ya I thought about just trading the EUR instead of going the whole forex route; thing is I am more of a swing trader. And I like to have more...
I dont like trading equities; not enough risk :) I do like trading options thou and I use equity charts to pick em'
oh well I think they require you to trade 25k usd quote from their website "Forex Trading (25,000 or USD equivalent minimum)" honestly I...
Hi, I've thought about trading forex but wanted to ask a few questions first. I have an account with IB but from my understanding they...
well JM it all depends on how much money you are investing. Probably shouldnt compare yourself to people with millions that can invest....
JM I think setting a goal is great; also it might not be a bad idea to set a stop loss goal ie if you lose 20 points then you call it quits for...
I'm not trading the YM today; actually bought some options and SSF. Wanted to take a break. ahh nice run up there on the YM. I'm not...
I can understand not using a mechanical stop ripley. Thats what I do; but I need to have some way to use a mental stop and one that works...
anyone having a hard time in this market? That early sudden drop looked not so nice. was that caused by some news? I thought for sure we...
wrangled, I'm a fan of options for high levage trading with less risk. I mean you can use one trade a day for the YM but gaps will get you...
actually its the futures ... I actually dont know how to trade forex through IB. I call them the little euro and the big euro for futures....
Actually JM I did ok today (which to be honest I've had a hard time staying out of the red most of the time). I held onto something when I...
I'm not sure what your broker is like JM; but some brokers require you to have a certain amount in your account to trade futures ie like 2k and if...
joeyata1 I was going to say; here I thought you had your finger constantly on the buy/sell button :) I was doing pretty good till I held too...
ya ask away wrangled sure some folks be glad to answer some of your questions ...
JM is that 40 points for both contracts? or is that 20 points movement with 2 contracts? just curious when you get a chance lets see the chart :)
ok so you dont bother looking at the 2 min chart unless its going to confirm the 5 min? that makes sense; so instead of looking for 2 min...
nothingyet, I havnt figured out which time period I like looking at better the 10 or the 15 min chart. In reguards to what you said; do you...
I was going to say I could post my days trading if that would help. I made 2 good choices so it helped things out today; usually I dont do as...
Here's my issue (I think) maybe you guys can help me figure out how to solve it. My problem is I always try to guess ahead of time what the...
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