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Just as an example... I've noticed since late January in the EUR/USD cross that it's acted choppier and has less longer term trend action than in previous months. I don't know the time frames you trade or type of trading methods you use but very often what works well for a certain length of...

Here's an interesting trade simulator. Useful for anyone with a system they "think" may be profitable. http://www.hquotes.com/tradehard/simulator.html Be sure to include accurate appraisals of slippage and commissions in any assessment of a trading system. A figure such as 60% accuracy...

I salute you for trying to "invest" in this market. It's the American way to be optimistic and invest for the future... but unfortunately these markets currently aren't for investing. They are for trading. Buy and hold is over. It doesn't really matter what ETF or index you invest in... they...

There are many time frames... ticks, minutes, hours, days, weeks... an infinite # of lengths of averages... 1,3,5,10,20,50,100,200 etc and many types of methods to calculate moving averages... weighted, exponential,simple, geometric,displaced,triangular etc. They are all valid in that they...

We can all give our opinions and have "educated" views but we're all really just guessing... whoever is long or short at this point is gambling they are right and that there is either a lot more downside or that we are at a possible short term bottom that may develop into something bigger on the...

Buy and hold always has been and always will be a fallacy. Buy and hold in any market is good in hindsight where it appears to work over a 20-50 year timespan but swing trading and trend following will always and forever be a more prudent and less "faith" based system of investing...

Trade Trade Trade... Whatever happens, the market will make some huge moves this week... be nimble and trade with the trend and you'll never go too far wrong.

I may have come off as hypocritical and illogical... but I certainly didn't mean to. :) I certainly can spot the massive problems in the economies of the world. Frankly by now anyone who cannot would have to be blind, deaf and dumb as it's pretty obvious the world is in a depression and...

Check out this site: http://finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=171&ft=3&ta=1&p=d&o=-averagetruerange&r=1 I'm not sure if you'll find exactly what you want there but there certainly is a whole lot of interesting information of every type there. A very good free site for stock info.

Some very good links in this thread showing the value of trading small % risk amounts (1-2% maximum) AND equally importantly of having a positive mathematical expectation.

People make predictions about markets because it's fun and ego boosting when it turns out true or even somewhat true. I have beliefs about where various markets are headed and thoughts about economics and financial reasons where x, y and z markets might be headed. I trade exactly ZERO of...

When I first started trading years ago I would have said it wasn't gambling and that trading was just equivalent to repetitive short term "investing" because you have an edge and a positive mathematical expectation over the long run. Now though I do think it's gambling because no matter how...