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The right mindset is imperative to successful trading. Practicing with a demo account to test your trading process is exceedingly ...
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I think one of the hardest parts of trading psychology is accepting that a good setup can still lose. For a long time, I felt that adding ...
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Yes, I use stop-loss orders, especially in volatile markets. They help limit potential losses and keep emotions out of my trades. I usually ...
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One of the biggest improvements in my trading came from focusing more on risk than on finding the perfect entry. Even a good setup can ...
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Welcome to Forex Factory, Norman! Good to have you here. What markets do you usually trade?
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spot FX is quite different from equities because there isn’t one centralized order book where everyone meets. Depending on the broker/venue ...
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Hi everyone, Glad to finally be a part of Forex Factory! After lurking for a while, I’m excited to step in, connect with fellow traders, ...
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Hi everyone, I'm happy to finally join Forex Factory! I’ve been reading the forums for a while and am excited to now connect, learn, and ...
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I also seem to struggle with greed That's why i prefer Algo trading
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I have heard this from a friend of mine too who used to trade and now for what ever reason he does it on & off. He strongly urges me not to ...
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thanks
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That’s some solid progress for a beginner. The journaling and discipline definitely seem to be paying off. Just keep the risk under control. ...
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There’s no one “best” strategy imo. Find a setup that makes sense to you, backtest it, manage your risk and stick with it. Don’t keep ...
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Hi, im forex scalper too. Do you still trade?
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Blowing an account usually says more about sizing and leverage than about one bad setup. A strategy can be wrong several times and you ...
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The others have done a fine job with the details of your question but really, and especially since this is the rookie thread, I truly ...
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Still today, I love grid, martingale, and hedge trading because I hate manual trading. Please check my NEW martingale grid idea here
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For broker and platform MT5 is worth learning over MT4 from the start. For small capital MDM has cent accounts which stretch your 1000 Euro ...
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What are your best indicator used so far?
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And the refining process is the actual work, most people quit right when it's about to click cause they expect polish out the gate.
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It’s not you, everybody has the same problem. You just don’t have any pressure on the demo, that’s why you apply your system the best. I ...
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And liquidity and dealer flow driving short term moves more than pure trade fundamentals makes way more sense than the textbook version.
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That’s actually a great thing that you give your EA for free to your friend - that’s the real brotherhood But hey, if ...
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Haven't heard about a true one, it's a new thing for me. But I can tell you one thing, I used to think of support and resistance as it's a ...
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Big news. I hate those! Especially some random tweets that pop out of nowhere. I’m OK with red folder news, easy to dodge, but tweets are ...
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you are right
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What I do is I force myself to write down my reasoning before clicking anything. If I can't explain it in one blunt sentence, it's most ...
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Looks like martingale or grid to me. The relative drawdown of 89.53% means your account was down nearly 90% at some point, which is a ...
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Hi Beerbelly's Hope you doing well. I'm interesting your technique of SELL/BUY zone very much - one thing need your advice. Could you ...
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Benign security research test post. Discipline and risk management are indeed the core of any durable trading process.
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spot on what the other bloke said, all those legends who used to flex their martingale statements on here have pretty much vanished along ...
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treating trading like a proper business with a defined plan is basically the bare minimum if u wanna avoid joining that 99% loser stat. but ...
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Respect the grind mentality here. Reading raw price action and building your own narrative for why it moved is a real skill, no argument ...
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Great tips, if you change your perception towards the craft, that would shift things in your mind. Think of it as a business.
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I wouldn’t define scalping by the number of trades. Someone can take only three or four trades and still be scalping if each one lasts a ...
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Sooo, why are you disagreeing with Scheherazade?? You admitted that these strategies will eventually blow your whole account, which means ...
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clean charts...
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It depends on whether you actually know what you’re doing or not !
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Any updates, Mate? Cheers!
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Depends how you define “doing well.” Some profitable traders are compounding slowly with low drawdown, others are swinging harder and ...
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