I think at the very least you should start out with a demo to get a good feeling for the platform you are using. To be perfectly honest, when I first started trading, I jumped straight to a live account platform and made quite a few unintentional ...

I always put stop hunting down to the forex market and participants looking for pockets of liquidity. For example, lets say there is an obvious level for the general market to place their stops when they go long. Doesn't that then become and obvious ...

So far I just haven't had the confidence to place sole reliance on an EA or algo to execute. Part of the reason why is I do use volume spread analysis quite a bit in terms of timing my ideas, which seems difficult to build into an EA. Thus far, I've ...

Just for clarity. If I understand the prior posts correctly, there is no real API for MT4. Does that leave the only option to plug directly into a broker's API. Are most brokers APIs standardised or will each broker provide their own individual ...

Anyone using volume spread analysis in conjunction with market profile. I am largely a price action trader, but I've been picking up books on volume trading. Any suggested online or book resources would be greatly appreciated.

Forex factory itself is a great resource. This site does an excellent job keeping the forex community together and you can gain a lot of insight without even leaving forex factory. Aside, from forex factory I rely quite a bit on books through ...

I am definitely of the view that leverage doesn't really make much difference. It is more about how much you risk in terms of the equity in your account. You can take a highly leveraged trade, which doesn't leave you exposed to too much risk. That ...