Ashraf Laidi "calls"

I would say the you were not looking at her beard at all.........

You can bet your bottom dollar that I am. Anyhoo, how about giving us your view of the market? What do you foresee when September rolls around?

Are you willing to pay for the info? Remember we are at a commercial area....!!

Ok...now seriously I would use the Greenspan cote you have and not get too much in predictions. I trade the E/U exclusively and if I have to guess I would say that we are going to parity sooner or later.

Now that said, I would never place a short and live it there. It is so much easier to catch the pair swing movements (80 to 150 pips) up and down, where you can manage your risk a lot better than on the 2000 + pip moves.

I realy like to talk about geopolitical/macro economic matters, but honestly...if I had to trade based on it I would be broke many years ago

Sure, the bailiffs didn't remove too much from my house because there wasn't anything of any value, but I could probably spring you a Burger King.

Yeah, I was thinking that we were heading to the 1.16/1.17 area for Sep-Dec. Then it's going to be a little weird for me because I have never traded E/U below 1.16 area. So you are on the parity bandwagon. Mmmmm. Interesting.

Thanks for your views.

During these almost 2 years that I'm trying to stay "retired" I had the opportunity of browse the low end of retail trading. I had time on my hands so I said...why not? Lets see how the trading world of "Joe six pack" works.

It has being an amazing experience, since it opened my eyes to a lot of stuff that I could never imagine, not even in one million years.

I like to peep around the net (and here on FF) and read what people write so I can have a grasp of what goes inside their minds.

I just stopped at a new thread about "jacko's house of pain and pleasure" and it seems that somebody wants it out of FF. It seems that another "guru" bites the dust. Just like so many others before, people that used to be "loved" now are bashed.

I'm not very familiar with Jacok's strategy . I find these threads about systems, signals and strategies very boring and a waste of time (even though they are by far the most frequented around here) people go there searching for a illusion....ahh the perfect system, the holy grail, the easy money.

Well...... I found in those last months that Mr Joe six pack exists to be raped, his or her money is out there for grabs and they WILL be scammed ( or at least the big majority) because they are begging for it.

The market can hit people so hard, and hit it hard where it hurts ( emotions and your pocket) that people start to get almost paranoiac about finding how to make money out of Forex.

Now comes to my mind the "sexy lady" thread by MacDough. The analogy of A sexy lady and Forex is almost a perfect one. In some way the market is like that insanely, drop dead gorgeous girl, that comes to you and show you all she can offer !!

But hold on...there is a catch....you cant touch it . It is right there, you can almost feel it, but when you think that it is possible, she is gone in the arms of another guy and your emotions goes down the drain.

Now talk about frustration, despair, that weird feeling in your stomach, incapacity, anger, tears, and all your hard earned money out of the window.

But than she comes back...it is so real again...you can't resist such a appeal, it is right there. She waves at you,ohhh that smile, who can resist those killing eyes, lips, etc. All the possibilities are revived again and again...and again..and again it is sooo real.

I'm telling you my friend, you will believe in the most stupid non sense, you will see mirages, you will find a job, borrow, still and re-fill your account again. It is not a business, or trading, or making money. It is an addiction.

People get so obsessed with the possibilities Forex brings that it blinds them to anything else.

It is still a mental challenge to me to understand how people can subscribe to signals (and pay for it) without thinking on the reason WHY somebody that knows how to trade will waste time selling it. Charging you 100 bucks or less per month accounts for what? 10 pips in a full lot ....does it make sense?

Again I think people get so blinded by their own greed and they can't see that a professional trader doesn't..... teach, sell, give speeches, play soccer, gamble or something else professionally. A professional trader ...well...trades.

Go ask a guy at Deutsche Bank if he would spare you a insight on tomorrow's market

We all know Forex and its possibilities, and if you tell me that somebody that mastered this thing will waste time doing something else in order to get 100 bucks.....well.......... !!

I'm far from knowing everybody here but I can say with certainty that 99.9% of people out there eager to "help" you, don't know what they are doing, or, they are just after what they can't make trading.

Please folks stop the non sense!

Good anal-ogy there Platypus.

Some of the anal-ysis is also interesting sometimes. But I really believed that it was more like a gorgeous woman one could eventually get very very close to, only to discover that she has a penis.

My anal-ysis was wrong

Oh, Platypus, I didn't know you felt that way about me And just for you, here's my favourite YouTube song at the moment. Let Her Cry. Just imagine that he is singing about the market, the market being a woman that is.

.....ohhh Jay you dirty old man !!! But seriously I don't see forex as a shemale because it actually is what it claims to be.

patience...did you really blew up your account? I thought you were joking

long gu

Of course I didn't, although I know there is someone out there dearly wishing I would (and I don't mean you) Please, Platypus, have some more faith in me. I am appropriately positioned. You know I like to invest for the long term. Think of it as a share that has gone down in price but is yielding a good return Check back on me in another 2 years

I do have faith in you Patience...... but I noticed some sadness on your last posts that ....you know .


Also when you explained your gain architecture and your RR ratio....well that scared "tha heck" out of me!!

Really? I didn't mean them to come across like that Thanks for having faith in me I've been doing what you told me to do - slow and steady as she goes. I'm still trying to wean myself off the rollover trades and be a real trader though It's just going to take time ...... like everything else in life .....

Funny video for the folks that peep here. It gives you a little in site on why you should cut your losses




http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...7894948692400#

Yeah, pure class But Platypus, there is a difference. I'm going to say it quietly so that you don't get upset. He's a MAN. He doubled up, over leveraged and was single-handedly trying to hold up a market!

Borrowing a vid that a bud from FF sent me the other day I'm just going to ask - did Nick Leeson think he had a pair of these? Sure looks like it.

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......... !!

Check out this bloke http://www.myfxbook.com/members/Arba...v-system/43295

I think he poo poos your 10% a year

Well...mathematically this kind of profits are unsustainable. It is just like saying that Soros could break the bank of London every other day.

Some stuff are once in a life time, others not very often, others can happens for a while...you know what I mean.

People gamble and while things are going their way they enjoy their 15 minutes of fame. Remember Xaron when he was doubling his account.

Anyways each trader has to choose it's path. Now looking back I'm glad I did choose the non stress and less bumpy road. But if somebody can make 2000% per month ...well.....he or she should go for it

Good old Platypus. I know it's not easy to hurt your feelings, so I'm sure you will excuse me the little wordplay - many must think you're Pratypus.

Whether it's 15 minutes of fame, or trading borrowed money, or an unsustainable growth rate, you spoke the truth. You stepped on a couple of toes, upset a few lads, but did it in an entertaining way.

Everybody deserves their 15 minutes anyways. Let's dance...

oooohhhh ! You did hurt my feelings..."butt".... the video/song is kinda cool, I kinda like it, so I kinda forgive you !!

Thank you - your heart is softer than a sofa king sofa.