KillPhil08
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I've discussed this with a few members, and spanish89 is seriously a bad influence on newbies.
This has been said before.
They go in with no prior knowledge or experience into the OIL MARKETS, (imo is one of the harder ones to trade), and get taught from page one "instant profits, wide stoplosses". If you actually read through the whole thing you will find a lot of losers looking for more advice. They don't realise that entry is everything and cutting your losers is essential.
Spanish may survive his system, because it is HIS. If you want to make it you must adapt into your own style.
I have read so many times people writing "well, 200 ticks offside, it must come back, I'll just add other 50 ticks stoploss". Think about what your saying. It is more logical to cut your loss at 50 ticks offside because you were wrong then reenter 150 ticks later. Thats you saving 150 ticks immediately (Also if your previous trade did breakeven then you would be making 150 ticks instead of 0 ticks).
I feel extremely sorry for porph, who is having to pick up all the pieces and teach the newbies the hard way to trade (half of them don't listen unfortunately but at least he's trying).
The reason why spanish is profitable is because it's the way he trades, it's like a scalper saying "enter here" but not giving an exit. The scalper profits for 10 ticks then the move keeps going, while the other person loses a lot more.
He will probably blow up once a big move comes and if he doesnt realise he's wrong, but he should never be allowed to influence others to this way. (Maybe he does it without realising it, but teaching beginners that wide stoplosses work is unwise. The whole point in small ones is to preserve your capital when you are wrong and learn to enter a trade at the most profitable position).
Random angry spiel over but i just read about this: spanish;s elite trader thread
Why anyone would start to trade before christmas I have no clue, everyone knows the failure rate. Why ruin your christmas.
PS. Porph, I like what your doing 😉
This has been said before.
They go in with no prior knowledge or experience into the OIL MARKETS, (imo is one of the harder ones to trade), and get taught from page one "instant profits, wide stoplosses". If you actually read through the whole thing you will find a lot of losers looking for more advice. They don't realise that entry is everything and cutting your losers is essential.
Spanish may survive his system, because it is HIS. If you want to make it you must adapt into your own style.
I have read so many times people writing "well, 200 ticks offside, it must come back, I'll just add other 50 ticks stoploss". Think about what your saying. It is more logical to cut your loss at 50 ticks offside because you were wrong then reenter 150 ticks later. Thats you saving 150 ticks immediately (Also if your previous trade did breakeven then you would be making 150 ticks instead of 0 ticks).
I feel extremely sorry for porph, who is having to pick up all the pieces and teach the newbies the hard way to trade (half of them don't listen unfortunately but at least he's trying).
The reason why spanish is profitable is because it's the way he trades, it's like a scalper saying "enter here" but not giving an exit. The scalper profits for 10 ticks then the move keeps going, while the other person loses a lot more.
He will probably blow up once a big move comes and if he doesnt realise he's wrong, but he should never be allowed to influence others to this way. (Maybe he does it without realising it, but teaching beginners that wide stoplosses work is unwise. The whole point in small ones is to preserve your capital when you are wrong and learn to enter a trade at the most profitable position).
Random angry spiel over but i just read about this: spanish;s elite trader thread
Why anyone would start to trade before christmas I have no clue, everyone knows the failure rate. Why ruin your christmas.
PS. Porph, I like what your doing 😉
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