Markets are mixed this morning, with the Nasdaq under pressure while the S&P 500, Dow, and Russell hold up better. more...
Most spread guards in an Expert Advisor work the same way: check the current spread against a fixed number and block the trade if it is too wide. This catches some bad fills, but it treats every instrument as if the same spread value means the same thing everywhere. A spread of 3 pips on an instrument that normally trades at 1 pip is a genuine anomaly. That same 3-pip spread on an instrument that normally sits at 3 pips is completely ordinary. A static threshold cannot tell the difference. ...
At Under the Big Sky festival in Whitefish, Montana, earlier this month, Zach Top debuted the new song “Good Girls & Cowgirls.” Set for an official release on Aug. 21, the rollicking track will arrive on 7-inch vinyl with another new song, “Other Side of Hurtin’.” more...
In this article, the first of a series I'm calling Broker Reality Check, I build a small diagnostic EA that reads those conditions for you and flags the ones that break EAs, in plain language, before they cost you a trade. It is a tool, not a strategy. Later parts will measure the cost side of the broker (swap, spread); this one maps the rulebook. more...
Why Smart People Can Still Struggle In Markets There is a strange pattern I have seen many times over the years. Some of the most capable, successful professionals, people who have spent decades building careers, solving hard problems, managing responsibility, and making important decisions, step into the world of trading and investing and find themselves struggling ...
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