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I was just kidding . . . sorta. Seriously though, I think my biggest strength lies in finally settling upon a way of looking at the market that I'm totally confident in -- so maybe that's it, confidence. I've made just about all the mistakes that any trader can make over the years (and...

Trading in a manner which I haven't yet seen mentioned by any of the 60k+ members of this forum. :)

Yeah same here, disappeared and now reappeared again.

nevermind, exit and re-login fixed it.

Getting a blue box -- anyone else?

Don't you think that's a big disadvantage, when you have no access to fundies that the "street" trades off of? Or do you believe TA is enough to gain an edge off others in this particular market? Just curious about your opinion.

Is fios even feasible in urban areas like Manhattan?

If you are trading currency futures with the attitude where initial losers become your biggest gains while you consistently take small winners -- you will blow out eventually, it's virtually guaranteed. Look back over your records -- are your profits actually the result of your trade timing...

That's the problem with these figures -- unless you have very strict size and/or stop rules that you adhere to, you cannot get a clear picture of your performance. If you are of the "can't take a loss" type trader, and are averaging down into losers constantly just to get out even, it's...

Right now I'm reading Tal's autobiography - it would be interesting to see how he would have fared versus Capablanca. The first book I ever bought on chess (I think I was like 10) was Capa's My Chess Career -- not that I could then (and now even) appreciate his skill. I am re-reading it now...

As for globex, we never broke above the early morning high of 1.9123 (spot equivalent of 1.9113) after NFP. This is the issue in dealing with retail fx -- aren't you pretty much at the mercy of your broker/platform? What if you were the only customer of that broker (and with individually...

Anyone else get CME quotes frozen for a second or 2 right after the NFP release?

IB offers intraday margins on CAD contract equivalent to about 150:1 -- probably one of THE best ways if not the best market to blow out with. That is the point of this thread, right?

I think that's pretty accurate, comparing chess to learning a language. I read somewhere that one grandmaster didn't start playing until he was 30. But who am I kidding - I can't even beat my shareware chess program at 0 depth and 1 sec per move.

Yah this site is pretty cool

The mods don't like recently trending pairs (aka EUR/JPY) masquerading as trading "systems". You must admit that Google Rocks was the superior setup, no?

The mods axed you and your Fraggle Rock alter-ego thread pretty fast eh?

Sure, and perhaps even for a significant length of time, but an environment that allows traders to continually profit with simple and consistent actions is bound to deteriorate due to shifting conditions. If a trader can adjust in a timely manner to such shifts, and continue to profit, then in...

It's not the environment I was referring to as repetitive, but the trader's reactions.

First question you ask yourself: why would someone who knew what he was doing after 15 years still be running an internet forum? Sorry to hear of your losses.