Mr. Hyde wrote:Pjort wrote:Thanks for sharing your realtime trading charts...
V8 sounds like generous person.
What chart software and broker do you use if I may ask?
I am tired of Ext Capital which is ny current broker. A too smart spreadbet dealer...
I use multiple brokers. Some of which no longer accept us clients. But I was looking at trying Gains and IB's larger size accounts they offer, plus LMAX. I will post how I like them.
V8 is the nicest and most generous person ever. But he is also very calculating and ruthless. He paid for my schooling cuz I was going into law (his own personal defense lawyer) and he gets a nice cut of my trading profits. I actually kind of feel bad, cuz before I came around he had planned on funding a member on Kreslik with a 6 figure account and have them make a zero.
But his favorite charities are St. Jude and Make a Wish Foundation. My final test before I can trade my money is to take a 100 account and add 3 zeros to it. His thought is that trading changes when your trading your own money and not being coached by someone. Also that money is strictly donated (hence why I challenged John S.).
But onanda, gain, IB or any US broker should be ok until you start playing with bigger lots. Look at DC's thread he trades's up to 10 lot's on a trade from what I have seen. Alaismith seems to make consistent gains with who ever is his broker. Same with TRO and westcountry.
I think we might be in the "Golden Age" of retail forex brokers. Were they are actually pretty honest cuz they are trying to out do each other and get other companies traders. The 2 red flags for me would be if they reject your trade (especially a market order) and/or making a extreme spread (think 10-100 pips) just to clear SL or to stop you from getting into a trade.
Hello Hyde,
Thank you very much for your thought about broker and other important issue in life. I find it very generous of you to share both your trading experience and tell about your relation with MR. V8...
It is great to read about his confidence in trading but also to hear about your relation. For me personal it is at far to lonely endeavor to study trading online with out any real time traders around. I am a very social person so I need to tell and hear personnel stories... I live in a suborn of Copenhagen area and make my daily living as a self employed craftsman- Great using my hands talking design with customers and actually earn better than my phd science studying wife... Though globalization has filled small Denmark with a lot annoying cheap worker from east I still make it. (no offense polish workers...) It is globalization that makes brexit and trumps... like or not... LOL
For me studying trading have given me a lot thoughts about being profitable, not only in trading but also in life general.
Maybe right now I am more profitable than I ever will be... God health a loving woman my two precious boys age 3 and 20. Living in a safe relatively rich country. hmm...
Many thoughts about support resistance, reversal, exit strategies stop-loss etc,,,
I think about life it is "The beauty is in the eyes of the beholder"...
About brokers I now have an Oanda account which seems to work fine and btw I also have APM future account whis made som pretty good scalping on at the e-mini... doubled a 3K account in 2 weeks but suddenly I was run over by some breakouts...And in one week the 6k was gone...
And now for the last 2-3 years I have been around this forum and other places to just watch and learn. And maybe trade seriously again soon.
Best to you and say hello from me to MR v8