you summed up what my mind was thinking first time price has been at a level this high since June 22. Looks like its time to rally up some (thats just what i see )

If you scalp, there will be many more false signals (aka 'noise') If you swing trade with higher TF's (using daily charts) you will have a lot of more quality trades plus your stops and take profits would be further apart, so the chances of getting ...

this is true, can't forget about giving up those extra pips when you exit a trade!

targeting 3 pips on a 2 pip spread is insane just for the simple fact that spread is always changing on most brokers. so your 1 pip profit, would be cut down if the spread increases even by the smallest amount. And lets not mention what 1 loss would ...

I trade long term. so I analyze once a day for 5 minutes and if there is a set-up, then I enter my pending orders and forget it. But I do take a peek at the charts several times a day. Thx to phone apps

Why would you change a working system? A 625% return in 1 year seems like a great system to me! Curious, so what was your odd reason? Should have kept trading the same system with your real money. And demo traded your new system. Just my thoughts