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fxcm just told me that their daily charts finish at 5pm eastern.

Yes, sorry to be confusing - I should have used the quote link. I was just curious if there were some good sites to follow on a daily basis for fundamental/macro analysis besides the couple mentioned above. Thx.

Notice all the volume lately and the fact it stalled at the old gap from March. Of course the million dollar question: will it close the gap?

Where do you get your basic forex news and analysis. Others have mentioned forexnews and dailyfx. Any others you'd recommend? I'm particularly intersted in ones that would give analysis like what you mentioned: the Japanese govt is buying back yen, etc.

Now this is interesting. It looks like you use a trendline off of the highs or thereabouts. Some people would say go off of a short term ma like 15 instead. What's worked best for you? I've done little backtesting on short stategies, so I've got to ask someone like yourself with some experience.

Yes, PPH is what I was wondering about. All great plays by the way - classic TA with great risk/reward. I learned a lesson: I was out of town and couldn't get TWS to work with any of the computers I had out there! I heard the mkts had been flat so I just hung in there for a few days...

Had an urgent family situation the last few days. I totally see your logic on the first three trades and they make a lot of sense. Can you explain yourself on the last one? fyi: Haven't registered yet - I've been out of town. Will do that as soon as I can.

Thx. I'll check it out.

I agree with what you're saying (and technically we should hve a correction). But what's interesting is that the dollar has been doing well: foreign capital (and lots of it) may be coming back to the markets or at least may be poised. Notice that indexes have generally been rising and and...

I'm betting the farm: just bought IWM as well on the (what I hope is a mini-pullback).

I traded my SPY for MDY.

I've heard of von Misses of course. What I can't figure out, from the blurbs I've heard, is whether he is more economist or philosopher?

Thanks guys for all the comments/encouragement. I believe that I'm getting the idea that I can be successful with just good TA and money mgt alone and that's what I needed to hear. I was getting hung up with the idea that I couldn't really be successful unless I had deep behind-the-scenes...

I'm still in but with a pretty tight stop, but I agree with you: this is getting scary. This is such a languishing market. Nothing has any power behind it in either direction. It might also just be the boring a case of a "triangle turned rectangle."

This came from observing that EWJ is very sensitive to Boll Bands over the last year and so I took a chance with a tight stop. I figured it had a great risk/reward. And I'll be lookin'...

Disclaimer: This is all my opinion. There is a risk of loss listening to me. Past results do not guarantee future success. I am widely hated and despised, blah blah blah... Don't worry about it. There's an even greater risk of loss listening to me. Of course, I also have a friend who was...

Thx for the ideas guys! I was just chatting with an fxcm guy for about half an hour. Great customer service - it almost seems too good to be true. But then that's what I thought of IB. Yes, I believe the charts reveal the fundamentals - I needed to hear that. However, I also know surfer...

Also, I'm still holding EWJ. This trade more than made up for my stupidity with XLK: I bought on 8/5 @ 7.45 and it's jumped every day in a nice trend. EWJ behaves much differently than any US index, so I'm looking for what I consider a negative sign and then I'll jump ship at close. But I...

I see what you're saying, although it's pretty shallow isn't it? Or do C&H's tend to be more shallow with indexes? But, anyway, you persuaded me: when I saw DIA, SPY, QQQ down this morning but still above what I considered their breakout, I jumped in on all 3. I've got tight (mental)...

I just signed up for the fxcm demo (minis) and can't wait to get started, but I'm really curious about a few things: 1. How important is the news feed if you're going to do forex trading? Do I really need to sit nervously watching every major world event and economic report? Do these...