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I would have thought that the ability to follow and execute ones trading plan consistently, would be ones primary edge, since most simply cannot . Whether one trades fundamentals or technicals is a matter of personal preference.

Thanks for your feedback. Because this partner would be checking my trades at the end of the day and taking care of any bookkeeping and tax issues, he would be quite involved. I feel, therefore, that any more than 10% would be a little unfair. We're still looking into the structure at...

Hi. I trade full time and battle with a condition (fear) which causes me to skip trades on a regular basis. So much so that I reckon I'd make 2-3 times what I do if I could get it under control. Anyhow a while time ago I was approached by someone wanting me trade on their behalf. At first I...

I had an incident yesterday where tws froze and I had to close it and re-log in. Magically and extra tab appeared on the trading window labeled API. A few hours later tws froze again and again I quit then re-logged in and the API tab had gone. Anyone have a clue as to what that is all about? S

Thankyou both. You've given me alot of food for though, so I'm off to do some homework.

What it boils down to is that my mind seems to be much better at spotting weakness as opposed to strength. The problem is that because I'm tuned into looking for shorts when a market reverses to the long side and starts to rally, I find that I start looking for signs that it will reverse. As a...

Looking back, I've found that I much prefer shorting the market as opposed to going long and my success rate relects it. For me, shorting is just easier and more comfortable. When it comes to placing long positions, I feel awkward and clumsy and I hesitate because of the doubts I have...

Two things: If I were to us the futures market to predict the cash market, wouldn't that be like watching a the trailer in order to tell what the car would do? Don't the futures markets react to what the cash markets are doing? If the market is consolidating, surely there has to be something...

Hi I trade the Eur/Usd (forex) and have been studying price action of late. Accumulation and distribution, S/R levels etc. The more I get into this, the more I realize that trading without volume leaves one at a large disadvantage. Since its not available, I was wondering whether or not...

Would honestly even consider Propfx when thier parent, Fxcm, have pretty much admitted screwing you for the last year?

So if there is an obvious trend in place, do you then only trade from one side?

Ok I think I see your point. In other posts of yours, you've repeatedly alluded to "gyrations" which, from what I can tell, are price oscillations from an extreme to an extreme through some sort of 'mean'. If I understand you correctly, you're saying that, so long at the price moves...

Whilest the market is accumulating/distributing, apart from the volume are there any tell tale signs one can look for to detect the direction of the breakout?

Alright let me have another go at this...... I've given this some thought and this seems to be apparent; Markets cycle between congestions (typically volitility is low) and trends (volitility picks up) during which prices oscillate from extreme to exteme sequentially. During congestion...

I've been really looking into this over the past few days and several things have become very apparent. Firstly its forced me to look at what has happened recently and then to assess what's happening now. As a result it would appear that if one is able to discern what phase the market is...

Thankyou, I see what you mean. It seems to me that from what everyone has said, one could always tell what is happening at any moment and if it were paired with pattern recognition or some sort of indicator you could have a reasonably good idea as to what would happen next.

Confirmation such as low volume?

When you say "confirmed" do you mean by a retracement of sorts? (i.e to a S/R level) I think our definitions are the same, however my view on trading a reversal is that something in the price behavior would lead one to believe the trend is about to change. i.e divergence of some sort or a...

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I've looked into this a little bit over the weekend and after some thought I'd have to say it makes things a whole lot more predictable. But I'd like to ask this; Why on earth would anyone trade reversals as opposed to retracements? I mean, really, comparitively speaking they just are not...