My reply that you refer to was to DaveV's suggestion that a successful strategy used by a private retails trader would become the prevalent model...
Do you have a source for this please?
Yes, this tactic is a trade-off. But investing £10k at the very outset, assuming the same set-up and the 100pt SL, incurs a much higher risk to...
I can put some round sample figures in this to make it more plain. Suppose you buy into an uptrend with £1 per point at 10,000 and put in a 100pt...
Free margin increases as unrealised gain increases. In theory this is endless but in reality all trends stall and weaken, that's when the profit...
Only true in theory. As private retail traders collectively deploy such limited funds, this is a ludicrous conclusion.
Nevertheless, these are mistakes they seem to have made. These are mistakes we all know/ should know not to make. No doubt they made others too.
I have been watching Christopher Lewis's weekly TA summaries on forex and indices etc. on FXEmpire.com for a couple of years. They're very quick...
Nice thread. I'd never heard of Amaranth before though LCTM is always the text-book case. Sounds like they made every critical mistake they...
All my trades are with-trend but I accept I have no way of knowing which will turn out to be extended with high % price change. So when entering...
Like I suggested, I'm in no position to prove this one way or the other. But the overwhelming majority of the world's scientists think one thing,...
I have no beliefs as such, in that I cannot weight the evidence, nor can I do my own research into climate change and its causes, nor can I...
Despite the well worded critique from misterkel, the scientific community is virtually unanimous that human activity is causing global warming. My...
The world is full of honest people. And lawyers.
And that's exactly my point - no trader knows it all. I've been doing some successful trading but can say I have definitely learned to trade...
If you're in a low liquidity environment, that's a really good reason to keep your cards close to your chest. I would only do the same.
Well that's just ignorant isnit?
If the successful trader wishes to keep his strategy secret, then he obviously won't be teaching it to anyone else. And if he doesn't disclose at...
How would a trader revealing their strategy damage their personal returns? I've never understood this argument.
Thank you Matt, I'm sure this is the voice of reason. There is a belief amongst a vocal group of traders that the world's exchanges, indices and...
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