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Magical letters: RR

10000+ systems and 10000+ ways how to be profitable – that’s the common saying. Yet only 10% of traders are consistent and profitable (still haven’t seen reasonable sample statistics that would prove this but let’s go with that). We all know why i…

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Week ahead – GBPAUD, CADJPY

As EURUSD is currently trading in a range not knowing what is going to happened next we can see other currencies breaking out of important levels (USDCHF/8950). Last week was a moderate week in terms of gains. I would like to share two losses and …

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PLAN for FAIL

When we are backtesting our strategies we usually do one common mistake: we focus too much on the structure and dynamics of profitable trades rather than on the loosing trades. On paper most of it looks great, but when the real money are in play w…