Yep. I'm taking AUDJPY long Well gee, that sucked. Lost my internet connection right after I placed the trade and got it back to find out I was stopped and the data was bad.

LOL. Combat is 99% boredom and 1% terror. Just bailed out of my UJ long for maybe +1 pip. Was off to a good start and I move to higher TF to manage it and had a nice strong candle close on the 15 minute then no follow through. NEXT!!!

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OK, time to get back in the office and get ready for US ISM. image

GU long 20 Pip SL KIA. Slippage 0.5 pips......... No re-entries, trading platform shut down. Trade plan executed perfectly with the discipline of the paratrooper I am.... NEXT!!! image

Mmmmmmmmm OK. With a username of NFP I can't help myself and just must ask if your real name is Janet Yellen

Aussie Exports Weaker PMI data means China's manufacturing is slowing or contracting and that's bad for the Aussie and demand for their raw material exports like coal, iron ore, etc... Strong PMI data means China's manufacturing is growing or ...

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You've prolly seen me on here all night or early morning but I fell asleep at my desk last night watching a UJ set and forget short term trade (not news trade) I was in move at the speed of smell during Asia and woke up at 10 am this morning with my ...

I think if you back off the leverage and position size and only risk 1-2% of your account balance per trade, instead of what looks like 1% risk per pip, you can claw it back as long as you make a plan and get disciplined about it. You're account ...

Chart capture should be part of the trading platform. I spent the better part of the morning trying to figure this out. Then I gave up and quit trading for the day a little early at just over break even went outside to work on my land for a bit and ...

Move to Oanda a couple weeks ago. I like it so far Metatrader leaves a LOT to be desired. Once I get more familiar with FXtrade I'll switch platforms....... Now if I can only figure out how to save charts and trades as pictures on FXtrade I'll be ...

If spread widens to your SL you will get taken out with any broker. These last 2 releases (French and German PMI) I saw the spreads widen to 5-6 pips on E$ then settle to about 2 pips for a couple minute and then settle back to the normal 1 -1.2 ...

Yep, the old "Bucket Shop" bullshit. I'm playing with FX Trade in demo to get used to it. I don't even care what I'm trading, just randomly pulling the trigger and playing with different things to get familiar and comfortable with it. Mostly getting ...

Chinese data has a big impact on the Aussie. The Aussie is a commodity currency and Australia is a major supplier of raw materials to China. Good Data from China is a positive for the Australian dollar and bad Chinese data is bad for the Aussie.

Right now Metatrader for me. Just closed my Tradestation account this month and moved the money into Oanda and am observing the news on Oanda this month. Looks good so far. FX trade is browser based and something I'm not used too and never liked in ...

I was thinking the same thing with the "happy tossing" remark LOL

The "Holy Grail" of trading isn't the system, it's risk and money management

It's all about the odds, consistency and risk and money management.

IBFX is one of the worst. I've seen 60 pips slippage during NFP and watched the platform freeze for 20 seconds during volitile releases with both IBFX and Tradestation Forex (which is just IBFX in a fancy package). I recently dumped Tradestation ...