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- TheBreeze replied Aug 24, 2006
kind of similar to what turned me around...i had blown up my account 3 times from 1/2003-10/2003, then it hit me like a ton of bricks! "DO NOT TRADE TO MAKE MONEY… TRADE TO TRADE RIGHT! OTHERWISE, YOU ARE ONLY GAMBLING… TRADERS GROW THEIR ACCOUNTS… ...
- TheBreeze replied Apr 15, 2006
Based on the research I've done, for the most part, The Commision + The Spread you pay for futures, (Yes, there is ALWAYS a spread being paid for in futures!), Spot forex has slightly lower transaction costs than Currency futures...
- TheBreeze replied Mar 19, 2006
i use 2% because anything higher and i'll occasionally get an itchy trigger finger...(liquidate before hitting my intended stop and then watching as it turns and heads in my directon or setting the stop to breakeven too quickly) 2% is a nice comfort ...
- TheBreeze replied Mar 19, 2006
calculating size... — if it helps, i always have this size formula on my worksheet (usd): size=[(account balance*% willing to risk)/stop size]*[# of currency units that = a $1 pip] ...
- TheBreeze replied Feb 25, 2006
it is doubtful that anyone that posts in these forums would ever trade adequate size to ever be a "blip" on $1.5 trillion/day market...
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