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    L2 and Total View direct dealing

    Hello I recently went on an online training course (+ sales pitch) for a way of trading which involved me having access to L2 Data and also something called Total View, .. aswell as 'Time & Sales'. apparently without this infomation i am trading blind, and yes it does sometimes feel that way...
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    software advise please

    iv heard that Tradestation is the BK's too. I trade the DAX, FTSE and S&P indices mostly and some comodities like gold, although this is quite open i dont have a preference, just that the instrument should have fairly high volume and be quite active. which is one of the criteria i aim to use a...
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    software advise please

    my last thread has gone off the tracks a little bit, ... but there was another question which i hope some sucessful traders can direct me on. probably warrents it own thread anyway. regards id like to get some software as iv only been using the charts on IG, id like to start using some...
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    when do i say 'i was wrong'

    Re: Never, Im sorry Black Swan, but i didnt understand this, doesnt this mean that your succeptable to big drawdowns ? just to give u an example, if your buying at support levels when the market was going up, ... then on the way down whenever it hits a support level you buy (hoping for a...
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    when do i say 'i was wrong'

    hello newbie here again, .... as a background id like to point out that i tried trading a while back , at the time i used to work stuff out and then ring my order in to my broker in the US,, so it was a while ago, and lost my trading account and gave up. iv only just got back involved and...
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    when do i say 'i was wrong'

    i had some fantastic success in the last few months, using the method of selling at resistance and buying at support levels just before Dubai and the better than expected results from the US, this completely caught me offguard, .... and i realised it was even quicker to loose it, looking back at...
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    when do i say 'i was wrong'

    thanks both for your advise/comments, .. i have tried placing stop losses a while back and it was uncanny as how often i was taken out of the market before it continued to head in the previously desired direction. As im here all the time and can monitor the trades iv found it useful to not...
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    when do i say 'i was wrong'

    hello all i have noticed a big flaw in my trading plan, and wanted to get some ideas, .. i trade often intraday and once i get into a trade i tend to hold onto it too long. This can work in my favour sometimes as if im short the market will eventually drift south after scaring me for a good...
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