Yeah it helps being burned by the same issue on FxOpen with some of the stuff I've written. BTW Geoff, I've added your system as a secondary confirmation to my angry hedgehog method to squeeze a few more pips. Thanks!

It looks like on your broker's GBPUSD has a period at the end so it's GBPUSD. instead of GBPUSD So it's confused.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. Forex was always a means to an end for me, not the end itself. I'm using the profit I am making from forex to pay the bills while I build some other businesses and branch out into other markets for trading ...

I have. I started trading live in Feb. 2004 and quit the day job at the end of May 2007. Check back with me in 6 months and see if I survive.

Last time it happened to me was after an update, my firewall was blocking it. If you have a firewall make sure it is allowing MetraTrader thru.

Depends on the individual trader. I use fundies for the big picture, long term view (Days & weeks ahead) Technicals on the short term stuff. (Scalps, 5 min to a few hours) I think the blanket term of you have to choose one or the other is incorrect.

Thomas Yeomans — I don't think I have enough posts to post a link. Send me a PM and I'll send you a link to some of his stuff and some other good books to get you started.

Wow a lot of disenchanted IT guys here (me included). I started trading live back in 2004 and by the middle of 2005 realized that I could do this for a living. But I couldn't trade and move up the project mananger track for my day job so a choice ...

A lot of brokers now offer mobile solutions to trade on your blackberry, treo or whatever device you are using. Palm OS and Windows CE seem to be the most supported mobile OS.

Full support — At first my wife thought I was crazy and just throwing my money away ... that was three years ago. Now my trading pays more than the day job and once I fulfill some financial objectives, I will quit the day job and trade ...

Ditto. My live accounts are fine. Had to create new demos.

No money back guarantee

Check out the MetaTrader forums here at the factory. Lots of info there on how to code what you are looking for.

Same here. Had several open positions and orders vanish from two seperate machines I was running demos on. (3 if you include my machine at work ) I've been with IBFX for almost a year now and this is the first time I've seen such a thing.

yes. Will post results in a week or two.

Thanks for all the great replies. I use Interbank and they offer a multi-account manager application for Professional Money Managers. Something I might consider. I do have a lot of homework to do in this area (my focus over the last few years has ...

oops. I'll start doing that tonight. I will need to set up access at the day job and don't have the demo account info at work.

VP Strat 3 - Tuesday - Jan 31: -38 pips — I've posted the breakdown by currency over in the results only discussion. Do we want to post there daily? Or weekly?