The smart money who have been long are obviously taking profits. That is why they are smart. And now that the gold price might be getting relatively cheap, they are selling it because it can only get even cheaper. Here ends my exhaustive analysis of ...

The Metatrader ADX formula is incorrect. Dunno why someone hasn't seen fit to custom code it correctly. Beggars belief. Once that is done, then it may be useful to explore something like a dashboard or whatever.

ASIC are confused as to two distinct issues. 1. People losing money 2. People going into negative balance. I don't know a single trader who does not lose money. Everyone is in the first set. This does not give Big Brother any right to come into our ...

The price data from MT4 is stupid.

Ah, you have hit on something important here, perhaps inadvertently, and maybe committed an innocent non-sequitur. Yeah, I get the pun, of course, but bear with me. The difference between uncertainty and risk. Uncertainty is when the probabilities ...

Bottom pickers and top pickers become cotton pickers. Can't remember who said that. Jack Schwager?

I guess it was just a line of thought. On what basis would a line be significant if some padding is required? Define an acceptable level of padding. Would that be being an honest researcher? If it exceeds the line and the padding, then it was not ...

I can't help but think that there is a logical fallacy in that statement question. Such is the nature of uncertainty.

Charging for advice on "position management" services? Here we all thought this was a forum for sharing trading techniques. Quick Mom, flick the channel. {That may be a bit nuanced for some, sorry}

Could be using library internet. That's where they have books. Do you know what a book is? Sometimes they have pictures in them. You might like that.

So they still teach statistics in book-keeping school, do they?

Well, nobody here pays you for your analysis. And hey, that makes your comments worth what you are paid for them.

Thankyou for that link. All interesting stuff. Talks about options from a few hundred years ago - did they wanna ban them or something? What's next, ban short selling? Nobody has thought of that as the cause of all evil. Actually, there is evidence ...

Yes, quite so. Your qualifier - "continuous reading" - might damage some peoples delicate sensibilities. Much of what I take notice of is a) or c). I'd say O'Keefe is in a), for example, with a twist of lemon. Its very good to be reminded, and look ...

Probably not a bad moment to stand aside and play something safe like russian roulette or get married. At least the risks are known there. Bitcoin is a cruel and shallow money trench, and trading it makes good men die like dogs. There's also a ...

Al Brooks.

O'Keefe's book is good and unpretentious and a pleasure to read, and he does provide some very robust advice that provides the reader with plenty of opportunity to go away and explore some things and keep you busy for quite a while. It is a ...

Excuse me intruding here Clem. I think that there have been some excellent ideas presented here in this new book for a trader with moderate experience (modesty is always good however experienced you may be). The backtesting thing, one bar at a time. ...

Give up while you still remain sane. It is a never ending rabbit hole. A bit like snowflakes - they share the same characteristic of finite area, but have infinite fractal curves, many of which will be similar and so the human eye seeks patterns.

You know, I have noticed a disturbing trend recently. Where/who/what I call the "Elite" deem it their business to be our collective moral compass. These people include but are not restricted to well heeled CEOs of our major companies (banks!! oh, ...