Nobody can disagree with this, as nobody knows what you're talking about. What will be the successful conclusion of this thread?
This is all rather painful isn't it? Like when children say, "I know something you don't know. And I'm not going to tell you what it is, you'll...
Absolutely, I want to demonstrate a point about Black Swans, not about data-mining. Look at the top 20 daily falls recorded on the Dow. The...
You forgot Auric Goldfinger and Ernst Blofeld.
This is certainly not a strategy. But its a tactic, call it a safety valve if you like. The point is that the majority of what we might call Black...
I like this viewpoint. For me, every trade I take is high probability, so I set entry orders to the fullest extent my risk management will allow,...
Most of us will be aware of the danger of Black Swans - in trading, an unexpected, sudden and extraordinary price move. But if they can't stopped...
Absolutely - mortgage the house and sell the car, Christmas is coming early!
You will have better results with high probability, low subjectivity trade set-ups. Stop trying so hard. I obviously mean trend-following. For a...
Hi bigmac - its coming to 1 year since your first trade. How's it gone? Are you going to be in the money?
Cheers tom. Tom
Thanks expiated, I see your plan now, it was just me not seeing the short-term opportunity. Mind you, I still think its high risk (for me). I'd...
Don't be shy. I am after all breaking quite a few rules here.......
Xela has kindly trailed my name in her post above and I think this is such an interesting subject - it focuses on exits and maximising profits,...
I'm not interested in EUR/USD right now, its showing no convincing trending action one way or t'other, and hasn't for a while. But what were your...
Treated myself to a 2013 Gigondas out for lunch last week (small glass only - its over £50/bottle). It was superb with boeuf bourgignon.
I feel your pain Cswim63, I have no friends either.
I've always been a trend follower and have had to accept that this reduces workload and lowers risk but also cuts opportunity and makes revenue...
You're right, naming a trend is easy, but you stop short of what's really useful for traders - evaluating which trend to go with first out of 38...
Thanks, I'll go to CME and see what I can see.
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