Recent content by Plato

Is this another tax evasion scheme? What is this "Secret" you are hiding! :) Don't let me call the forum admin/moderators on this...or worse the IRS. I'd treat forex like any other investment - no weird offshore accounts somewhere...or some shady Belizian accountant wiring my money all...

The java based one? Sucks...don't like it...you're better of sticking with the forexbastards economic calendar or the one from forexfactory.

the forexbastards economic calendar is real-time, or at least going to be soon. Try "Trade the News" or Newsstrike :)

Here is the bottom line. Forex is just like ANY OTHER venture. You can make money if you want to, and you can lose money just as easily. People trade stocks, real estate, bonds etc etc etc. All of these areas have risks involved as well. Personally, I think all this hype about 'NOT' being...

trade journal? 3blackCrows...hey, I miss your posts. Are ya sick? :)

The Federal Reserve may have stopped the economic bleeding caused by a summer credit crunch, the latest WSJ.com forecasting survey suggests, as economists turned more optimistic in the last month. The October survey showed the average forecast for chance of recession moved lower to 34%. That was...

A united Federal Reserve was increasingly confident last month that inflation no longer posed a significant threat, which along with an "extremely weak" housing sector paved the way for its aggressive interest-rate reduction of a half-percentage point to 4.75%, according to the minutes of its...

good point That is actually a really good point and I think a big reason why so many people end up giving up. There is just way too much info out there. Traders seems to be switching from system to system, from strategy to strategy. Just stick with your own and give it a few months. If it...

News signals Doesn't really matter how many you have, its about getting rid of the ones you don't need :) Believe me, a lot of signals pretty much say the same things - I like Felix's signals because they are easy to read....a bit general, but I'm smart enough to do my own research anyway...

trade journal Very nice 3BlackCrows, I will look forward to reading these! Are eur/usd and gbp/usd your primary currencies of choice?

limit orders A Limit Order allows you to enter the market at a better price than the one quoted now. A Stop Order allows you to enter the market at a worse price than the one quoted now. Hope that clears things up a bit.

ema A type of moving average that is similar to a simple moving average, except that more weight is given to the latest data. Also known as "exponentially weighted moving average". This type of moving average reacts faster to recent price changes than a simple moving average. The 12- and...

AUD USD is in an uptrend supported by 1H exponential moving averages. AUD USD is in a consolidation after the last bullish movement. The volatility is low. Bollinger bands are flat. ForexTrend 4H, daily (Mataf Trend Indicator) is in a bullish configuration. The uptrend should continue to gather...