Disliked{quote} {quote} Yes. Once I accepted this as the explanation, then other observations began to fall into place. When I raised the issue a few posts back it was because @Robot Trader brought up "Sharks". As my trading and understanding has evolved, I've moved away from attributing evil intentions to the MM. It may be evil or it may not be -- I don't know. If I want to trade forex then it is what it is. And bringing-in biases only serves to blind you because the way the adult human mind works is it only sees things that it currently believes in. So,...Ignored
The next step as George keeps telling you Is put the hours in. Trade and trade over and over again with real money. You need to lose money , feel the pain, trade under pressure. None of this is possible on a demo account. The shark concept or salt water thing in my logo is referring to mm. Yes I’m guilty as well. It’s only because of the pain inflected by mm in the past. It is a way to remind myself and others to be careful. Not to use large lots, to follow rules, not get too over confident, to respect and work with mm. Mm is your buddy , help them take other people’s stop losses. Think like mm. Put yourself in those shoes.
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