EURUSD

i guess you bought the whole complex.

Morning all

back at cha

Mornin'

for scalper ... oversold M5

for the curious gbp weakens

Nice see you Jay

thanks egkid.

John Barry rocks

that was a tribute to Jw who made a gazillion in gold.

I'd like to address something in an opinion that I may later chose to retract completely.
For now, it's just something that dawned on me, kinda made me think a little,
and spawned some further thinking that I felt appropriate to share.

Everyday, brand new people come to Forex Factory for the first time.
They all expect "something" for their vist. Some are already active in their trading
and are looking to advance their knowledge on some aspect of trading.
They could be independent thinkers and don't entertain anyone else's market sentiment.
Many are looking for some clue about the next 20 pips.... They might listen to anybody.
Some are completely new and don't really know what they're looking for, I'd imagine.
I would say every single one of us that wandered on to these boards for the first time
had some kind of experience, unique to our own selves, when it was a new thing.

May be tough to remember, since alot happens over time and we can retain only so much.

This thread in particular gets a lot of diverse traffic, simply because it is named EUR/USD.
However, as you know, we like to add a few ingredients from time to time, just to make it taste better.
I see nothing wrong with that and I hope it will continue the same.

What struck me though, is that at some point, somehow, in this and many other threads on FF,
we (myself and everybody and their brother) start making trade calls and market predictions
and I don't even remember how it all came about. It became more than a static forum thread.

There are thousands of people who visit these and other boards and never make a peep.
Others who interact sometimes do so in a detached fashion, so as not to reveal their views, if any,
and thats okay too, since we can give as little or as much as we wish to.
Some go all out, posting charts with indis and lines and all kinds of jewelry
corresponding to live trades that they are in. We argue bull or bear.
Sometimes we nit-pick at each other like a bunch of mensturating cows,
all in the spirit of having our market biases be known.
Usually it's all in good fun and civil and friendly, even when it gets a bit competitive.

Now I do this kind of thing frequently - posting stuff I'm into or trading.
Most months I book some profit, in excess of losses, but to get there,
I have to take the red with the green. Sometimes I blow it out my ass.

For those who trend trade, it's alot easier. Just find the trend, stick with it and trade that direction.
If anyone asks them about the market and xyz this and that, they speak in the direction of said trend
and overall, it wil be an accurate assessment as the trend plays out.

For those who swing, it gets a little tougher because there will be trades with the trend
and counter-trend trades every few intervals. Naturally, there wil be disagreements about market direction
when this happens, due to the adversarial role these two groups play.
Daytraders too, since the intraday trend can change more than once per day.

For scalpers, it's anything goes really, since trending or range markets are utilized for pip-harvesting.
Having pips in the bank AND being flat is very satisfying.

But of all these groups and types of folks who wander through these hallowed halls,
I came to realize that sometimes, we operate the thread like a trading room,
even though it's static communicaton. I think sometimes it's quite skillful
the way we pull it off, as a collective group, as diverse as it is.

May not have been planned that way, but sometimes it is and I really do
enjoy contributing, participating, sharing, and bullshitting with everyone here.

So, I hope the inclusion of the live action will continue to enhance to value of this little place we all frequent
and I hope we'll find other ways to allow the project to evolve without screwing it up.

As they say, "... If it ain't fixed, we can still break it....", so let's not.

Hope we're all here this time next year (although, you already know the statistics)

Your Forex friend,

/Toshi

i got in this last night just before news. so the news spike gave me a draw down but it stopped there. (something i usaully dont do) the white line is a 200 sma on weekly tf. plus a big fib. i figured r/r may be worth a ride. i booked last nights pips and entered short again.. it may be worth a look. whether or not it will influence eu is another story,

Nice what you smoke dude?(just kidding)

Excellent, well done.

Thank you for taking time to read the post. Best to you.

Yeah, but buddy who was selling a one oz gold coin for $50 still hasn't called me.

I would really make a mint on that kind of profit margin.

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theres aways copper... up over 100% this year.

Eloquent and touching. Group hug.

Okay, break time is over...back to the trenches !

I'm guilty of my own accusation..... here's another possibility: