Expectancy is definitely positive, but it differs from different currency pairs to different instruments and different years. I guess in the end...
Say NZD Employment, sometimes when the actual is worse than forecast and previous numbers, it doesn't react much. But sometimes it does. Why so?
But why? More noise? I trade Forex, so it might be because not all volume is speculative and business need to exchange money whenever they want so...
Markets seldom make TEXTBOOK/"perfect"/"nice" trend. e.g. higher highs higher lows repeating and repeating. The true test of consistent trading is...
And why? Because technical analysis works because other people are doing it, therefore high liquidity pairs? What do you think?
What do you guys think?
https://www.tradingview.com/x/Jkx8vxK1/ - This does look more bearish than bullish, a strong move down, I expect a small retracement and don't see...
How many? The point when you decide "sh*t! I might be deviating from my rules" or thinking its time to review the strategy again?
What do you guys do/recommend? Short term happiness or long term benefits?
Those of you who have traded for many years. Curious to know what kind of performance variance from year to year. I trade currencies mainly on...
In my previous thread, I said that exits are more important than entries. I would like to rephrase it. The most important thing is structure. To...
Never had such a bad lose streak before, but risk is controlled. I know getting lose streaks happens, but never had any above 3-4. I know this...
Often times I feel this way, getting a entry is not difficult, it's about how you manage the trade after you enter. Where should you exit in a...
I often hear that big banks, like GS JP CS MS and such making money trading or hedge funds or such. They are all making money consistently trading...
[ATTACH] Above is a chart of 2 different uptrends, ASSUME THAT BOTH ARE SAME TIMEFRAMES, which one is stronger to you? And why? What is your...
Currently my take profits vs stop loss are approximately 1:1, it is set according to market structure which happens to often be approximately 1:1....
Professionals and larger funds have supercomputers and 200 genius PhD, isn't mechanical systems just exploiting certain efficiencies? Wouldn't the...
I've traded for quite a few years now, I am starting to feel that common sense is a huge part of my strategy and what led to my profitability....
I have IB, what other brokers do you recommend? Are CFD brokers good?
I'm trying to grasp a figure here or balance risk and reward. I don't know if I should put 20 or 30%, what do you guys think? What other income...
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