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Hi all I was not sure where to post this so if needing to be moved please feel free to do so I have just finished a chat session with FXCM where I raised an issue with two trades, one today, and one yesterday. What is happening is that I enter an order, with a specified stop and limit. If I...

I can personally vouch for Informed Trades as well. Their educational videos are amongst the very best as far as I am concerned and have been in the main responsible for getting me back on track after a disasterous start to trading. They also are developing a really good blog section (mine is...

Hi all Sorry I am a bit late on this thread as I have not long been posting on T2W. Just really wanted to say that so much of this thread rang true for me. I am someone who, like masses before me learnt the hard way by nearly blowing up my first attempt at trading, that trading is something...

I think there is still a lot worse to come. I went to a pensions seminar for work the other day and there was comment from a major investment house that the only green shoots being seen in the economy are simply a slowing down of the rate that the cr*p is hitting the fan and that they expect a...

There is of course the real possibility that any financial shake up that arises out of the fall out of the current crisis could change the face of trading as well, and who is to say the government of the day might not pilfer that as well!!!

This is probably true simply because of the lack of any meaningful strategy and lack of discipline. But certainly restricting risk to 2%, or even 1% (of current balance is best in my view) loads the dice in your favour, if 1% restricts your trading in some markets, maybe Forex can help, or if...

Please post some details - no formulaeic approach will work in all markets all of the time, it is important to understand what you are being offered, if you dont undertsand it, and the effect of market conditions then you might be better taking time to do your own research in here or many other...

Hi Jake My suggestions. Make sure you understand support and resistance, trends and breakouts. Above all learn from your sibbling's mistake and learn about money management. If you can master these as a cornerstone of your plan, then I personally belive you will go far. Best of luck. Graeme

OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite This is a free multi platform multi application office suite, so excel style spreadsheets, word style applications - really useful if you just bought a new laptop with basic operating system and no office software. So you can set up trading...

Not glib at all - good money management is they cornerstone for any successful trader. That coupled with time in front of the screesnas one other poster put it builds the confidence which in turn builds self belief, and PMA. Graeme

Totally with you on that Tony. I look forward to the day were I am so consistently profitable that trading itself gets "boring" and then I can truely devote the time spending the earned profits in other areas of my life. My only problem right now is that trading is my life outside of my day...

Interesting thread. For me PMA does have a place, but so does a grounded and disciplined approach to your plan and trading almost to the point of detachment and automation. I have heard it said that the best traders act almost in a robotic way only taking trades that precisely fit their...

Sawasdee Khrap Lo I am from the UK my wife is Thai and misses it terribly. How are things over there? Graeme

Hi Disi Perhaps I should clarify - I was not suggesting for one moment that there is no benefit in demo trading, I myself have demo traded for nigh on 6 months before going live again just recently so I am totally with you that demo trading is essential. I was only making the psychological...

Hi all I wonder if someone can help please? I have been a lurker on and off for ages on here and just introduced myself intending to become a more active participant, but now I am looking at this more closely it is evident that I will not be able to keep up with all the threads as there are...