The real edge is found in watching the market(s) and spotting initiation moments that lead to (strong) momentum moves or by spotting exhaustion/reversal windows. Trade less and watch more/sit on your hands till these opportunities arise leads to ...

Averaging down or (martingale) can be profitable for a period of time. Everybody can do that. I prefer the other way, keeping my losses very small where the winning trades are so much bigger. Doing it mosty with the S&P500 where the overall cost ...

Right now the best CFD trading conditions are the US stock indices on IC Markets: 1. Dow30 with only 0.5 point spread, no commission (Dow moves during the US session 200-400 points) 2. S&P500 2 points spread, no commission (equivalent to 400-600 ...

Alright. Just also curious if anyone here on FF trades small cap stocks, penny stocks, gappers with voulme etc. and/or even 0DTE or weekly Options etc. and if so, how and where. It's a forex forum but feel free to share your views.

This whole theory of OF in different shapes and forms is nice. But unless you really find an edge, it's just another theory that can also be very difficult to trade with even though you have all OF/data in front of you. After literally studying and ...

The better way to trade is ofc if you're right at the beginning of a turning point where the aggressor starts his move and where price can move/run for 1-3 Dollar in the SPY. If you really understand the intraday orderbook/map/blocks, orderflow, ...

First pattern: Orders hitting an upper ask level and can't break it first, the tension rises (even more if the bids get eaten/absorbed around this higher level). The passive sellers remove their liquidity and start hitting the ask with big market ...

If you are a Pro you will understand real quick that reference points alone don't provide an edge. What i've found works best though is to spot the imbalance in the market (spotting the (hidden) aggressor & direction for a period of time) and then ...

I'm siding here kinda with Karl. A lot of Forex/CFD Prop Firms are shady. Really good trades are with serious Prop Firms that allow Futures,Options and Stock trading. If you win, the firm wins for sure. No conflict of interest. But as i've said ...

I call myself a scalper/swinger. - either going for R:R setups or - betting/adding much bigger after spotting the right direction (i call it A(+) setup, the chances of winning is much higher). As a trader you should really capitalize during these ...

I don't wanna go into the discussion of "unrealistic" or the "gambling" part. For a trader with edge it's definitely doable in a couple of months.

It always depends on the prop firm (hopefully a solid one) and their overall conditions. Then there's nothing wrong to trade with them. The other side is if you're a trader and know how to make money in the market, you can just turn 100 or 1000 ...

Risk:Reward is a real thing. And there a big differences between instruments. I've compared & traded a lot of instruments, FX, Gold, Silver, Commodities, bonds, indices etc. You really need the instrument with the best spread/overall commissions vs ...

If your account is more than 30K i would just go for Options or Futures with regulated US brokers, esp. when you're trading indices. It's much safer and regulated. Also, there is a lot of liquidity and you definitely get your money even when you ...

The secret is very easy but very hard to find or achieve: Tight SLs and much bigger profits. A method (like in poker) when the big players enter in a certain direction and hold it for a period of time to drive the price much further. I don't wanna ...

I don't like the EuroStoxx50 spread even though it also moves very good. I prefer the S&P500 over the Nasdaq100 Both are moving very good during the NY session.

Sure it can be done. But i rather wouldn't put this pressure on myself anymore (if you're a profitable trader and proved it to yourself). Just focus to make money/profits on the days you're trading and keep your bad trades smaller (exit bad ones). ...

When i recall correctly: 20-40 on the SPX, 40-80 on the NDX