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I would choose maui, the only draw down is there isn't much of a nightlife. You can surf all year round (although diferent seasons bring better cycles) and you can fish right off the shore with a good old fashioned UglyStick with no licence. Mahi Mahi is awsome Probably a better place...

this place is brutal :cool:

:confused: at 100 stop for 50 target your p/l ratio would be in the negative 2:1,so you would have to win 8 out out of 10 trades,but with a 100 stop for 300 target your break even is at 2.5 trades,and at a 50-50 point or better,you would totally kill!

So a 100 pip stop for a 300 pip target is just too tight?

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Yea,pretty much:) I prefer short term 2-10 days rather than the traditional weeks-months of pure trend following,but the trend is simply the best core signal for me to trade with,as in "never trade against the trend"

Has anyone ever formulated an indicators typical win/loss ratio and basic market enviornments they work in? Im trying to piece together a system that I can use for swing trading so i can achieve a stronger profit/loss ratio,but is suitable for either a 100pip stop/300pip trailing stop or a...

How much is interest on a forex account for holding positions longer than one day?My trading strategy works better if I hold positions for 3-8 trading days, and i usually have 4-10% of my account in play at one time? :)

:) hey, i was wondering if anyone has ever built a substantial account out of a micro account? I use a simple trend following approach with a medium sized stop loss(100 pip) and usually target 225-275 pip gains. I also use 5% of my account per trade and like to have a max of two trades...

:) fit to fight by jason ferruggia,he has a good blog too

:) im with questrade,and the prices per are better than TD or CIBC

:) thanks for the help! So does anyone know which works better,a straddle or a strangle? Is that dependant more on market enviornment? Because with a reasonable strangle you can be slightly more out of the money and get more leverage for your dollar. But a straddle might have a higher...

i have been developing a simple strategy for trend following with options and i was wondering if anyone could post some advice: The valid point of using a trend indicator is: the stock is already gaining, so its doing what you want,appreciating in value. The downside is if you trend...

are you using a break out (donchian) theory to get your signals? i find that it is more successful to buy options once a trend has clearly started,because of the short term nature of options.the most important two things you need to consider are: diversification,several different positions...

is 5% of your acct per trade too much to use for a trend following system that you are using to generate 3-8 trades per week?this system works great,but the retracement is sometimes nasty,so 5% with 100 pip stop or 10% with 50 pip stop?