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If you can actually do a research of the above on a significant number of successful and unsuccessful TRADERS in a particular market, your research will not only make a lot of sense but will also make you a lot of money if complied into a book. I am ready to buy such a book from you. Sorry, I...

Everbody thanks for your input. Almost everyone says the same but with different words. It is the context which is important to include in the research. This is of course very true, but also very difficult. By putting the candlesticks to test you must make the context objective and when you see...

Question Has anyone a clue why untill now, almost no serious academic research about the profitability of Japanese candlesticks has been done? The reason why I ask this, is because I use this paper from Marshall for my master thesis. And, although it is about 16 years ago Nison has published...

Hello IB, 1) Initial deposit is $5,000 or equivalent. How should I see this? Equivalent = €5,000 or equivalent = $5,000 * spotrate (for instance 0.75) = €3,750? 2) If I will trade in DOW futures only, should I open an Euro or Dollar account. I will withdrawal money once a month. What's better...

Hi IB, I am from the Netherlands and I have a few answers before I will open an account. 1) What is the amount that I need to deposit to open the account. When opened I will first use the papertrade function to get used to it. And I will open an EURO account. 2) I am going to trade the YM...