How often do u trade?

Here's my suggestion:

Most traders are outsiders not realizing who and what they are up against and should walk away or trade very infrequently the smallest account/amount possible and don't buy anything.


First observation: Insiders make the money.

A "successful" foreign exchange wizard admits that forex is all about "relationships" and was still making phone calls during the interview.

Second observation: Forex is manipulated.

In Demo 1m or 5m to save time, use any system or just chase it, bid-ask (BA) visible, for example, Buy, and when BA reverses, close position and Sell, and when BA reverses, close position and Buy, and on and on.

Third observation: The computer reacts to mouse movement.

Place the mouse on the Buy (or Sell) button, tick usually freezes, pulls back, reverses, and changes color next bar. The computer is probably reading MouseOnBuyButton() or equivalent before you even ClickMouseOnBuyButton().

Fourth observation: All markets are manipulated including all platforms.

Pull up FreeStockCharts and do a settings comparison of any two or three securities. All markets move together correlated. Even precious metals are not perfect inverse. The link is probably a centralized computer using script(parms).

Fifth Observation: Nothing works.

People counter with all kinds of things, their broker, their platform, their experience, but nobody can argue with facts. In addition to the above observations tested on forty top-rated broker platforms including ECNs, tests were conducted on over 20 classic and custom systems, 3 of every timeframe six years data each, 20 pairs, in Multicharts, Supercharts, and Strategy Tester: Everything failed, only one TDI variation broke even and it easily gets pushed around in demo and live trading. I trade ONE penny (.01) and most of the time, I say f*** it, I'm not trying to make a living doing this crap or even trying to make any money.

Daily!!! and iff i could on weekends heh

Only you can answer for your own question. That will probably depend your daily availability. If you are doing a full time job you cannot spend more than 4 hours for trading . Like wise try to find a answer by your self.

Right now I have slowed down to 1 or two per day. After opening a demo account and rushing right into opening market orders and loosing my shirt, I've come to the realization that I'm nothing more than a gambler!! So now it's time to start studying and hopefully learning.

I try to trade everyday and usually only place 1-3 trades per day. I think over trading causes people to lose money.

It depends on the algorithms I developed...whenever it produces buying signals....normally 3-5 opportunities in a volatile markets..

For me, I trade 2-3 trades a week. I go for big trades, around 80-200 pips so i am in trades for longer than a week. I have tried many different time frames but have found the longer the time periods works best for me.

1-3 trades on EURUSD. Largely dependent on volatility.

As you can see from the responses, they vary..each trader would have a strategy that works and it could involve anything from placing just two trades a week to multiple positions spread over a single day..

It really depends on the market but, I would say probably around 5-10 trades a week. It can be as low as zero a week to up to around 15. It all just depends.

It is not important how often we trade ... The important - but hard - is too take quality trades.

0-3 times a week for me, depending on volatility and speed

I discovered that the easiest way to increase your returns is to WAIT ! Don't jump on everything just for the sake of it,

and now, the true question: how many orders you place in a day/week/month on live accounts?

in answer to the question I trade between zero and twenty times a day. Although that answer has no bearing on trading. Cannot see the point of the question.

All depends on strategy i suppose. Intra-day traders will obviously have less. I have 3 trades open right now, chances are they may be the only three i take today. Uusally though about 20 a week there abouts.

12 times a month average....with an expectancy of 53 cents for every 1$ risked.

I don't really have a set time or number times for trading. I trade whenever the market seem favorable. I can sit in front of my computer looking the next opportunity

I trade when I'm in good mood))

This week I have traded only 2 days and I will trade today as well. It will be on USDCAD because the employment data will affect the pair and I want to take advantage of this movement.