With all of the recent actions by Metaquotes, I've been looking for alternatives anyway to MT4. It isn't just MB that has these problems, lots of people getting tired of the path with MT4 that they are taking with the forced upgrades that turn off ...

QuadrupleX: The first rule of billionaire club is DO NOT TALK ABOUT BILLIONAIRE CLUB.

I have been using MT4 with my free exn account with MB. It has only been a few months, but so far, no issues.

As someone who recently spent time looking into Oanda and MBT as my possible live account brokers, I found that there's a lot of noise, especially on forums, about which broker is better, so it's really tough for someone coming into this to know ...

Not to sound like a endorsement, but I, too, was researching brokers recently and someone suggested MB Trading to me. Ultimately, that's the broker I chose to do my live trading with. I think they'd be worth a look given the points you mentioned.

LOL, so it's insider trading, then, VennD?!?

I wish some of them would, indeed. I guess it comes down to your approach and your personality as much as anything. I'm wired more for a "slow and steady wins the race" approach, but I admit I have to fight the urge to want to risk more at times ...

I wasn't familiar with Thorp until just now, but here's a quote off the Wikipedia page about him: "In May 1998, Thorp reported that his personal investments yielded an annualized 20 percent rate of return averaged over 28.5 years." Sounds like it ...

I've tried hard not to let the trading and all the frustrations consume me. What helps me is to literally walk away for a day and do something else. trading with money i can afford to lose helps with that, too, so it's all in the discipline. when i ...

Do you think over time both ways would average out to be around the same? I think it'd be interesting to compare one trader who does the "more wins/smaller amounts" route to another trader who goes with the "less wins/bigger amounts" path and see ...