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    A shoulder to cry on

    Trading it is simply a computer game. As soon as you are terminated, well ,what the heck, lets start a new game. On the other hand, one should make the game a little more interesting. Like hacking into the program and get hold of the super icon. Then you become immortal and you have all the...
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    Too scared to be a millionaire

    Absolutely, but not before having walked this path: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=824186#post824186
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    Can completely discretionary traders every succeed?

    jmho Discretionary traders are human computer traders. The loop "For (If...then...else...) Next" being always active in their minds and ready to make go the IF side. The more experienced the trader becomes the shorter the code of the programme. The 'before the last' goal would be a...
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    Too scared to be a millionaire

    jmho Why not look at the market as it was a bank and look at trading as a blank cheque? The bank is always there and all you need to do is to fill in the amount you need and cash it. Who needs to be a millionaire?
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    Who here trades "retail" full time

    Retail, full time, sole source of income. Jumped in against Elvis' "Only fools jump in" advice. Lost my account, my Omega, my Rolex, almost my shirt, then again my brand new account (!) and finally did it right after losing my pride and my 'that is easy' and read MarkDouglas saying that, in...
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    Is anybody going to Upgrade to Longhorn windows

    It is the same in trading. Let the losers rush in to test the waters. Whether they will survive is your 'technical indicator'! :cool:
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    start up cash

    They fund your trading because they believe in your courage to accept the challenge, not because you can give them some higher returns on their investments, in fact, they are not even investing in you! They say to themselves: heck, this guy has lots of balls, why not let him check whether he has...
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    OANDA vs IB

    Yeah, he trades at Oanda and it is his right to want to know how Oanda deals with all the accounts. Maybe when his account becomes a '7 figures' he will switch to Saxo/... and since 'we all know' how Saxo/... work (do we really?) he has no more questions. He will then come to tell us how...
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    OANDA vs IB

    :eek: :eek: :eek:
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    A shoulder to cry on

    That is what makes life worth living for. The challenge, the victory, the ... you know what I mean. :D
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    A shoulder to cry on

    You say this because you have been trading for ages. Did you overcome your emotions or did you manage to control them or did you just forget that they exist or do you simply fight them everytime and win? No newbie can 'carry' the state of mind from paper trade to live trading. Armstrong...
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    OANDA vs IB

    :eek:
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    OANDA vs IB

    Can you enlighten me on this: How do they charge you? Pokect the spread when the trade is entered or take your pips when you close the trade or what? Thanks
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    Zero intelligence trading

    "High volatility makes people jittery and sours the investment climate." These guys think that traders trade with a 'sombrero' during a hot 'siesta'.
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    How to develop patience??

    Maybe the best way to develop patience would be to promise yourself this: I am gonna eat only using chopsticks or I am gonna starve to dead. But then you need to like Chinese food! And you must not be a Chinese! :D
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    Fib-Gann Projections

    "if you understand how to listen to the Market, all losers will be small ones and you will have more winners than losers. The other problem is that you must teach this to yourself and it isn't in any book . . . yet." Before you are able to use your intuition to listen to the Market, you need...
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    A shoulder to cry on

    Yes
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    OANDA new platform

    I run many java apps at the same time. I use 3 browsers at the same time: Firefox, Opera and IE (Oanda, plus ..., plus ...). Three instances of Firefox running FXTrade, Forum and Mail/Google/... My box supports 4 screens for the effect. (Box is on 24/7) OS is WinXP. (I am not a fan...
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    Oanda's Box Options

    Could it be that they want to 'take over' BetOnMarket's customers?
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    Fib-Gann Projections

    Some one have just read M.Douglas' : "You don't need to know what is going to happen next in order to make money"
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