A trader's edge - myth or reality?

Quoting FXSurfer

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Wasn't expecting that reply.

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Quoting Hedginghog

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"A trader's edge - myth or reality"

Let's not complicate things and get all theoretical here - the existance of an "edge" or not, should be defined by the outcomes of your trading methdology.

- If a "trader's edge" (in whatever form that edge takes) continues to produce profitbale outcomes on a consistent basis (months, and years) then it would seem pretty real, to say the least.

- If a "trader's edge" does not produce the desire outcomes then it is most probably a myth, of sorts.

Forget about the theory - look at the...

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Quoting Mindsphere

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Let me preface this by saying that I am not yet a consistently profitable trader. I mostly trade demo accounts or tiny lot-sizes. I've tried many systems, written numerous EAs and have most recently been developing a manual trading system of my own. This system appears, on my manual back-testing to be profitable, but I am hoping to code most of it so that its true efficacy can be tested without any allowance for human "curve-fitting". This brings me to my thoughts on the trader's edge.

There are some accepted "truths" in the forex world....

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