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March 1st, 2015, 05:23 AM

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Time and money for your first year or two.

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Posted By grausch

I understand your point perfectly. Yet at the...

I understand your point perfectly. Yet at the same time, several famous traders (several Market Wizards included) only turned their trading around after suffering some serious, and in some cases...

Forum: Traders Hideout

February 26th, 2015, 04:47 AM

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Time and money for your first year or two.

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Posted By grausch

You are quite correct regarding the biases. I am...

You are quite correct regarding the biases. I am very much biased towards stocks, but it also comes from having traded other instruments. Ultimately, after a lot of introspection, I made the decision...

Forum: Traders Hideout

February 24th, 2015, 03:29 PM

Replies: 27

Time and money for your first year or two.

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Posted By grausch

I know several people posted about using retail...

I know several people posted about using retail fx to get started. I started trading at OANDA in 2008 and also joined myfxbook shortly after it started. The OANDA forums at the time were quite good...

Forum: Traders Hideout

February 24th, 2015, 05:13 AM

Replies: 27

Time and money for your first year or two.

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Posted By grausch

I know several day-traders who have way more than...

I know several day-traders who have way more than 10,000 hours experience and still blow out their accounts occasionally. In their hey-day, they may have hit a lucky streak and made massive returns...

Forum: Traders Hideout

February 24th, 2015, 03:47 AM

Replies: 27

Time and money for your first year or two.

Views: 6,465

Posted By grausch

I started several years ago with semi-automated...

I started several years ago with semi-automated systems (always having entry and exit orders in the market) at OANDA. I chose OANDA because their small unit sizes allowed the implementation of LTTF...

Forum: Traders Hideout

February 23rd, 2015, 03:42 PM

Replies: 27

Time and money for your first year or two.

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Posted By grausch

Don't take this the wrong way, but what makes you...

Don't take this the wrong way, but what makes you believe you will actually pocket these higher profits? Is this greed talking? Your reasoning above is corrected - you can only lose your premium and...

Forum: Traders Hideout

February 18th, 2015, 04:33 AM

Replies: 27

Time and money for your first year or two.

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Posted By grausch

Starting out with limited capital is really...

Starting out with limited capital is really tough. The only 100% certain way to increase it initially is with adding in external capital, i.e. savings / salary related. If I were you, I would focus...

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What unexpected challenges have you encountered while trading on a "Funded Trader" platform?

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