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How To Build A Forex Trading Strategy From The Ground Up - Part 3 of 3

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I hope you have learned at ton about what it takes to start testing your trading strategy. In this part, I will tell you how to forward test a strategy and when you might be ready to go live with your new strategy. Going live can be scary and I’ll give you a few tips on how to make it much less intimidating. [...]

Could This Be The Ultimate Coffee For Trading?

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All coffee is the same right?  Sure, some coffee tastes better, but I didn’t think that there was really much difference between 100% Kona and Juan Valdez.

Coffee usually doesn’t do much for me in terms of energy, but I do like the taste.  The way it works is that I get a caffeine buzz [...]

What is More Important…$7 Beers or a Porsche 911 Turbo?

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People learn to trade because they think that they want money. That is a total crock. You don’t really want money, you want this… [...]

The Best Energy Drink For Trading (It’s Not As Gross As It Sounds)

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Welcome to the first ever, Trading Heroes cooking show. On this inaugural episode, I’m going to show you how to make my favorite energy drink for trading. I have to warn you, it sounds really gross, but it tastes great! In fact, it is probably one of the best cups of coffee I have ever had. [...]

Animal Sculptures Will Kill Your Forex Trading

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I tried Cureensee.com last year and I didn’t really like it.  The interface was clunky and they tracked performance by using pips, not percentage.  That is why I switched to MT4i.com for trade reporting.  The social networking part was OK, but I think there is a lot of room for improvement.  I will say this [...]

Success is Universal, What We Can Learn From Jay-Z

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Although this post is not directly related to Forex or trading, I think it is important to study success in all forms in order to figure out how to become successful in our chosen field. In fact, I think looking outside the Forex industry gives us a broader perspective and keeps us from falling into the same old cliche advice. Anyway, I thought that this Jay Z video interview was really interesting because it shows what he had to do to achieve rap super-stardom. [...]

Ed Seykota’s Whipsaw Song

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Ed Seykota is one of my favorite personalities from the Market Wizards books.  So much so, that his is one of my Trading Heroes.  As you probably know is trading style is strictly mechanical and more specifically, trend following.  What does that usually lead to?

A lot of whipsaws of course.  So what is the [...]

Don’t Drink And Trade. But If You Must…

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Today I have ten different things going on and I need to do a really fast, informative and efficient post.   Is that possible? Well let’s see…

In this post, I will show you something that is not only the the ultimate trading room accessory, but a very good iPhone app too.  It is a beer [...]

I Eat a Bear (and Live to Tell About It)

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Hello everyone, I’ve been traveling quite a bit and haven’t been able to post as much as I wanted but I thought I would do a quick check in.

Final thoughts about Estonia

I had a blast in Estonia.  I didn’t know what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised. One of the more interesting [...]

Giant Roosters, Tiny Cars and Ancient Castles

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I finally got over my jetlag and had some time to upload some pictures.  Today my trip to Poland takes me to the town of Kazimierz.  It is a small historic area that features two castles and a monastery.

The town is located on the Lubin Plateau and is next to the Vistula River.   It [...]