Recent content by graemenash

I'm yet to see substantive proof that the bible is the word of "God".

Set up my account on Monday and have the silly aim of turning it into £100k! Blogging my progress at One hundred to one hundred grand!! (Apologies to T2W if the link's not allowed... it's not a commercial site though). Small word of warning, my brother also has an account and on two occasions...

Bund trading in an interesting area (with bearish divergence setups on 1h/4h...)

"I trade crude oil futures on the stockmarket" :lol:

Agreed, I've lost count of the amount of "holy grails" I've discovered while back-testing :) It's purely a forward test that I'm focusing on.

Last time I checked, this is a discussion forum where traders seek the opinions of other traders... Mate, I've been trading for a living for years; but if it helps you sleep at night to think you're somehow better than me then go ahead. I'm not going to bother replying to any more of your...

I don't "get" most of your posts to be honest, but still get along fine :lol:

This is a mechanical edge I'm testing, traded automatically - the trader has nothing to do with it in this case lol :)

Thanks for the input everyone!

When testing a system, what kind of sample size would you look for it to be profitable over before you had confidence in it as an "edge"?

I was slipped 16 points by IG Index, but it was a risk I was prepared to take given the potential gain had the FOMC outcome been different. Whoever your broker is I'd give them a call because that seems a bit excessive, although by not guaranteeing stops, brokers can sort of do what they want up...

I too was short GBPUSD, not on TD's recommendation but on my own system, from about 4 hours before the FOMC business... I had my stop at b/e but took a small loss (<0.5% of account) courtesy of slippage. If nothing else the subsequent USD collapse is a lesson in risk management. Trade the...

Not quite :) I look at a 3min chart for my setups, but I use 15m up to daily charts to judge which setups I should be looking for. Financial markets are wheels within wheels regardless of which timeframe you use as a trigger.

Trading short-term charts doesn't necessarily mean scalping; I use a 3min chart as a trigger and often hold trades for hours.... If you know what you're doing the shorter-term charts are no more of a "gamble" than the longer-term ones.

Hang on a minute, I just saw an advert which said "The Euro is EASY to trade"... am I wrong? :lol: No arguments there. I may have misunderstood, but that's a subject up for major debate... best if no-one replies lol) Couldn't disagree more; but again it's a debate for another forum. :rolleyes: