Recent content by robocod

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    Happy Trading EUR VS USD

    What time-frames do you guys trade EUR/USD on? I'm only paper trading currently, but use EUR/USD as my test bed for trying out all kinds of things. I've been using 5min and 15min time-frames for this.
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    Trading Platforms

    Hi folks, I'm quite new to trading. I currently have an account with IG Markets which I am demoing/paper trading at the moment, using their PureDeal (web-based platform). I want to start trading for real sometime. What platform should I use? Here are my criteria... Free (i.e. no monthly...
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    Buy high / Sell higher

    I'm not talking about getting in on a yearly-low or something, I didn't mean that. Take your example of a breakout (or a reversal). If I see this trade developing, I can get a feel for it, where it is going, where to place my stop, what a reasonable target price would be. I feel comfortable...
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    Buy high / Sell higher

    Hi folks, (I'm a new trader, just trying to learn the ropes. Still paper trading at the moment.) So, I understand the maxim "Buy low / sell high": make an entry on a reversal or trough and sell on a peak or as the momentum starts to dwindle. But often times, I might not be able to enter the...
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    News announcements

    http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/economic-calendar/
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    Support and Resistance Levels

    Hi, This is my first real post. I'm a new trader so forgive me. I am learning to spot support / resistance levels from charts (FTSE 100 mainly). Are there any formal methodologies for this type of thing? Any websites post this type of thing? (Is anything posted on this website?) Or is this...
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    How do I put a flag up near my User name?

    Hi, I was looking at this also. I noticed that those folk that have the flag have a field called countryCode in their profiles, which is additional to their Country. For example "countryCode = GB", "Country = United kingdom". I also noticed that those that have flags tend to have been around...
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    Sticky Introduce Yourself

    Hi, I'm totally new to trading. Whilst googling various random research questions about trading, I kept getting hits on the"trade2win" forum... I guessed there must be a good reason for that, so I registered today. I only started recently looking into the stock markets because of my ISA...
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