Jump to content

Welcome to the new Traders Laboratory! Please bear with us as we finish the migration over the next few days. If you find any issues, want to leave feedback, get in touch with us, or offer suggestions please post to the Support forum here.

  • Welcome Guests

    Welcome. You are currently viewing the forum as a guest which does not give you access to all the great features at Traders Laboratory such as interacting with members, access to all forums, downloading attachments, and eligibility to win free giveaways. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free. Create a FREE Traders Laboratory account here.

Mysticforex

Traders Laboratory Forex Trading Contest!

Recommended Posts

The system did it all. I was just lucky, as the pair did not retrace significantly, I always was just 50 pips away. This morning it did and I am out. Now I understand how difficult it is to stay in a winning trade. Wondering how people like Stanley Kroll can stay in a trade for more than a year.

 

 

Kuokam!

 

Sim or no, an impressive performance at both making it and keeping it.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
The system did it all. I was just lucky, as the pair did not retrace significantly, I always was just 50 pips away. This morning it did and I am out. Now I understand how difficult it is to stay in a winning trade. Wondering how people like Stanley Kroll can stay in a trade for more than a year.

 

Luck is, as in all things, a small part of it. But your application and your execution of your system is the greater factor by far.

 

Kroll did it the same way you did it - patience and discipline.

 

Great Job, kuokam!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

You also greatly inspired, thank you. Ingot also. This contest is becoming my best trading class so far.

I've read something on a course: "it is not about discipline, it is not about solid discipline, it is about rock solid discipline".

We are not paid to trade, we are paid to wait.

 

 

Luck is, as in all things, a small part of it. But your application and your execution of your system is the greater factor by far.

 

Kroll did it the same way you did it - patience and discipline.

 

Great Job, kuokam!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
You also greatly inspired, thank you. Ingot also. This contest is becoming my best trading class so far.

I've read something on a course: "it is not about discipline, it is not about solid discipline, it is about rock solid discipline".

We are not paid to trade, we are paid to wait.

Kuokam - It is very gratifying to see someone get it working in the way you have.

 

Thank you for sharing the journey.

 

(ex-King) Ingot :):cool:

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
I am hoping to use my Oanda MT4 a/c for this contest.

 

Anyone else already using one?

I am currently having difficulty getting my MT4 a/c registered for the contest. I have contacted Oanda front desk and await their response.

 

In the meantime... any assistance would be appreciated.

 

And Kuokam - it's official ... you are the new king - congrats mate - well done - a great display of discipline, and brilliant numbers.

 

Optiontimer - also very well done - not too shabby :) at all

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
I am currently having difficulty getting my MT4 a/c registered for the contest. I have contacted Oanda front desk and await their response.

 

In the meantime... any assistance would be appreciated.

 

And Kuokam - it's official ... you are the new king - congrats mate - well done - a great display of discipline, and brilliant numbers.

 

Optiontimer - also very well done - not too shabby :) at all

 

I would like to second that well done

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks mate. Your help was, is and will always be appreciated. I cannot progress just with books and internet, I need somebody to tell me what to do actually, not virtually. But I also believe the Turtles could not have learned what they did in 2 weeks just on internet and books. It took real Dennis and Eckhardt in front of them to greatly shorten the learning curve.

 

I make the pledge to keep your crown clean and your throne warm for when you decide to reclaim it :haha:.

 

Seriously, I got 2 lessons from you, 1 great and 1 less. The great one: you reminded me not to care about intraday wanderings of price when take position off dailies. It greatly helped keep the so anxious part of me in check .This it is not easy for an accountant who works on a computer all day and has a laptop on his night table, with nobody to care when he wakes up at 3 o'clock to check how Tokyo is doing. :)

 

The less great lesson was when you said you would remain in that trade that has proved you wrong. For me a losing proposition either way. If the price never comes back, you lose your money right away. If the price comes back and you win, this is an even worse outcome, as you will think you can bypass a cardinal law of trading/investing : cut your losses short, which will soon or later hinder your efforts :2c:.

 

I also learned what timing means from Optiontimer, after reading his thread twice. My understanding being that the best time is when all your conditions are met, not before, not after, all the conditions.

He also deserves the special mention, as he fantastically came back from a difficult position. I could feel a tiger's hot breath on my neck...

 

As for the MT4 issue, I was never able to use it with Oanda, it looks so complicated I think I will need some help there as well. I have decided to leave it alone for the time being and draw my charts on another broker's platform.

 

 

 

I am currently having difficulty getting my MT4 a/c registered for the contest. I have contacted Oanda front desk and await their response.

 

In the meantime... any assistance would be appreciated.

 

And Kuokam - it's official ... you are the new king - congrats mate - well done - a great display of discipline, and brilliant numbers.

 

Optiontimer - also very well done - not too shabby :) at all

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
Thanks mate. Your help was, is and will always be appreciated.

 

Seriously, I got 2 lessons from you, 1 great and 1 less.

 

The great one: you reminded me not to care about intraday wanderings of price when take position off dailies.

It greatly helped keep the so anxious part of me in check

 

The less great lesson was when you said you would remain in that trade that has proved you wrong.

For me a losing proposition either way. If the price never comes back, you lose your money right away.

If the price comes back and you win, this is an even worse outcome, as you will think you can bypass a

cardinal law of trading/investing : cut your losses short, which will soon or later hinder your efforts :2c:.

Thank you Kuokam. That summary has brought home something that I need to look at further ... and I

have mentioned it before ... trade management.

We can continue this in the Discussion thread. I am only getting half (of what I need) correct.

 

http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/forex-trading-laboratory/14629-trading-contest-discussion-2.html

 

I also learned what timing means from Optiontimer, after reading his thread twice.

My understanding being that the best time is when all your conditions are met, not before, not after, all the

conditions.

 

He also deserves the special mention, as he fantastically came back from a difficult position. I could feel a

tiger's hot breath on my neck...

Yes ... watch him ... he knows how to trade, and with the 2-month contest looming, he will be a force to deal with.

Thankfully people like him are apt to share and assist, and I feel he has given a priceless gift to anyone

willing to follow that thread.

http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-psychology/10158-optiontimers-project.html

 

As for the MT4 issue, I was never able to use it with Oanda, it looks so complicated I think I will need some

help there as well. I have decided to leave it alone for the time being and draw my charts on another

broker's platform.

I have always used MT4 - since 2005. But the Oanda version is not slotting in to the contest interface too

easily for me. More on that in the discussion thread, link above.

 

I would like to say thank you for the graceful way you have acknowledge the things and people that have

assisted you in trading. I am learning from you, OT and others all the time - simply because of the sharing.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I also learned what timing means from Optiontimer, after reading his thread twice.

 

Congrats Kuokam on great performance and thank you for mentioning that thread.

Also thanks to Ingot for posting the link. Will start reading asap.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks and welcome Tony. I believe you registered on the contest with a different screen name ? I could not find TTony on the membership list.

 

 

Congrats Kuokam on great performance and thank you for mentioning that thread.

Also thanks to Ingot for posting the link. Will start reading asap.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Ah, I didn't know I must register with the same username. Registered as "Tony Macaroni" but haven't been approved yet.

I hope it's ok, I'm the only "Tony" registered so far so it's obious that's me.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
And the winner is.......... Kuokam !!! An outstanding performance

 

Bravo! Bravo! Bravissimo!

 

Next time I'm in Luxembourg, kuokam, dinner is on me ... my bag is packed, and as soon as the Euro goes par to the USD, I'm there!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

You are warmly welcome, bro.

May I include a tour of the "route du vin" around Schengen, and a London session open in the program ? waoh !

 

Now let's just sit tight and watch that euro reach the target :)

 

Bravo! Bravo! Bravissimo!

 

Next time I'm in Luxembourg, kuokam, dinner is on me ... my bag is packed, and as soon as the Euro goes par to the USD, I'm there!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Missed the cut for this contest - bit upset with Oanda for not responding to request for assistance (problem with linking MT4 platform to contest).

 

Directing people to FAQ page and promising "will respond within 1-2 business days" is good enough if you have the time, but even Oanda "Chat" was not able to assist.

 

See you in February 2013.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
Missed the cut for this contest - bit upset with Oanda for not responding to request for assistance (problem with linking MT4 platform to contest).

 

Directing people to FAQ page and promising "will respond within 1-2 business days" is good enough if you have the time, but even Oanda "Chat" was not able to assist.

 

See you in February 2013.

 

I thought the contest didn't start until tomorrow?

 

Hey Mystic, why not retire this thread and start a new one for this contest?

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
I thought the contest didn't start until tomorrow?

 

It's a bit conflicting ... the posting was in this thread:

 

http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/forex-trading-laboratory/14629-trading-contest-discussion-2.html

 

It's Tuesday here (4th December) in Oz.

 

See posts #23 and #39 and #41

 

Post #23 says "The start t date will be:Mon. 12/4"

Post #39 says "The next contest starts Dec 1 and runs for 2 months."

Post #41 says " I am in EST so the new contest will start on the evening of Sunday Dec.2"

 

In Oz ... it is 1107 Australian Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday 4th December 2012 as I type.

 

I clearly missed the cut ... and Oanda still has not responded to my email, other than a standard automated business response.

 

It's all cool. Just hoping to road test the MT4 platform for the contest.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
It's a bit conflicting ... the posting was in this thread:...See posts #23 and #39 and #41

 

Post #23 says "The start t date will be:Mon. 12/4"

Post #39 says "The next contest starts Dec 1 and runs for 2 months."

Post #41 says " I am in EST so the new contest will start on the evening of Sunday Dec.2"

 

 

Too bad ... it's not the same party without Ingot!

 

But thanks for the heads up - I had better get trading then, as kuokam has proven to be quite the champion trader! I'm going to see if I can rustle up some early pips ...

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Ingot! I thought you were a brother? Now you are abandoning this sick and lame baby antelope to hungry agile cheetahs in the plain :frustrated:.

 

Pater noster qui est in caelis...

 

 

Missed the cut for this contest - bit upset with Oanda for not responding to request for assistance (problem with linking MT4 platform to contest).

 

Directing people to FAQ page and promising "will respond within 1-2 business days" is good enough if you have the time, but even Oanda "Chat" was not able to assist.

 

See you in February 2013.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


  • Topics

  • Posts

    • NTNX Nutanix stock nice top of range breakout, from Stocks To Watch, https://stockconsultant.com/?NTNX
    • IDEX Ideanomics stock bottom breakout watch, https://stockconsultant.com/?IDEX
    • $AA Alcoa stock range breakout watch, https://stockconsultant.com/?AA
    • https://lmfx.com/promotions/golden-draw anyone else trying to enter as well? 
    • Date: 10th May 2024. The BoE To Cut Rates In September. US Employment Data Falters!     The UK economy experiences its strongest growth since August 2023, with Monthly GDP increasing 0.4%, four times higher than expectations. The Bank of England saw 2 out of 9 members vote for an interest rate cut. The dovish members of the BoE are Dr Swati and Sir Ramsden. The BOE Governor, Mr Bailey, said two rate cuts are likely in 2024 as “one cut will keep us in restrictive territory”. However, he advises there is a higher chance the first cut will come in September. The UK’s FTSE100 declines close to 0.20% as the UK’s GDP reading indicates an interest cut is less likely to take place in June 2024. GBPUSD – The UK Economy Moves Out of a Technical Recession! The GBPUSD over the past 24-hours has been influenced by three factors: the monetary committee’s votes, the Governor’s guidance and the UK’s latest GDP figure. The GBPUSD first fell to a 2-week low due to the higher number of votes for an interest rate cute. However, the GBPUSD has since risen 0.77%. Therefore, how can traders view the price movement and the latest developments?   A large factor influencing the pricing is whether the regulator is likely to adjust its policy in June or September. A rate cut in September would support the GBP as it would keep rates higher for longer compared to the Eurozone and other competitors. The Monetary Policy Committee votes indicates the BoE is almost ready to cut rates. The Governor also said they wish to steadily move away from a restrictive policy. In the UK a restrictive monetary policy is 5.00% and above. The reason for the price increase is the Governor indicating that there is a higher possibility the regulator will cut in September not June. In addition to this, the strong economic growth confirmed this morning further lowers the possibility of a cut in June. This is because there is less pressure on the BoE to support a stagnated economy. Therefore, a rate cut is now likely to take place in September 2024, which is on par with the Federal Reserve’s guidance for its own policy.   The Federal Reserve and The US Dollar The US Dollar on Thursday evening was considerably pressured by the Weekly Unemployment Claims, which normally has a limited affect. The US Unemployment Claims rose to 231,000, higher than predictions of 212,000 and the highest since November 2023. Therefore, the US has seen lower NFP data, higher unemployment rate and now higher unemployment claims. This has investors questioning if the US employment sector may be weakening for the first time since raising interest rates. If so, the Federal Reserve may consider a cut in July. Currently, the CM Exchange’s tool shows a 30.8% chance of a cut in July, if this figure rises, the US Dollar could potentially weaken.   GBPUSD – Technical Analysis Technical analysis indicates the price of the GBPUSD may rise to the previous resistance levels between 1.25650 and 1.25936. However, if the market continues to price a Fed rate cut in September, it is improbable the exchange rate will reach the resistance level at 1.26340. The exchange rate currently trades above most trend lines such as the 75-Bar EMA and is above the 60.00 mark on most RSI periods. The price has slightly retraced since rising after the GDP announcement. For this reason, the buy signal has turned into a neutral. However, if the price rises above 1.25362, the buy signal may materialize again.   Always trade with strict risk management. Your capital is the single most important aspect of your trading business. Please note that times displayed based on local time zone and are from time of writing this report. Click HERE to access the full HFM Economic calendar. Want to learn to trade and analyse the markets? Join our webinars and get analysis and trading ideas combined with better understanding on how markets work. Click HERE to register for FREE! Click HERE to READ more Market news. Michalis Efthymiou Market Analyst HMarkets Disclaimer: This material is provided as a general marketing communication for information purposes only and does not constitute an independent investment research. Nothing in this communication contains, or should be considered as containing, an investment advice or an investment recommendation or a solicitation for the purpose of buying or selling of any financial instrument. All information provided is gathered from reputable sources and any information containing an indication of past performance is not a guarantee or reliable indicator of future performance. Users acknowledge that any investment in FX and CFDs products is characterized by a certain degree of uncertainty and that any investment of this nature involves a high level of risk for which the users are solely responsible and liable. We assume no liability for any loss arising from any investment made based on the information provided in this communication. This communication must not be reproduced or further distributed without our prior written permission.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.