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The smartest thoughts about trading

The idea for this thread came from Alexei's thread " Annals of the Forum: Quotes of the Day ". Let this branch become the opposite of the Annals. Not everyone is a "fan of annals", some people come here hoping to learn something new ...... . So, if you have any clever thoughts , somehow related to

WHAT IF IT DOES EXIST?

In many sciences (philosophy, physics, chemistry, etc.) scientists successfully apply this approach "What if this is already ......, then what ...... " . I suggest that forum members think together about such a question. Imagine that some talented person invented the Grail, created an advisor on

Technical analysis - A scam for beginners?

This is the conclusion I came to after spending 4 years studying TA and developing my own systems. Besides, I am well acquainted with several traders who have been trading for 7-10 years. Their conclusions about TA are the same as mine: you won't make money on Forex market with technical analysis. I

HOW TO TRADE FOR NOTHING ?

Today, I saw a picture on the beach: two girls of 5-6 years old playing in the sand. One sells crayons to the other for coins. Then they swap places. After half an hour of trading, one girl has no money left. That's what prompted the topic "How to trade for nothing?". To learn how to trade something

Conversation with a trader

Question: Tell me, how long have you been trading? Answer: Eight years. Question: Many traders start with losing deposits. Have you had any failures? A: I would say everybody starts like that. I lost my first two deposits for a total of $1,800. Question: How much you have earned on Forex market in 7

A balance between QUALITY and QUANTITY

I am interested in the following question: how to choose the best balance between quality and quantity when optimising an EA . Here are some examples to make it clear what we are talking about: 1. The highest profit. However, the number of trades is not very high. It has a very large drawdown %: 2

Can it be?

Wandering around the Internet, you often come across traders of "articles". Yesterday I came across one of these sites, with the following content (highlighted in blue): - 1. these systems are win-win (of course, this statement has its own explanation). 2. Knowledge of Fundamental and Technical

LET'S SAY THAT ...

Going to allow the unacceptable in this thread. Not in the sense of breaking the forum rules, of course, but in the sense of understanding the price. :))) - To begin with, I want to continue the previously conceived topic of price randomness... Let there be XXXth element of the table of Mendeleev

WHY ARE TRADERS LOSING MONEY?

Why do most traders lose deposits? - Simple question. I ask any trader. The answers are the same: money management, psychology, discipline, fraud of DCs, etc . etc. - And let's remove from the pile of reasons: money management, psychology, discipline, brokerage fraud, programming errors, poor

Finding local highs and lows in price

The next topic I would like to discuss is finding the local maximums and minimums of price . Of course, we are not talking about finding them in the "history" of quotes, but in real life. I have long noticed that determination of For a long time, I noticed that every professional trader has his or