whether it holds or breaks tells us something important. image

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Don't underestimate how much Excel can benefit your trading LEM. MT4's detailed statments are fine but a well kept Excel document can tell you an awful lot more about your trading performance, and it's easy to create an equity curve as well. Mine ...

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Strat may 'kick my ass' for saying this Dave as i know he encourages everyone to trade each chart on its merits, but take a look at Sterling across all the crosses. No one wants it and it's very weak. I would be very reluctant to buy into Sterling ...

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A bit of good old fashioned fear coming back in after a summer of love?

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CadYen — Either it holds or it doesn't. Either way it speaks volumes, but a good break and close would give it room to fall into (ignore the red lines which are 4H). image

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Cable — Perfection, now will DSRI hold or fail today... image

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In my opinion (for what it's worth) news tends to be an irrelevance on Daily bars and isn't worth worrying about. You can see the underlying sentiment the further away you stand and one or two news announcements aren't generally going to 'stress' ...

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I don't see it as a set up either. As i mentioned, i'm not looking for an entry and i'm not already in it but you can 'read' the story in todays bar.

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