I posted my system here in 2016, called Advanced TST I've been trading that system more than ten years now and it does exactly what you are asking

How can you find big moves that last months?

This guy gets it.

What is the most important trait a trader must have?

Twee? Is that really you? Say hi to your mom for me. I left a crowbar by her bed so you can roll her over - last time she got flat on one side. Oh, and you need to buy another bucket of Vaseline.

Just learned about hedging, does anyone use it for scalping?

I don't know if Nubcake uses any other aliases on this forum, but I'm not one of them. Numbnuts is the only name I have ever used in FF. I do agree with what Nubcake has had to say in this thread though - if you can't clearly and immediately see the ...

Just learned about hedging, does anyone use it for scalping?

Hello Custos, It's nice to see you here again. I find that different assets respond to different measures of sentiment. COT report is my favourite sentiment indicator for commodities, but not currencies. For currencies I follow whatever economic ...

Sources of sentiment

How do you trade? I wait for pullbacks/corrections on long term trends, and if the fundamental reason for the trend is still in play, I enter as price turns back in the direction of the trend.

In One Sentence - How Do You Trade?

I take my directional cues from central bank and COT positioning shifts, which I view as a direct proxy for Global Macro. I posted my strategy here: url I don't discuss my trades/positions anymore but I still trade the strategy. Take from it what ...

Global Macro Strategy

65% accuracy would make you one of the greatest traders of all time. If you can't profit hugely from even a small edge, your problem lies elsewhere. As for your indicators - suppose you watch tomorrow's weather forecast on your TV. Then you listen ...

Which is the BEST indicator and why

Hello old friend, it's good to see you still around too. I still use FF's calendar but generally avoid the forum these days - I posted my entire strategy here in 2016 but soon realized that hanging around this forum is counter-conducive to trading ...

Twelve stepping stones for rookies

Very good post Hanover - I would also urge any rookie to watch this video, about the mindset and attitude behind trading successfully. video

Twelve stepping stones for rookies

Here's one I've been waiting a long time for. SPX500 has been supported for a long time by very loose monetary policy from the fed. Now QE has ended and the Fed has started to raise rates, the SPX500 has moved into a downtrend on the weekly: image ...

Advanced TST

At what point would you change your mind about President Trump? What specifically would you need to see happen before you ceased to support him?

why I do think it's a witch hunt

Opening a new position in the opposite direction to a trade you have open, has the same effect on your bottom line as closing your original trade. Period. No offense meant, but anyone who can't immediately see the mathematical truth of that ...

Hedging/Nedging

Both. If I buy EUR/USD thinking it will go up, I should be able to answer the following questions: Which currency is moving? Is EUR going up, or is USD going down? If the Euro is increasing in value, why is it increasing? If the US dollar is ...

Putting a Gun to your Head - 1 Piece of Trading Advice

My one piece of advice -- train your mind to assess individual currencies, not pairs of currencies. A nations currency is a tangible asset whose value increases and decreases for a variety of clear, discernible, real-world reasons. Learn and study ...

Putting a Gun to your Head - 1 Piece of Trading Advice

Stick to the plan you made before you entered the trade - don't just make things up as you go. Make a note of it though, be sure to note your frustration in your journal. If it only happens the once, so be it. But if you end up with a whole lot of ...

Take profit missed by a pip, What would you do?