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Disbelief - It's luck not skill

I've been trying for years to pursue this dream of forex profits. I am now convinced it is nothing more than a mirage in the desert. I've tried, and tried, and tried, and tried, and..... statistically, it is just inconceivable that someone could lose so consistently, so often, so much, so badly. If

Back-testing & Trading on multiple symbols simultaneously?

Hi, I want to similate a "portfolio" trading method, where instead of back-testing and trading only one currency pair at a time, I want to process and act on signals from all currency pairs in my "portfolio". For example, if my "portfolio" were GBP/USD, EUR/USD and EUR/GBP, I would want my expert

What's going on at IBFX?

I noticed that starting the week of September 7, 2009, there has been a noticeable drop-off in the tick volume at IBFX. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? Are they getting ready to shut down? Did the changes they make to comply with NFA regulations negatively affect their business

Statistical/Probability Analysis How-To

Hello, I was wondering if anyone was willing to share their statistical/probability analysis methodologies with us? What data do you collect, how do you analyze it, how do you go about filtering out the garbage trades, etc to finally arrive at a tradeable system. And do you look for a natural bias

Shorter timeframe = lesser profits

Hi, I've been playing around with various timeframe-related strategies, and so far it appears to be that signals based on the longer timeframes generate more profits in the long run. For example, if I program a strategy firing off positions based on the M15 chart aligning with the long-term trend

Fact-Based Trading

Hello, I have been wracking my brains trying to come up with fact-based strategies for trading. By "fact-based" I mean "mathematical probabilities" as opposed to relying on one or more signals that have in the past produced good results (historical-based trading). As well all know, just because it