Search results

  1. C

    2014: The Battle for Survival

    Holy crap you have balls of steel. Well done neke. I for one am rooting for you man. Keep it going. I know you are going to have up and down months ( and so do you I'm sure), but your ability to keep rising from the canvas is admirable.
  2. C

    Extreme FX loss

    Wait what? you have to pay taxes on money you lose? Holeee Sheeeet Batman
  3. C

    Is This a Good Way to Charge Family and Friends for Mentoring?

    In my experience - don't bother with the mentoring. If they are asking you for the "shortcuts" already most likely they are not prepared to put in the hard yards. I speak from experience. 2 examples. 1) My brother - has seen me trade successfully over the years and started dabbling in forex...
  4. C

    How did you do for 2011?

    About a 55% return for the year. A really wild ride though. Hit my low in June when I had a total drawdown of about 50% after some very bad/revenge trading in Copper futures. I was adamant that copper was going down hard and started shorting in May. Initial success got me more confident and I...
  5. C

    what time frame to enforce the "never let a winner turn into a loser" rule?

    I guess the short answer is that it depends on your trading plan. For me my reasoning for placement of trailing stops and initial stops are the same. I believe that if a trade is going to move, then it should move quite quickly. So I use the 60 minute charts to place my stops under the most...
  6. C

    Question for Traders Who's Main Income Comes From Trading

    My thoughts would be that 10 days is a very short time to have experienced the full roller coaster ride that is the markets. However if you have a system that is profitable and you are keen to take up trading as a full time pursuit then I would say go for it. Open up a small account that you...
  7. C

    This is it gentlemen! Batten down the hatches!! Big moves ahead

    To me instability would mean a flight to the Japanese Yen. I still don't fully understand why this is so but the yen seems to be a refuge in times of uncertainty. Disclosure : long the yen March contract
  8. C

    2011: Rebuilding My Battered Account

    Good luck neke. I always log in to read your results at the end of the week and I find myself always comparing your results with mine. I hope that you will achieve all your goals for 2011 and more.
  9. C

    what was your Profit/Loss this year?

    Twelve month return of 83.38%. Best month was May 38.47%. Worst month was October -17.11%. Good year but more to work on this year especially in reducing the drawdowns and not trying to hit a home run with every trade.
Back
Top