Category: Trading

This page is not intended to serve as advertising for any product/service, regardless of my personal (legal or financial) involvement, the nature of this section is 100% private, to share insights and opinions only.
Starting 2 September 2017, my trading journey and more is on a dedicated site called SwingFish

It can be reached at www.swingfish.trade. Everything offered is free of charge (no memberships or any other fees),
designed to provide a platform for down-to-earth traders who do not buy into the YouTube/Instagram/TikTok get-rich-quick vibe.
The project is partially supported by EnFoid without any editorial influence over the content created.

50€ (4) Shortrange & Spread

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This is another take on “cost of trade” and accociated risks

 

50€ (3) Expectations

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As humans, we often find ourselves comparing actual dollar amounts to what we can accomplish with that money. This way of thinking can and will(!) lead to negative outcomes, and here’s why.

 

50€ (2) initial toughts

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After the initial day of trading, the initial statements regarding this project are not going to be suitable for anyone are evident. The preliminary observations highlight several key issues:

 

cTrader meets Apple Watch

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So, you own an Apple Watch and want to put it to good use, perhaps while you’re sitting on the toilet or engaged in activities other than day trading? Here’s a solution for that.

 

50€ Challenge (1) Day 0

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I had a funny idea to trade a tiny account and see how far we can progress. Many, many people have attempted this (and still do), even though it is guaranteed to fail due to several aspects. I will use this challenge to highlight some of the shortcomings and issues that may arise with something […]

 

RoboForex withdrawals

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It’s 1am or so, and i realized that i’m a bit short on $$, remembered that there are still some funds with RoboForex/RoboMarkets from testing the Stocktrader app (which is pretty good btw) i wrote some notes about it here. anyway, let’s make a withdrawal from Roboforex. they do offer a wide range of options for […]

 

CTI News Trading: Not a good idea

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recently on twitter  here is how this does play out in reality

 

CTI Weekend Scalping: not really

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since i qualified for a live account with CTI, i decided to give the weekend trading a test. which immediately turned out to be a total failure with a 145-156 USD Spread. compared to the spread on ICMarkets of just 13-15 USD, my sell is already breaking even the CTI position (open at the same […]

 

RoboForex StocksTrader

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I “found” 372 USD in a bando account on RoboForex. Since I can’t really withdraw the funds at the moment, and they keep sending me ads for the “new” platform that more or less replaced cTrader, I thought, “Let’s give it a try.” I created a new account and transferred the ghost funds to it, […]

 

Blood Pressure -> Trading kills :)

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well, after “mining data” for about 2 months, I found some interesting patterns that do relate and may provide a solution. it’s clear at this point that the main factor for the blood pressure is STRESS, which brings a problem in itself, as in a country where everyone is pretty much asleep 24/7 this isn’t […]

 

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