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    Why does anyone take technical analysis seriously?

    I have found an interesting study. See here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2648292
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    The Monaco thread

    Right, the weather in Zug is worse than in Monaco. If not bound to Zug, people spend most of the time in Ticino in a second home, where the weather is much better and similar to the Côte d'Azur. Temps in Ticino are about 5°C lower than in Monaco, but the wind in MC is nasty. I lived in all 3...
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    Monaco with NO income tax / what else country?

    An alternative to Monaco is Zug in Switzerland. Suggest trading via a Zug company, tax max 15% net. Personal tax max 22%. Cost of living in Zug lower than Monaco and living quality much better. Rents in Zug 40% lower. Monaco is a loud and stinky place bearable only on weekends. Lots of young and...
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    The Monaco thread

    An alternative to Monaco is Zug in Switzerland. Suggest trade via a Zug company, tax max 15% net. Personal tax max 22%. Cost of living in Zug lower than Monaco and living quality much better. Rents in Zug 40% lower. Monaco is a loud and stinky place bearable only on weekends. Lots of young and...
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    Stop loss dilemma -- to use SL or not to use SL, it's a problem

    I use 2 ways to protect my position: - If I am able to follow a new trade for a few hours, beeing near the computer, and if the trade is in the green, I set an SL at entry, - I use an Exit EA (in Metatrader) to close a trade, when my chosen (discretionary) indicator turns direction. This might...
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    ES down 30 points after hours (Tue March 31)

    Looking at the charts, it seems this is just a technical issue; price going back to the low of the past 2 weeks.
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    ES down 30 points after hours (Tue March 31)

    The breaking down time and the publication time of the employment report don't match.
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    ES down 30 points after hours (Tue March 31)

    Very often at eod traders exit manually or automated - with a long weekend coming up and things uncertain in Europe/Greece, some might think better safe than sorry.
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    ECB QE

    What will the effect of the ECB QE be on the different markets, Forex, Indices, Energies, Agriculture? Any thoughts?
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    Email notifications

    Now it works again, I receive email notifications. Thanks for re-installing this function.
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    Email notifications

    There are no emails from EliteTrader in my spam folder. Checked 5 days back. Felix
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    Email notifications

    I don't get any email notifications anymore for the threads and forums I subscribed to. Do I have to re-subscribe or change anything in the personal data?
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    The longest timeframe you use..

    The poll results might be more revealing if in addition to the timeframe the amount of leverage is known. I guess someone who trades weekly or monthly trimeframe doesn't use the 1:100 level - mostly because of the high drawdowns. H4 or lower timeframe users often trade with a high leverage...
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    The best ES systems are still secret ?

    I trade forex and just applied my strat setup (using proprietery indicators) to ES. Using an EMA 28 on H4 or EMA7 on daily, plus a nice CCI (which bring similar signals to mine), I manually run a simple backtest. The results for 1 year (Sept 2012 - 2013): 21 trades and 940 points profit. Didn't...
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    Real Time News Feed for Forex Trading

    Here are some: http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/ http://www.financialjuice.com/news/ http://www.forexnews.com/latest-tweets/ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/currencies/ Felix
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    AUD - after the election

    I meant the Liberals of course, and not the Labors. How do you think the AUD will go with the change from Labor to Liberals? Especially in the short term on Monday when the forex markets open. Felix
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    AUD - after the election

    Which direction will the AUD go on Monday with the labor party now in government? Felix
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    Top 10 Most-Traded Currencies

    The spreads are killing your profits: USDMXN is about 50 pips! Felix
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    The longest timeframe you use..

    4 hour trading forex. My stats on EURUSD, presently at 77 weeks, show 43 trades, that's one trade every 8-9 trading days producing about 500 pips/month. Other pairs are similar to trade. I check the charts and trades about twice every day for a few minutes, looking for a signal point. All TA...
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    how many pips do you think is safe for SL ?

    As a swing trader using H4, I don't use an SL at all. I wait for the swing to finish and then exit and find a spot to enter the new swing. Swings using H4 go for an average of 7 trading days on EURUSD. The present downswing started at 06-19 and the USDJPY on 06-18, both still going, although...
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