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    EUR/USD News Trading Confusion

    KrispyKreme50, Thanks for the link. Not exactly what I am looking for. Sorry for misusing the word "correlation". Essentially, I am seeking for a website or a book that will list currency macroeconomic relationships that traders should keep in mind. For example, I heard that if the price...
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    EUR/USD News Trading Confusion

    RiceRocket, Thanks for the insight you have provided via your post. I think I seriously need to consider going back to college and pickup some courses on international macroeconomics if my goal is to be successful at the currency trading game. Do you know of any website or book out there...
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    EUR/USD News Trading Confusion

    Thanks to all for their post. Is anyone out there making any money trading the news. If yes, can you share what your thought process is on how forex factory news negatively or positively impacts the base currency in relation to the quote currency? The EUR/USD took off like a rocket today...
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    EUR/USD News Trading Confusion

    Fellow Forum Members, Why did the EUR/USD (in the H4 trading timeframe) shoot up like a rocket this morning upon release of the Pending Home Sales m/m news? I'm confused about this because the news was in favor of the USD (the forecast was for 0.1% and the Actual turned out to be 3.2%, good...
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    EUR/USD: Down Leg (May 3, 2009) 9:13PM

    Riskfreetrading, What trading time frame are you trading the Euro in? I went short on the Eur/USD in the H4 time frame and the it's been shooting up in the opposite direction like a rocket. Currently at 1.3356. Big loser on this one. I think it's because of the Pending Home Sales m/m news...
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    $25k Standard Account good or bad idea?

    Fellow Forum Members, Every Forex book I have read insists that a Standard trading account should not be setup with nothing less than $100,000. However, on the other side of the spectrum, I have also heard that some traders have been successful at making a $25,000 initial investment grow to...
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    Metatrader 4 Hot Key Question

    Fellow Forum Members, I'm using Metatrader 4 and my objective is to figure out a way to change the chart I'm viewing by using hot keys and not the Tabs located at the bottom. For example, if I want to view the GBP/USD all I want to do is press Shift+Alt+1. Is there any Metatrader script out...
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    Resize Child Window Automatically?

    Zgtrader, My computer has two HIS HD 4650 iSilence 4 512MB (128bit) DDR2 PCIe video cards. These crossfire cards have the 4650 ATI Radeon graphics processor. My motherboard is an Intel DX48BT2. The graphics driver is made by ATI (not Nvidia), and I was looking through all of the settings in th...
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    Resize Child Window Automatically?

    Fellow Forum Members, Attached is a JPEG showing my Metatrader Layout of 24 currency pairs across three 1920 x 1200 LCD monitors. Currently, anytime I select the "Maximize Button" (button located right next the red "X" close window button) for any one child window its size expands across all...
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    Metatrader Alert Problem

    total_keops, One more question. Do you know what is the best online resource to learn some MetaQuote code programming?
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    Metatrader Alert Problem

    total_keops, Thanks for the tip. I am not a Metaquote Language Editor expert, but I'm sure I can find some one that will do it for money. I have attached a JPG that shows more clearly what I'm trying to make Metatrader 4 perform. I hope you can take a look at it and let me know if this kind of...
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    Metatrader Alert Problem

    Fellow Forum Members, I'm using Metatrader 4 and it offers the ability to setup sound alarms if a candle stick hits a price you are interested in. However, there is no way to setup sound alarms for the stochastic indicator which does not use candle sticks or price. Is there anyway to enable...
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    How do I rotate my desktop 90 Degrees?

    I'm using Windows XP Pro with the following Nvidia driver: 178.26_quadro_winxp2k_english_whql.exe I think this is possible in XP, the problem is how?
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    How do I rotate my desktop 90 Degrees?

    thanks, I tried both options and no luck. I have looked all over the Nvidia control panel and I can't find any command the will let me rotate the display. If anyone out there knows where Nvidia is hiding this command please let me know. Thanks
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    How do I rotate my desktop 90 Degrees?

    Fellow Forum Members, I own a Quadro NVS 440 which is supporting four 28" LCD monitors standing up in a portrait orientation as opposed to a landscape orientation. I accomplished this by removing the LCD monitor stand and mounting each one to the wall. I'm doing it this way because one could...
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    Free Risk Reward Calculator?

    Fellow Forum Members, Can anyone out there recommend the best software app I can install on my laptop that will function as a Risk / Reward Calculator also known as a FOREX Position Size Calculator. It will be cool if it was free. I found something called FXRiskMaster, but it is not free...
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    MetaTrader Plugin for Trading in the Past?

    Fellow Forum Members, I am demo trading using Metatrader. I want to know if there is a plugin for this software application that will enable me to execute trades using historical data. Compared to using a live data feed, using historical data enables one to make a lot more trades since it...
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    Best Website for Currency Personalities?

    Fellow Forum Members, I'm new to Forex and I would appreciate it if anyone could point me to a site that would provide a plain and simple overview of the personalities traits and / or trading cycles for each currency that make up the major currency pairs. I'm not seeking for a site that gets...
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    Clock Software For Forex Traders

    Fellow Forum Members, What is the best multiple clock software application available for free and that is designed for forex traders? I'm seeking a software app that will let me setup clocks for all the currency markets I participate in. If none is available for free, I will also be interested...
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    Home Based Forex Business Plan Example

    Wallace, Thanks a lot for the link. It is exactly what I had in mind. I highly recommend this link to anyone out there seeking to write up a business plan. The link Wallace has provided is full of a lot of valuable information and it should made into a sticky.
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