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  • #1,841
  • Mar 22, 2011 10:33am Mar 22, 2011 10:33am
[quote=diamonddbw;4490591]++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Firstly, you must be smarter than me 'cause I can never figure out how to use fxcm charts even though I've had them for 18 months. lol

whose charts do you use? i'm always open to change...
  • #1,842
  • Mar 22, 2011 10:33am Mar 22, 2011 10:33am
whose charts do you use? i'm always open to change...
  • #1,843
  • Mar 22, 2011 10:51am Mar 22, 2011 10:51am
Quoting B4iFUrU18
so you are still looking for long set up ??

Testing resistance now, possible setup or setup.
  • #1,844
  • Mar 22, 2011 10:53am Mar 22, 2011 10:53am
Quoting specracer
whose charts do you use? i'm always open to change...
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MT4, of course, due to the abundance of indies and their lack of problems with crashing or hanging up.

GFT has, imho, some of the better Free charts available. The biggest problem with GFT is their charts really, really use up a whole bunch of you system resources. They will crash occasionally, or lock up. But they sure are pretty.

As with fxcm, don't enter a trade during news without having stops already in place. In fact if you have ever been using fxcm during news/high volume times, you may have had to wait several minutes for your fill, and then the fill may not be anywhere near your stop. A friend of mine ended up with a margin call when her stop wasn't filled during NFP. $7,000
  • #1,845
  • Mar 22, 2011 10:56am Mar 22, 2011 10:56am
i took a lot of heat but the 1045 gmt setup of the 123 finally hit target
  • #1,846
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:01am Mar 22, 2011 11:01am
Quoting Brapp
Try either of these...
I use both and they are excellent......

and here is one that give yesterday's High & Low (red line on chart)
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  • #1,847
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:02am Mar 22, 2011 11:02am
counter no counter,,i would take this one//number 2//,,missed it
text book H&S
i dont trade much lately, redoing my brain hardware by observing,,my name says
''patient''
//the blue rectangle is R from higher tf or lots of squeeze on 5 tf//
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  • #1,848
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:02am Mar 22, 2011 11:02am
thats the 1435 gmt
  • #1,849
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:03am Mar 22, 2011 11:03am
thanks for the info, i rarely trade the news and haven't experienced the issues with fxcm yet, although you are not the first to mention the issues. i may look at gft.
  • #1,850
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:05am Mar 22, 2011 11:05am
Quoting Divergence
thats the 1435 gmt
i think u talk eu, can u pls tell us the price u got in?
not to b engineer here but checking on what candle u got in
thx
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  • #1,851
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:05am Mar 22, 2011 11:05am
Quoting Divergence
i took a lot of heat but the 1045 gmt setup of the 123 finally hit target
Nice, I have been watching this from work and unfortunately I cannot trade from work. So, I just get to pretend that I entered that trade and pretend that I made money. That won't buy me lunch today, unforturnately.

I am glad that I am seeing the set-ups. Just need to find the time to make them work.
  • #1,852
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:07am Mar 22, 2011 11:07am
Quoting Shanexx
Testing resistance now, possible setup or setup.
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London is closed. Markets, quite often, have little or no follow thru this time of day. Div suggested trade time is over. Be careful.
  • #1,853
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:11am Mar 22, 2011 11:11am
Quoting Divergence
thats the 1435 gmt
so i was wrong to short at 14.20 GMT div?

i m a little confuse now..can t find the winners for the moment..
  • #1,854
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:12am Mar 22, 2011 11:12am
Quoting diamonddbw
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

MT4, of course, due to the abundance of indies and their lack of problems with crashing or hanging up.

GFT has, imho, some of the better Free charts available. The biggest problem with GFT is their charts really, really use up a whole bunch of you system resources. They will crash occasionally, or lock up. But they sure are pretty.

As with fxcm, don't enter a trade during news without having stops already in place. In fact if you have ever been using fxcm during news/high volume times, you may have had to...
I have been demoing Oanda`s mt4 platform and it looks good . Wil switch one of my live accts to them soon . Spreads are as good as a retail broker will offer . Also Oanda is big as a company , been around awhile and not likely to go out of business .
  • #1,855
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:26am Mar 22, 2011 11:26am
Quoting B4iFUrU18
so i was wrong to short at 14.20 GMT div?

i m a little confuse now..can t find the winners for the moment..
I nearly got sucked in today with this around the 15.20 M5 candle. I stayed out because I checked the higher timeframes for confirmation. So I saw a doji on the H1 and a number of M15 candles all in a row. This told me stay out.

I guess the trend changer really was at 14140...!
  • #1,856
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:31am Mar 22, 2011 11:31am
Quoting steel777
I have been demoing Oanda`s mt4 platform and it looks good . Wil switch one of my live accts to them soon . Spreads are as good as a retail broker will offer . Also Oanda is big as a company , been around awhile and not likely to go out of business .
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I don't know much about Oanda spreads but the scuttlebutt I've heard has generally been favorable.
  • #1,857
  • Mar 22, 2011 11:45am Mar 22, 2011 11:45am
Quoting diamonddbw
++++++++++++++++
I don't know much about Oanda spreads but the scuttlebutt I've heard has generally been favorable.
1.1 pip spread right now on EU . Of course mt4 demo is free to try . One other plus for those trading with small accts , Oanda has no min deposit as far as I know
  • #1,858
  • Edited 12:08pm Mar 22, 2011 12:02pm | Edited 12:08pm
Quoting B4iFUrU18
so i was wrong to short at 14.20 GMT div?

i m a little confuse now..can t find the winners for the moment..
As Div as talked about with support and resistance. The bigger support was down further at around the 1.4140 area. The bounce up higher today was testing smaller and less significant support. That doesn't mean that it won't go down to the 1.4140 area but until it goes that far, any trades in the short direction are still "counter-trend" trades.

I am still looking for long signals. If it drops below the bounce this morning and then retests it and heads down, I may take a pullback going towards 1.4140. That will depend on what it looks like.

Also, it seems that some are trying to find several trades in a day. Read what Div has said about the number of trades in a month. There certainly are not more than 1 trade a day average. That means you may get zero trades on some days. Wait for the correct set-up and don't try to jump the system and make it something it is not. I tried this, it does not work. There are not set-ups happening all day on every pair all the time. If this was the case, Div would be a bazzillionaire! We all would.

Just my thoughts.
  • #1,859
  • Mar 22, 2011 12:16pm Mar 22, 2011 12:16pm
Quoting Divergence
i took a lot of heat but the 1045 gmt setup of the 123 finally hit target
Hey Div, was there any divergence? can't see one... or that's just 123 setup?
  • #1,860
  • Mar 22, 2011 12:50pm Mar 22, 2011 12:50pm
Something for after a tough day of trying to Rob the Bank.

http://www.vimeo.com/channels/hd#21294655
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