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    2 years in the game... is it time to hang up my boots?

    Hi all, I really appreciate all the points of view, here is a bit more insight . A chart from Jan 2009 - July 2010 Daily balance as a % of initial deposit. Until October 2009, I really felt like I was 'slowly but surely' gaining. I plotted a moving average so that you can see it more...
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    2 years in the game... is it time to hang up my boots?

    Hi, the reason for this is because I would raise my stop loss during the trades to 'swing lows' (and other relevant areas of support), so I would rarely walk away with a full 3:1 payout.
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    2 years in the game... is it time to hang up my boots?

    I got the basic system from a guy who does youtube videos, has a website, sells his course online, etc , his thing is to 'trade price action.' Focusing on inside bar breakouts, false breakouts, and pinbars. As a beginner in forex, it just seemed to make a lot of sense at the time, so I went...
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    2 years in the game... is it time to hang up my boots?

    Thanks for all the replies guys... I will go through all the comments and figure out my path forward. I went for a job interview on Friday and got offered the job today, (IT infrastructure job) which is a 6-8 month contract. So I think i will take this up and put a bit less time into the...
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    2 years in the game... is it time to hang up my boots?

    I don't get it... is he selling forex training courses or something??
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    2 years in the game... is it time to hang up my boots?

    2 years in the game... is it time to hang up my boots? - Hey guys.. this is kind of a long story but I will try to make it as short as possible :) 2 and a half years ago, in June 2008 , I started day-trading full-time. My previous experience with the markets had been as a long term investor in...
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    Risk Reward Myth

    really helpful post, I wish I had read this a few years ago! :)
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    BetonMarkets (BoM) Now Blocking Execution at Opportune Times

    yeah I noticed that "market is too close to a daily high" also during xmas/ny period they restricted took some of the 30sec-5min bets away and only offered 30min+ have you noticed it particularly with Stocks or Forex?
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