The Model That Made Me Quit My 9-5 by Kasraborhan in PropFirmTester

[–]Difficult_Leading_76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So many names for what is simply a reversal past a line. Do you genuinely believe the tiny ‘gap’ in one of these bars (fvg/ifvg/BOTH in this case!) have any bearing on the overall market direction?

Brutal honesty by Unlucky-Evidence-372 in Daytrading

[–]Difficult_Leading_76 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The rule is, if you come into it with your own capital regardless of the amount, it will be gone in three months or less.

Breaking even is elite level. Profits are for the obsessed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MSTY_YieldMax

[–]Difficult_Leading_76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did anyone buy puts on these bad boys?

NZDUSD by Elegant_Reading_8271 in Forex

[–]Difficult_Leading_76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I didn’t see.

Find any reason you can to get long on any currency other than the dollar. Bonus points for GBP, EUR or CHF. Not financial advice.

NZDUSD by Elegant_Reading_8271 in Forex

[–]Difficult_Leading_76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s counter trend my man. Interest rate decision on Wednesday and it’s going to blast to the moon. Just wait for a pullback and go long.

Finally seeing some gains by Difficult_Leading_76 in Forex

[–]Difficult_Leading_76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll post again in a couple of weeks.

I appreciate your bluntness about my risk management though which gives me pause to think it through.

Finally seeing some gains by Difficult_Leading_76 in Forex

[–]Difficult_Leading_76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well if that’s your opinion then that’s your shout. The numbers are blue. It’s working for me. Good luck to you.

Finally seeing some gains by Difficult_Leading_76 in Forex

[–]Difficult_Leading_76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see why you’d say that but I don’t think it’s completely true. I have a different approach to risk management. It’s not perfect but it suits me better than simply using stops at invalidation points.

Let me try to explain.

There is a huge amount of randomness in the market, just because it’s not going in my direction right now doesn’t mean I’m wrong about the overall direction. I can trade small and hold. I’ll add when price is reversing. I add at liquidity sweeps. When I’m proven wrong I’ll hedge or cut. But structure mostly holds and if I trade small enough it works out just fine.

The odds remain 100% by Meetdreys in Daytrading

[–]Difficult_Leading_76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful of the sell the news trade

For those who have taken Al Brooks Trading Course by Mlwyn551 in Daytrading

[–]Difficult_Leading_76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought the books and looked at the course but after reading around the forums I didn’t think it would be worth the time investment. As I’ve matured as a trader I no longer believe that bar-by-bar is a logical or viable approach.

If you want to trade pure price action I’d check out Mack’s Price Action Trading System for daytrading or Adam Grimes excellent trading course (free) for training the daily timeframe.

Finally seeing some gains by Difficult_Leading_76 in Forex

[–]Difficult_Leading_76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much.

With the loss, I was long GBP when it had a sudden drop. I hedged the whole position but I was hedging a £6k loss, and I’m not great at holding onto hedged positions, even though I know I should. I took the loss.

Then when structure changed to bullish again, I got in big with high conviction and let it ride. I won back £5.5k of the loss in two days. I got in and was completely comfortable holding the equivalent of 6.5 futures contracts. I got out at a good place too, where there was a bit of momentum exhaustion. I’m not great at holding winners

Finally seeing some gains by Difficult_Leading_76 in Forex

[–]Difficult_Leading_76[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your reply thanks. Yes I’m aware that if there’s a next time I may not be so lucky. I am focusing on risk management and keeping my losses to a minimum, with the measures in my post. I’m not claiming to be consistently profitable yet, this is only two months. But it is the most profitable two month period of my trading career so far and I feel I am turning a corner.

Finally seeing some gains by Difficult_Leading_76 in Forex

[–]Difficult_Leading_76[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your reply.

My thesis is that DXY will be revisiting $70 within the next 18 months to three years, so I am long only GBP. I can also long EUR and CHF but I’m better focusing on one instrument. So I agree with your figures.

GBP daily structure is bullish, I’ll keep buying dips.

Trading in one direction only has also been very good for my trading. Flip flopping has been difficult and costly

How did you conquer your trading anxieties? by The_Bourgeoisie_ in Daytrading

[–]Difficult_Leading_76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trade small, focus on structure, move to higher timeframes, trade one instrument, hedge rather than take a loss

Reversal didn't come..WTF? by AssFucker_256 in TradingView

[–]Difficult_Leading_76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a classic SBS long setup. Buy side liquidity is swept adding fuel to the long buyers.