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- aspiring25 replied Feb 2, 2013
image Really really rough trading week for me. Trader psyche really got in the way of my profits. The only bright side of this is I know exactly what I need to do to fix it.
- aspiring25 replied Jan 25, 2013
Imagine a ball bouncing off a floor, or a hill. Ball = price. The ground = a channel, a price, a candle, a whatever you want)
- aspiring25 replied Jan 25, 2013
the hallmark of good trading is trying to get the most profit out of the least amount of risk possible.
- aspiring25 replied Jan 24, 2013
One of the biggest hurdles to a trader, is when you make an entry order.. and then price misses it by say.. 0.5 pips. Then price proceeds to move away from that point in your favor. 5 pips, then 10 pips. Now you sit there wondering if there is a ...
- aspiring25 replied Jan 23, 2013
Well I made the switch from FXCM to Alpari Pro. So far everything is looking really good. Already started trading again yesterday after a 1 week hiatus. Tried to get the trade explorer to work.. but for some reason it won't connect to my broker. How ...
- aspiring25 replied Jan 10, 2013
Maybe you would like to explain why this hasn't happened before? I've been with fxcm for 2 years, and every single time I get stopped out via the summary tab, all associated stop losses also get removed in the process. And obviously this is not the ...
- aspiring25 replied Jan 9, 2013
@ Jason Rogers I opened a sell order at market with a stoploss (blue dotted line). Later on I moved my stoploss by placing a stop loss via the summary of trades tab (red dotted line). Market moves up rapidly, triggers the red line (exited me out), ...
- aspiring25 replied Jan 9, 2013
it sucks when the market moves so fast against you, that your stoploss becomes an opposing market order, that you have to manually exit. Two losses for the price of one! F*cking fxcm -_-
- aspiring25 replied Jan 9, 2013
That feel when you take the necessary cautions to move your stops.. then get stopped out. What a bitter sweet feeling.
- aspiring25 replied Jan 8, 2013
Good luck but keep in mind that a mind thats not at 100% is prone to making mistakes. I will keep reading and hope for your best. nice job on the week btw.
- aspiring25 replied Jan 8, 2013
url as my Z-Score on fxbook hits 99.99%, I'm now looking into how to use this knowledge to fine tune my trades. What actually happened was that I had a string of losses, immediately switched directions and got a string of wins. Sounds like z-score ...
- aspiring25 replied Jan 7, 2013
How do you justify your usage of risk in your strategy, and is a linear increase in risk = to a linear increase in gains/losses?
- Dealing with risk adjusted returns
Assuming that said trader will not blow up the account, how do you adjust your risk to your ...
- aspiring25 replied Jan 7, 2013
I am asking for specificity. The time thing is easy in terms of understanding, but as for expertise/experience/proven system I just wanted more clarity. You spent years system hopping vs 6 years improving 1 system. So would that not mean that you ...
- aspiring25 replied Jan 7, 2013
so what is the difference between now and 2007? I'm asking because it sounds like you go through these epiphanies on a yearly basis, so I'm curious more specifically what you have changed from before?
- aspiring25 replied Jan 7, 2013
nothing feels better than listening to your intuition and trading rules, exiting, and find out you bailed out at the perfect spot. I remember all the times where greed took over and I ended up with no pips, and often times even losses.
- aspiring25 replied Jan 6, 2013
from looking at his risk to ruin profiling, he is using an insanely high risk, as there is a 95% chance he will lose 10% of his account in 1 consecutive loss. That and a 30% drawdown in just the first week of the year hints that the system is ...
- aspiring25 replied Jan 6, 2013
price hit my trade zone two day early, so i entered in a short term sell trade @ half risk on aussy. getting ready to exit too since im not fond of low volatility environments. that spread aint the best either.
- aspiring25 replied Jan 6, 2013
i guess your statement would be sound, if his robot was only able to trade in one direction.
- aspiring25 replied Jan 6, 2013
I think that when I do my weekly analysis, it gets kind of boring and repetitive when you go up on higher timeframes, since there is not much change in those charts. I feel like forex is a game of attrition, where to keep consistency you have to ...