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I’ve been trying to get Ibcharts running correctly since Friday and I’m about to freak out. I managed to get the TWS up and working correctly inside of an hour (which, for me, isn’t bad). I down loaded the Ibcharts Beta version from their site (www.ibcharts.com) and installed it with...

So if I have you right, when the market trends your riding the trend. When the market stops trending you take your systems signals anyway because sooner or later the market starts trending and you're already in a position to take advantage of it. And as far as drawdowns are concerned, "so...

I like your philosophy and I agree for most part but what do you do when the market isn't trending. Do you change your strategy or wait it out?

I have an eight month old daughter and my wife and I take it in turns to do the night feeds. Some nights I hardly sleep at all since she's been sick with flu several times. I trade full time from home and find that fatigue really effects my focus. Then there are the interruptions and what...

Well, you know, I figure I'm sitting here anyway, why not have a crack at it....

Thanks for raining on my parade! :)

I live in a place called Stellenbosch. Its about 40 mins outside of Cape town and its the heart of SA wine country. I think the beauty of place is really breath taking. The quality of life is beyond anything I've experienced anywhere else I've lived. A comparative lifestyle in Southern...

I have a question. Assume on average I can make 1.5% per day in the FX market with an account of say $50k and I compound my returns on a monthly basis. Will I be able to pull in the same sort of returns with a much larger account of say 5 or 10 million or is there some dynamic which...

Most of them can't spell Costa del Sol either!

grassy arse.

Not really known for forex. But head futures apparently were traded extensively not so long ago.

But then there's the food of course.............. heart attack on a plate.

Nonsense, its New Guinea

Aahh yes Refco......

I encourage you to read the thread in its entirety. Thus far, or the most part, what's been addressed and debated are the disgraceful and dishonest practices of certain spot Forex dealers. Forex in and of itself is just another bundle of products which one can choose to trade and...

When your stop level is triggered in the futures market your order becomes a market order and it is executed at the next available price. So yes I agree at times when the market is "gappy" it can make for very stressful trading. Many fx Spot brokers will guarantee your stops. This, at...

The spikes aren't 30 pip massive skyscrapers. What happens is that when the market comes within or 12 to 15 pips of you, suddenly you find you've been stopped out. Not everytime but enough. Want to know what's really disgusting? (This has happened to me a half dozen times this year.) The...

Well said, I couldn't agree more!!

If you walk into any trading pit in the world you will see that there are sometimes 100’s of guys (and a few brave women) trading there. The ones who trade for their own accounts are called locals. One of their functions is to provide liquidity to the market, enabling you to trade at any...

I think a distinction needs to be made. Forex in and of its self is just a market like any other. Ok its the biggest by far but never the less its still a market. How one accesses the market is really the question here. I firmly believe that forex trading is gaining and increasingly bad...