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Can You Really Learn Forex Trading Without Paying for a Course? in General Jun 24 at 06:51

The learning curve is too steep to not undertake a valuable course - time is extremely valuable during the learning stage. They can save years of learning + correcting errors. The very difficult part is filtering out the rubbish from the legitimate value-add courses from people, ensuring course owners transparently publish their own live, verified track record. Anything data-backed with a scientific approach and likely following the automation path is veering towards the right course for sustainable profitability.

What monthly return is actually realistic — and how much drawdown would make y in General Jun 23 at 05:50

No worries, there are a few levers you can pull to get there, the main ones being a combination of two factors.There is an amazing video on YT - Ray Dalio's holy grail principal. Watch it if you get the time. It details how drawdowns are reduced when introducing multiple, uncorrelated strategies into a portfolio, while maintaining uncapped upside. It is the closest thing to "the perfect trading strategy" you can get - it is a powerful mathematical tool, not only for trading but other diversified investment methodologies.Assuming you have a few strategies (with probably edges) ru...

What is your expectation about monthly return at forex trading? in General Jun 21 at 12:56

G'day.These are important questions, because returns are often very overstated, with people providing small-timeframe DEMO accounts (a couple of months) of 30% months stating this can be consistently done, without showing how many accounts (demo or live) they've blown up in the process to produce this biased outlook. Unfortunately, this is common to see on a results publishing platform. Monthly returns and expected drawdown are to a degree, intrinsically linked. It's difficult to pin a number on one without discussing the other. And this is also effected by other factors including...

What monthly return is actually realistic — and how much drawdown would make y in General Jun 21 at 03:18

G'day.These are important questions, because returns are often very overstated. Question 1:Monthly return and expected drawdown are to a degree, intrinsically linked. It's difficult to pin a number on one without discussing the other. And this is also effected by other factors including the target market and risk of ruin - i.e. are the returns for external funds or personal trading? What is the maximum that your trading can tolerate risk wise before becoming unrecoverable?To tackle the risk of ruin question - generally if an account is breaching 30% drawdowns, it has become essential...

As a Beginner, Is It Better to Learn on a Demo Account First? in General Jun 21 at 03:04

Greetings. There are pros and cons to both. Firstly, don't trade unless you think you have a data-backed edge. You'll join the ranks of 99% of traders that get stung and lose money because they traded off intuition and unvalidated, basic technical analysis (support resistance/candle patterns/RSI-MACD combo's etc). People always start trading (gambling) too early because they don't put in the early-stage work to try and find a trading edge. Their losses end up being the gains for people that know what they are doing. Once, and only once you think you have a strategy/methodolog...

SWM_Crown_2 in Trading Systems May 22 at 07:59

Greetings. Thank you for your comments. I'm limited in how I can respond due to regulation & provisions on investment advice particularly for retail interest. Currently, most of the publicly available information I am able to provide regarding the strategies and portfolio are listed on: www.apextradingsignals.comI can only supply general data on the portfolio and strategies particularly on third party platforms, with any interpretations, broker choices and investment decisions having to rest solely on the end-client. I am unable to go too in-depth on the strategies due to IP risk...

What is the best time to trade forex | Forex in New Traders Oct 20, 2025 at 13:16

There are simple software tools that allow anyone to map liquidity on any instrument over a period of time to get an idea of periods of poor liquidity, particularly on minor pairs and exotics.

Good, bad or even chaotic? in General Oct 20, 2025 at 13:15

A tricky year to navigate, but still in line with historic performance while out-performing peers.

Still learning? in General Oct 20, 2025 at 13:13

It is critical to continuously learn and research. Finding Alpha is key before putting money into the markets. Otherwise, one is straight out gambling.

FTR - Crown_04 in Trading Systems Jun 05, 2025 at 09:59

Newly launched Crown_04 portfolio - a high risk portfolio solely trading the Nasdaq. Portfolio contains quant-generated systems, rigorously tested.

The fallacy of Martingale/Grid systems in New Traders Jun 01, 2024 at 10:40

Trading multiple uncorrelated edges over a portfolio with appropriate risk management - which is what everyone should be aiming for.

AI Forex Trading in General May 08, 2024 at 09:27

I pretty much use AI to generate strategies; the success of it depends on whose hands it is in. There's a myriad amount of features that need to be considered when going down this path that require a human input, you can't simply tell AI to generate strategies on "x" symbol. There's a significant learning curve to getting it right.

How to become emotionless in forex? in General May 08, 2024 at 08:23

Is it your own system? I'm happy to let my systems run 24/7 (except for major news events) because of the back-end testing. Definitely needs some watching with volatile news triggers though.

Can someone explain? in New Traders May 05, 2024 at 22:04

Spreads can be both variable or static when markets are open, it just depends on the type of broker and the instrument being traded. Lot size entered with a trade entry in general shouldnt effect the spread. Spread is only a bid/ask price differential + additional broker spread widening as brokers generally get commission from this if the account isn't ECN-style. As an analogy it's like a house auction; the vendor wants to sell it for $1m, and a buyer wants to offer 900k. The spread here = 100k. If the real estate agent (broker) charges a fee on top of 50k, then the spread migh...

What should beginner traders trade? in New Traders May 05, 2024 at 06:08

Nailed it, Indices are the best to start with by a long shot for beginnwrs IF aiming to use trend following models, particularly the nasdaq. To diversify, a good combination to trade is the Euro50, Nasdaq and the Jap225.

What specific algorithmic trading models to prioritize? in New Traders May 05, 2024 at 06:03

Sortino ratio is your friend here. There are software packages where you can appropriately model this, and adjust each system's risk to meet your target thresholds.

Can someone explain? in New Traders May 05, 2024 at 06:00

As per the above, check spreads. XAUDEUR will have wider spreads on a % ATR basis compared to say XAUUSD. To view the spread, on a desktop MT4 version, right click your chart, go to properties --> options --> View bid & ask prices. You'll see the spread in real time when the markets are back open.

test me on demo first if passed hire me as amaster trader 5 percent a day fift in General May 05, 2024 at 05:54

You'll have to check the legalities of this in you and your partner's country. In many countries, this has to be done under a financial services licence.

How to become emotionless in forex? in General May 05, 2024 at 05:49

100%, I'd never look back. The free time also allows for further system development, research, client onboarding etc. Still requires monitoring during volatile news events though.

The fallacy of Martingale/Grid systems in New Traders May 03, 2024 at 10:52

The vast majority of martingale/grid grid systems, or variations of are destined to blow up accounts (or result in unrecoverable drawdown). New traders may not be aware of these gambling methods, which require a near infinite source of funds to pull off. How to spot a martingale/grid system1) Short account life.2) Unrealistic equity curves that only ever go up (unless they blow up!). 3) Equity will have significant areas of drawdown if the account hasn't blown up. 4) Increasing position sizes as the account gets further into drawdown. Be wary of these systems, they look great until they a...

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