Good to see a basket thread. Using the Currencies Index (ie DXY ), News, Sentiment, etc. I select which direction I will trade for the week and add to trade as I go into profit. Currently am long USD.

thats ok, i'm nice like that.

explanation of the calculation is here. url If day trading, a margin call is "Fail", a Stop Loss is a 'Fail-safe". I argue a 2% SL being hit is also a fail - as one knows they are in a bad trade before SL is hit, so should exit taking small loss.

Money management is what you do with the $1000 you have in your trading account to make it last long enough for you to learn to trade and grow. Risk Management is what your wife did by allowing you only $1000 to put into your new "hobby".

There is a subtle danger in what you say as outlined in the following quotes: “A man must believe in himself and his judgment if he expects to make a living at this game.” ― Edwin Lefèvre, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator “A man cannot be convinced ...

Agree, there are other factors, ie: current USD strength / GBP weakness + sentiment Data, +poor political relationship related news + PA = short GBP/USD. As Peter Thiel says in his book 'Zero to One", “The most contrarian thing of all is not to ...

a google search for: forex client sentiment result's in several sites, with some strategies on usage of sentiment. DailyFX has the IG Client sentiment, sign up to view a more complete listing than the default list that is avail on the non-signup ...

This has no relationship to volume, though the 'sample size' if that is what you mean could be a concern, which is why one should compare across several sites It has to do w/ the metagame of trading. I believe it is related to this aspect of ...

Client sentiment is available on various sites. One can compare it across multiple brokers to confirm. IG Client sentiment for example July 4: GBPUSD: Retail trader data shows 78.9% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at ...

Eckhart indicates that the present moment is all that we have. We are so caught up in our daily tasks to notice the fleeting moments of life. According to this author, there is no future or past. There is only memory or anticipation. The things that ...

had i known all of that prior to open of the thread - perhaps i would have titled it something like "Oanda check writing feature is fubar and they have no idea what is wrong or when it will be fixed - so your fucked if your bank acct also has a ...

Individual Retirement Account. A tax-deferred retirement account for an individual that permits individuals to set aside money each year, with earnings tax-deferred until withdrawals begin at age 59 1/2 or later (or earlier, with a 10% penalty). The ...

oanda is closed today. yes i did chat with them when i was trying to figure out why i was unable to withdraw. i ended up having them wire to my our credit union, which is where she has her christmas fund. it was for her use anyway. ill know monday ...

i have always used a check as a means of withdrawal. US version of oanda has other options, bank transfer, credit card or paypal. they have this caveat: You may only withdraw funds by the same method used to deposit money into your account. Please ...

found what happened. apparently a few years ago my wife added our daughter as beneficiary of the bank accts in the event something happened to us, that appears to be now viewed as a trust for her. it was not an issue till the chk writing mechanism ...

the bank acct is the same one i created the acct with many years ago. i'll be closing this oanda acct. things change over the years - unfortunately this borker hasn't changed for the better.