Recent content by options-george

Good morning. Sorry about that. I got there at 6.30 when there were only 3 people (Paul and two other chaps) and then drifted into conversations and ended up staying in the same spot, as a few different people came by and said hello. I will be sure to hunt you down next time! :)

Hmm didn't meet with Lee or Sharky - maybe next time? It was a good evening out. Had some good conversations!

Hi Lee, I plan on coming along to the meetup (have been coming along to that one for many years now). I'll keep an eye out for you! :thumbsup:

Rather than taking a lot of calendar time to amass a large number of trades with your forward testing, would it work for you to 'forward-test' using a simulator such as ForexTester3? If so, you could complete your desired sample size in a matter of hours/days. I appreciate that your strategy...

Well that makes me feel pretty good :cheesy: Merry xmas to you!

Tesla.Lee, I would really recommend to listen to Timsk's words of advice. Do your study/homework/preparation before you start trading. You wouldn't start in driving a car without lessons and an instructor, right? :)

Forex Factory is good and free.

IMHO, this is actually incorrect. It would be extremely difficult for you to make money betting against the bookmakers. The margin in the bookmakers' offering of odds would be very difficult to overcome. You can see this very easily by checking odds offered by bookmakers and compare to the...

On the whole, the sportsbetting market is less sophisticated then the financial markets - i.e. the average competence/skill level is lower in the sports market. However it is still highly competitive and liquidity is often low except for the major sports such as football(meaning soccer)...

Oanda seems to be more aggressive than other brokers in preparing for the incoming regulations. Oanda has advised a friend of mine that they will no longer accept his automated orders coming via API from MultiCharts (a 3rd party platform). This will take effect in the next couple of days.

You are very welcome. Hope it's helpful. Yes, heading into xmas tends to, on average, be tighter and choppy markets so good to stay away from them. So, yes, a break would be a really good idea :) I can't point you in the direction of reading re crude markets - however, rather than seek to...

Great detailed reply. You shared a lot of insights there. Based on this info, I'd suggest to stop trading as of today - the markets have already decreased in volatility and volume and will only do more so as they head into xmas. The central bank decisions today and tomorrow are the last...

Try Chasing Returns or Edgewonk. Both of these cost money but they are well worth it. Until you find something, you should be able to do a lot in Excel as well.

This depends on the type of style/strategy that you are looking to use. Likely more important is that you should focus on higher timeframes, as opposed to lower timeframes, when you are starting to trade. It will then feel as if the market is moving more slowly and this is how you want to...

Hi Love Bug, this is a good question. IMHO, I found that the more discretionary one is in his/her trading style, the more impact being tired/worn out/negative has. These things have less impact if your trading is more automated (i.e. where setups are taken, managed and exited by a bit of code...