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It feels great to be back! U/CAD Price right below weekly upper bollinger band, but a strong feeling that finally we are experiencing some kind of correction in commodities super-rally namely oil and metals (grains is still quite akward fundamentally, in my view). I think I'll settle for...

USD/CAD Got stopped out! Quite a bad trade because i didn't anticipate, or worst was not aware of central bank decision. And right there they cut half a point. Fundamentally i would be much more cautious about this one since it's economy is truly to US downturn. Eur/Usd Looking for...

Before anything, tnx for the excellent postings! :) Loonie I concur that fundamentally, there ought to be some adjustments to current prices: oil prices haven't got much further to go, because i think US recession is a fact, right now, and not a potential event. In commodities what...

EUr/Usd Alsmost confirmed, the ride upwards! Good news! very good indication that prices will bounce-off of SMAs. Loonie It's been tough holding on to a short position on this one! As yesterday almost decided to get out, though luckily the reaction to the half point decrease of...

Eur/Usd Clear trend now! But still waiting to see how high it might go. U/Cad Today is Canadian central bank decision day! The daily timeframe still provides more trending signals than reversal. But in my view i think we've reached that threshold: break-down or res«verse up...

Yes, U/J, Aussie and U/Chf were probably the best bets since stockmarkets are continuing downslide, plus fed comfortable with further rate cut, and we have the best of both worlds to go aginast the dollar, in carrytrade settings. I'm still in E/U and loonie and still believe this is one of...

Quite a busy schedule today. I will post piars comments later today, but regarding oil charts, I use one brokers charts. It is strange sometimes the patchwork of tools used in trading. One of the priciest brokers I have, has one of the finest free-charting packages I've seen. Following are 3...

Hey! What a day yesterday! Eur/usd simply defines the real trend, once they've crossed the 1.49 lvl so confidently, all other pairs started to take it on the dollar. It's like a lag: last 2 weeks of fundamental reports coming out were disastrous (for the dollar) and it was like if no one...

It's great to count on ur approval of suggestion! Fx trading Trading model I track fundamental economic data for 18 (in the process of including 10 more economies) countries. On the technical side I use a combination of SMAs and EMAs (total of 5), bollinger bands, stochastics slow...

Hey! I like your idea of a journal and also u play the same markets! Here's my first comment as of today (still going for the validation of your and everyonelses' ideas). Loonie is a position I'm into since wednesday when it touched upper bollinger, sold limit at 1.016, now I got my...

Hi Joab, I haven't read the book, but took note. And will comment later after reading... Thanks for sharing the book reference. The title seems very "enticing". Enjoy ur trading! See u around!

Hi all, Goodpunk, like in any business we need to get fooled, make mistakes, learn...but never give up! Spot Vs Futures It is amazing how certain commonsense notions develop along time, without even being questioned for once. Old style bucket shops are very rare, nowadays...

Sure day7793! That's why I think technicals should never be disregarded. As the indicators spawned from the field can very effectively measure mkt sentiment. Stocks, in my opinion, were quite straightforward because both fundamentals and technicals were right to go short. Only doubt was...

Hey! Your fundamental economic analysis is very thorough and broad, keep up with the great postings! I usually try to narrow things to the basic fundamentals(not always possible). Let me start with the suggestion of a book: "Alchemy of finance", Soros. This masterpiece gives insight into...

The thing is, even in exchange markets you get front-running, market timing...and all included in the same sleazy package - Greed for easy money. FX gives us some edge because of liquidity, and can trade shorter term but not scalping. Bigger markets are always harder to manipulate besides...

Hey! Here is a modest guide: 1) Learn the fundamentals 2) Choose 2-8 techincal indicators u feel comfortable with or spotted a pattern... 3) Create ur daily routine (Market scanning, the first step towards discipline) 4) Eur/Usd is good: very very liquid, in case u have liquidity...

Hi Very low-risk algorythim, well done! I don't have a TS account, but I know they have softened their requirements, as of lately, enabling the real revolutionaires of retail trading to have a better chance of getting through an account application. Please do not give away your secrets...