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    Forex Stop Loss Size Pips Calculation ?

    Thanks for the hint John
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    Forex Stop Loss Size Pips Calculation ?

    I was just working to try to figure out the answer to my questions and this time i calculated using AUD-JPY: As follows: Entry Price 77.175103 Stop Price 76.923517 Stop Size -- Pip 0.251586 I think the # of pips in this case is 25. So between my above example using EUR-USD and now the AUD-JPY...
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    Forex Stop Loss Size Pips Calculation ?

    Forex Stop Loss Pips Calculation ? Hi, I am finding myself stuck at a very basic question with regarding total number of pips between my Entry Price and Stop Loss. I was thinking that i would be simply Entry-Stop = Pips but it dosent appear to be the case and i am missing a piece of the...
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    Forex Position Sizing Calculation & Leverage?

    Hi, Regarding your comment on Stop Loss...I need to calrify something with respect to stop placement on a Forex chart ....say I enter into a trade at a major support level where there are other confluencing factors as well now ...my strategy being a conservative trader would be to wait for a...
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    Forex Position Sizing Calculation & Leverage?

    A newbie should start with a Micro Account and come up with some small initial deposit say $1000 and work their way up the learning ladder. But before you open any live account make sure to practice you trade strategies(this includes chart monitoring, trade identification, Applying Money Mgt...
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    Forex Position Sizing Calculation & Leverage?

    Thanks for your help guys .... I also found the attached MM Spreadsheet on T2W forum i did some research to verify the calculations and they are ok. On the same spreadsheet , in the last line, why the Pip value is being calcualted again? Also, I am trying to understand that once we have...
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    Forex Position Sizing Calculation & Leverage?

    Hello Everyone, I was working toward making a spread sheet for position sizing in Forex trades. I have been able to put together the following calcualtions by listing to and going through some reliable resources: Equity 5000 % Risk 1% Risk $ 50 Stop Loss Pips (Entry-Stop Loss) 20...
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    Forex Newbie Need Some Input Experienced Members

    Hi Guys, I am new to the trading world ...have a full time job...have worked hard to learn technical analysis in-depth for the last 11/2 years. Recently I have setup a learning account with a small token amount to learn place order types ..managing trades ..money management etc.. Since i intend...
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    How to find market makers in a stock (for non day trader)

    Hi Guys, As the title says I am wondering as to how can I find out that how many market makers are operating in a particular stock and does this info is helpful for a swing trader whose time frame would ve from a couple of days to a few weeks? I'll apprecaiite your input. Thanks
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    Using Dynamic Trader software for Trend Trading

    Hi Guys, I am trying to learn Mr Miner's methodology using DT5. Just so you know that I am still in the educational phase of learning to trade...and have gone through quite a lot of books and materials on trading...this is should be my last leg before i start trading ....I was wondering if...
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    How/Where to Find Stock Float Info?

    I've been able to locate float info on Yahoo! Finance (under Key Statistics on the left panel). Earlier i was looking at Yahoo! Canada Finance which dosent seem to have this info.
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    How/Where to Find Stock Float Info?

    Hi Guys, I was searching to find the float of a few stocks listed on TSX. However couldn't locate it. I tried TSX.com, Yahoo finance, MS Money, StockCharts.com(using my membership account) however no where it list the float info. I'll apprecite if someone can tell about a service where i can...
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    Risk/Reward Calculation For a Trade

    Risk/Reward Calculation For a Trade? Hi Guys, I was working on to understand the mechanics of calculating the R/R ratio for a particular trade. I came across the following article: Analysing risk to reward ratios in your trading Though the writer has given a good example however I am unable to...
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    Measuring a channel width?

    Hi Guys, Just wondering how to go about measuring the price channel width of a potential trade? Is it possible for any one to show it on a chart?
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