Forex Trading Video - Learn MACD - Technical Analysis Indicator MACD

Hi Fellow Traders,

    In the spirit of giving back I am starting a series of forex trading videos that should help the beginners and seasoned traders alike.The trading tips may be subtle but they will be powerful enough for you to make a pocket full of pips.
   The first lesson is the technical analysis indicator called the MACD 

Amazing How Time Away Gives Clarity

Hi Everyone,

As you can see November 9th 2009 was my last post.Back in June 2010 I had an email from a thread that I contibuted to on a forex related topic and that was timely because it got my blood moving again for the passion I felt when trading forex.
I can honestly say that I have not done any trading since 2008 and the time away has helped me to see forex trading in a new light.I created a demo platform with the goal of sharpening up my skills with some satisfying results.
I loaded Swap Collector Version 3 on the GBP/JPY chart...made some adjustments and along with some manual trading have been very successful.I used a Forex.com platform and started with $10,000.I was lucky that my platform lasted until Aug 26th before that closed as is the practice now.Here is the statement (bottom portion) with the results.
You can see a huge gain to $40+K in 2 months time.All basically came from Version 3 and manual trading seeing advantages as the signals on V3 paved the way.

Update

Hi Everyone,

The demo account was closed for 2 reasons.As you have read on the blog and in videos I had purposely over leveraged using 10 pairs and applying 20 trades on each pair therefor having 200 trades working at any one time.There was no money management applied which I also feel strongly about and therefor profits were never taken which I have always encouraged. The second reason is directions.I have 20+ pairs on a weekly chart with my custom indicator "the floater" which gives great directional guidance.It is a tad lagging but none the less sets up the swap collector beautifully.I have attached a platform started a week ago of 4 pairs all cross pairs and heavy hitters at 6 max trades and 10 cents a pip.It profited over $300.00 this past week.I am not recommending these pairs.These 4 pairs were the first 4 to change their direction on the weekly chart.
This new platform can be followed by using:

account: 90291131
read only password: tq8dgzn
http://www.Forex.com


I firstly would recommend that you never play more than 4 pairs per platform.Stay away from heavy hitters as my 4 pair platform until you have money to burn from your other platforms you have set up.I will be updating the changes as they happen for weekly direction and if your pairs are set in those directions even with the retracements you'll be in the right direction to collect your pips.Swap will not always be a plus factor but the collection of pips will always be priority until you can invest larger dollars where swap begins to count.

As I have stated many times,go with about 6 max orders to start at 10 cents a pip.Let the first 3 trades which is 1 full day for version 2 and 3 be placed without a target.When you have your first 3 trades set on all 4 pairs, then put a target of your choice on all pairs for the remaining 3 trades.Be realistic with your targets and goals when your playing for 10 cents a pip.It is better to have 2,3 or 4 platforms with each having 4 pairs at six max orders and 10 cent pip size and have each of them collect $100 then start rather than having 1 set to $400 as your target.Smooth price action is also better than choppy action causing the EA to go through many cycles.Choppy is fine but you'll need to stay on top of it to maximise the profits when a peak of a cycle is reached until you get version 3 with the close all..
Please work with a NON USA PLATFORM.I use Forex.com and have never had any problems with the EA.In the US with the FIFO rule now the Ea will not function properly.

One other update,late but still an update is the GBP/JPY have a new floater signal to the sell side from the previous buy signal.

David aka spiritfriends

Wow What a Day !

Hi Everyone,

Here is a perfect example of "set and forget". Last night (Thursday) I checked my 2 and 10 pair charts and the 2 pair was in draw down -$1500(playing a dollar a pip) and the 10 pair about -$500.00.When I woke and checked there wasn't much of a difference so off to work I go.I get home late,eat,shower put my son down for bed and finally sit down at the computer.I check the 10 pair first and do a double take that I'm plus $2057.89.If I was at home I would have closed just before the market close so now I'll do that on Sunday.
I go to my 2 pair of gbp/jpy and eur/usd and $3846.93 is looking back at me! Again if I'm home I close and start over just before the close but will do that on Sunday.So since July 19th when I started this 2 pair set up I closed the first 2 times and brought the account to $6168.35 and with this float to close at $3846.93 the equity is $10,015.28 from a $3000 start and in only 18 trading days.
With the 10 pair now at $13,937.49 in equity and that started July 12th the 2 platforms total a profit of $10,952.77 ! Now if I was home watching the fireworks of NFP I would have been tempted to close early but I was at work.There of course are lots of scenarios but the one that unfolded was the set and forget and they did great for another week.
I hope everyone that is trading Swap Collector had a good day also and I would like to hear your stories and share them on the blog.

David aka spiritfriends

Benifits of Setting a Target

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to post another good question from a trader and touch on a practice that can save you some losses.
Here is the post and question:

I am using it with 0.01 lots for the pairs AUDUSD and USDCHF . I have chosen AUDUSD because of higher swap and becuase it seems to me that USDCHF is an adequate hedge. But I notice , that a simultaneous movement usually gives more value for AUDUSD than for USDCHF , a situation which is even convenient now with a positive trend of AUDUSD. But in a negative trend it will lead to losses which surely will be larger than the collected swap ( and possibly the trend might continue over the maximal 40 trades , so that I experience no cycle and a cumulating loss ) .
My question:Would it be clever to use 0.02 lots for USDCHF when I see definitely a negative trend ( to have a more correct hedge and possibly even more profit ) ?

and my answer:

The proper lot size for eurusd and usdchf is eur .04 and chf .05.I would have to follow audusd and usdchf but to your question you would need to have a different lot size on both rather than just 1 lot size.To avoid a big drawdown,decide on an acceptable profit (I use 100 pips) you may use 25 pips then apply that as your target.That might cut your swap on some trades but you'll gain more from the target being reached and with each target being reached the Ea will continue to place trades(up to the amount you set) that become more relevant to time (present) thus minimizing your drawdowns.
A good pratice, and this should be part of your plan is to bank your profits often before you loose profits in a reverse and banking profits will minimize the drawdown in the event there is a reverse and substantial move. Hope this helps. David aka spiritfriends

Most traders,especially new traders feel that the bit hit brings them the big cash.With that also comes the big risks of holding your trade.You can't stay up 24/7 and watch your position so impliment a cash out by setting a target.That way,you bank some profit which is the point to all of this while letting smaller positions mature.In the event of a sideways market,your trades continue to pick up the swap.In a drawdown you minimize your stake because trades have been closed when targets have been reached and if your using version 1 it will be another 12 hours before a replacement trade is placed and 8 hours with version 2.Depending on your lot size,set your target realistically.Know the pairs your playing by using an ATR indicator giving you the day,week and monthly moves.

David aka spiritfriends