Central Banks & Big Players

Quoting srmfx

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I've been trading news releases since 2004. The last few years volaitlity is very low. Central banks monetary policy is predictable for months ahead and the economic data have almost no impact. Don't trade the news like this until FED starts to slow bond purchases at least. You are gambling, not trading. Spot is overcrowded arounf news because this is favorite HFT strategy. Don't trade the spot, options provide much better opportunities. You can trade the price or volatility. Risk is clearly defined and no whipsaw can do any harm. As billv...

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Quoting billv

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{quote} The major problem I see with your system is that it's now gone public so perhaps many people trade it and are using large lots so all of a sudden we have a liquidity target for brokers and others to grab at a close distance.

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Quoting Tony112

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my week's evaluation {image}

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Quoting patient pip

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{quote} u know your enemies well

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Quoting Tony112

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{quote} I trade with an edge... take Zew for example... I'll trade it with a 7 pip SL... it might elevate 20 pips or more easily.

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Quoting patient pip

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{quote} hi billv do u think a FF thread will make market whipsaw or whatever? :-))) rhetorical q that was regards

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Quoting billv

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{quote} Perhaps you didn't understand my point. I talked about potential targets at a close distance and before the news the liquidity is usually very low so it wouldn't take much to create a spike

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Quoting TheMaxx

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Would you risk your money based on someone else's stats? Sounds like gambling to me. Do your own research.

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Quoting Gt3rs

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{quote} You'll note, I never asked for anyone's stats. Quite happy to do my own. My question was, do people have their own stats and therefore know they can make money from this, or are they just blindly following along.....?

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