i've got another question. when you're using higher volumes 10-20 or 40, what will be the timeframe? i've noticed small volumes are possible using minute timeframe, but larger are too difficult.
first, i use demo account. my pair is gbp-jpy. i've tried 1-2 lots and stop loss 5-6 pips. iow i use 1 minute timeframe and hitting stoploss or taking profit, eg 10 pips, goes sometimes very fast. last month i had 70-80 transactions, total profit of 1800, but commission 620. i want to use, lets say 10 lots or perhaps 40 lots. are these kind of volumes usable taking a stoploss of 5 pips? or should i use a larger stop-loss, eg 40 pips? i also noticed a larger stoploss, means using a larger timeframe. iow how to use the variables: volume,stoploss,timeframe, less transactions/commission. actually i want to find the sweetspot.. 
very nice thread for studying material. thanks.
Hi, i want to thank you for your insight on other thread. and every posting that you posted there. very helpful.
Sorry i can not replied on that thread so i post it here
thanks a lot
You know I tested following the big money. I came out with interesting results.
One time in my early days I had a stop loss of -1 pip in a particular trade. This particular trade made a small 'doji' and in between its formation
I had entered many trades, because I kept getting stopped out of -1 pip. In this I learned a valuable lesson, not regarding conditions and all to make predictions.
But the total cumulative effect of putting orders in a minute span of time. Here are my findings:
Including the spread and all of the trades in roughly 1 minute I lost around ~60 pips.
That's pretty much the daily range provided to market participants.
One might at this point be tempted to call me out saying, there wasn't any money in the market and therefor couldn't of moved, hence the doji.
I would ask then, where did my 60 pips go?
2/3 to my broker?
then 1/3 to the other traders who have to pay 2/3?
3/3 for the market to move?
It's interesting nonetheless
One time in my early days I had a stop loss of -1 pip in a particular trade. This particular trade made a small 'doji' and in between its formation
I had entered many trades, because I kept getting stopped out of -1 pip. In this I learned a valuable lesson, not regarding conditions and all to make predictions.
But the total cumulative effect of putting orders in a minute span of time. Here are my findings:
Including the spread and all of the trades in roughly 1 minute I lost around ~60 pips.
That's pretty much the daily range provided to market participants.
One might at this point be tempted to call me out saying, there wasn't any money in the market and therefor couldn't of moved, hence the doji.
I would ask then, where did my 60 pips go?
2/3 to my broker?
then 1/3 to the other traders who have to pay 2/3?
3/3 for the market to move?
It's interesting nonetheless
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You know I tested following the big money. I came out with interesting results.
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- Jun 19, 2019 10:29am Jun 19, 2019 10:29am
{quote} What exactly you were trying to find out or prove with this experiments? Entering several trades in 1 minute time span is definitely not trading. The main difference between the trading and gambling is that the probabilities in trading are not fixed. You can change the expected value by choosing set ups with higher probability for success.
If you got nothing from my post and don’t want it on the thread by all means delete it. But what I was answering was in line with thread title. Entered and lost 60 pips in a minute. Don’t be deceived about how data display information. Cause a 60 pip seemingly trendy range was the equivalent of me being in the market in a minutes span of time at a fixed point. Whether by trade or gamble it’s still money and at the end the sum of all money is what’s big money. Otherwise who’s paying. 
