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- Salestrainer replied Oct 9, 2014
Been reading your story, I also was a car salesman-wanna be full-time trader. Actually I have just transitioned into another sales career, finally out of car biz! I too trade 1 min-30 sec charts, scalping off big round numbers with the trend using ...
- Salestrainer replied Dec 4, 2012
Hey C12, been trading since 2010, have read every page of this thread, took me several months! Traded 1m timeframes before discovering this thread, still do. I do incorporate the S/R, trendlines etc, along with of course candlestick set ups like are ...
- Salestrainer replied Oct 26, 2012
I also trade 1min. charts,looking forward to thread. Anyone else use trailing use trailing stops to take profit?
- Salestrainer replied Oct 9, 2012
Looking forward to reading this thread. Been scalping myself for 2 1/2 yrs, EUR/USD on 30 sec time frame. Use price action and MA's to enter, use tight stop loss and trailing stops for profits. Finally starting to consistently be profitable over ...
- Salestrainer replied Mar 26, 2012
I use 6 pip SL that I sometimes adjust even tighter. I very rarely take a full loss. I risk 1% per trade, I have came down from 3% risk when I first started scalping. I realize these are tight stops, however keep in mind I am scalping 1 m/30 sec ...
- Salestrainer replied Mar 24, 2012
I move to BE when get to 2 pips profit, then set 5 pip trailing stop. Then let trade play itself out. Typically get one or 2 runners a week, most of the rest BE.
- Salestrainer replied Mar 20, 2012
Just wanted to mention something I do on BE trades that seems to help me look at them in a positive light. I always take my BE trade to 1/2 a pip or so on the plus side so it is a slight winner. So on a $1,000 account my BE (breakeven) trade would ...
- Salestrainer replied Mar 18, 2012
Started seriously reading this thread back in late January this year from post #1, just passed #5000 today, man a lot of reading! Even though I trade a different style than most here, I have applied the info here to improve my trading system ...
- Salestrainer replied Mar 13, 2012
Glad to see I am not alone scalping smaller time frames. As I said, I trade 1 m, 30sec cadlestick patterns using bollinger bands and 1 EMA. Had a good day today, had 2 2% runners, 1 BE, and 1 1% loser. I am using 5 pip stop loss, however in many ...
- Salestrainer replied Mar 13, 2012
I am just now getting it figured out, lol. I am up this month about 3.5 % after a horrific start, every time I start rolling I take an impulse trade. Still trying to figure out how to trade stress free and get more coinsistent. I follow similar ...
- Salestrainer replied Mar 12, 2012
Been trading forex for 2 years, live for one year. Just now starting to break even and make a bit on 1 minute and 30 sec charts. Have always traded these TF'S since I started. Have tried other TF'S all the way up to dailies, always go back to short ...
- Salestrainer replied Feb 3, 2012
Mike, Thanks for the response, I have read up to post 1800 of this thread, and your posts are one of my favorites to read. Agreed I usually don't pay attention to the news, however in hindsite I wish I had bagged a quick profit before the news, ...
- Salestrainer replied Feb 3, 2012
Long time thread reader, I have traded forex for 2 years, have always traded pin bars on short term charts. Have taken James16 trading methods seriously just recently. Had a winning week as of this morning off a daily chart my 5th trade for the ...
- Oanda platform issue
The last several days my balance does not update after I close a trade. If I go into activities I ...
- Salestrainer replied Jan 12, 2012
Turveyd, thanks for the response! I have read many of your posts here, and we have similar ideas I believe. I read amd study much more than I post. However this is a lonely business when no one else you know trades. Plan on posting more online this ...
- Salestrainer replied Jan 12, 2012
I scalp 30 second charts with tight stops, have been trading forex for nearly 2 years, the last year live. I have tried many systems and timeframes, I always go back to short term scalping off small charts. To me the smaller time frames are way less ...
- Salestrainer replied Jan 8, 2012
Oanda's spreads seem to keep increasing. It seems like spreads over 1.2 have become the rule not the exception. I am going to have to re=engineer my strategies or change brokers.
- Salestrainer replied Jan 7, 2012
I trade 30 second charts in a similar fashion, have traded for nearly 2 years. Looking forward to hearing more about your trading this year!
- Salestrainer replied Apr 26, 2011
participant question.... — Seems like brokers like Oanda are basically just creating a artificial market made up of only small retail traders. If that is the case, studying how/when commercial/institutional traders are participating in forex ...
- Salestrainer replied Apr 18, 2011
order flow question.... — Have tried to research things a bit, still unsure. How important is it to study order flow if you are using Oanda w a $2500-5000 account. From what I understand Oanda is mainly small traders and the their internal ...
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