NEWBIE from Singapore

Hi all!

I’m 18, living in Singapore. Been lurking on here for a few days, and decided to post after attending a free fx seminar yesterday, mostly a spiel actually and wanted to clarify some things here if you kind experienced traders would care to help. ;D

The guy was talking about support and resistance lines and his strategy was that if the currency is going downand hits the support line, and reverses, going up, we should BUY and if it’s going up and hits the roof[resistance line], we should sell.

My problem is how can I place those lines in the MT4, I’m using HotForex demo btw, hehe and currently at School of Pipsology: Preschool

One more thing he said that I want to share, he said every year there’s one trade you can do that will surely win, 100%. September 9, buy GBP/JPY long until October. He says it’s been winning for 15 years with no losses. There’s trades like that we can do every month but of course that’s in his paid course, $398/month[12 months] if you’re wondering.

Sooo, nice to be here. Aiming to complete the Pipsology school and then try and follow some methods from this forum.

Hope to hear from you guys on how to place the support and resistance lines on MT4. Thanks!

Prince

Hi im from singapore too!

Does that guy happen to be … damn forgot his name.
Kishore or sth?

But whatever it is, all information can be found for free!
Thats if you’re willing to put in the work. Its not easy path, but defintely a very possible one!

For placing SR lines on MT4 just click the horizontal line function on the top right hand side of your tool bar.

good luck!

Welcome to the forum, damn - Singapore is a great place to live in. Usually, some of the MT 4 platforms come with a set of help/online section you can refer to set up the SR lines and yes, there’re a few trades that seem to play out every time…
You may want to read a bit more about other indicators you can use for placing your trades, just a suggestion.

Thanks Fxmall and fartist.

@fartist: Right after I posted this thread, I clicked yours which you posted in 2010 lol. Yes it’s Kishore M. Did you go for his course? I got lots of questions for you fartist. Can I add you on MSN or gmail to chat there? ;D

Yes, exactly for 15 years no losses so 2008 was a fluke im guessing?

My data only goes that far back until 2005 so I take it he bought in 2005 Sept 9th if he bought it at the top but lets give him the benefit of the doubt

2005:
Top of candle to lowest low in time period 450 pip drawdown
Bottom of Candle entry 300 pip draw down

Result: 300-450 pip hold before Oct?
45 pip profit, If he held for Oct about 450 from the bottom candle entry
Resulting profit: 1:1 RR HOPEFULLY

2006:
Top of candle to lowest entry N/A it is the bottom in an up market
Lowest of candle to lowest entry N/a Bottom

Result: 400 pips from entry at end of Sept
At the end of Oct 650 pips
R:R ? 400: 450 I’m assuming considering his previous entry

2007: Range of entry on Sept 9th 170 pips

(Getting lazy here will explain why at the end)

Result:
950 pips from entry to the end of Sept
1100 pips from entry to the end of Oct

R:R (Little bottom of trend)

2008: Range of entry 350 pips

Result:
350 pips end of Sept (Gave up 800 pips)
-2600 end of Oct

2009: Range of entry 150 pips

Result:
-750 pips end of sept
25 pips end of Oct

2010: Range of entry 120-150 pips

Result:
450 pips end of sept
180 pips end of oct

2011: Range of entry 200 pips

Results:
-150 pips end of sept
500 pips end of Oct

2012: TBA

So lets assume he was smart with his crystal ball and lets add all of his "best"
2005: 450
2006: 650
2007: 1100
2008: -2600
2009: 25
2010: 450
2011: 500

Result:
575 pips. All based on a 2% risk.

Nobody can tell where the real resistance roof is price does what it always has done. Whatever the fu*k it wants. If he was so keen why doesn’t he show you an actual result. If his crystal ball is so valuable why is he sharing this with you guys for this price. Look up the term shyster, now when you see this guy again, ask him for physical proof, a print of out of his trading history not a slide, not historical price, not his attitude when you ask him for physical proof or digital that he took those trades. The moment he says something other than here it is with this broker or its a private account but this is my trading log of my entry and exit, time, price, exits, stops because it is not definitive of how his system works with just those results call him that, a shyster. If he’s the real deal get down on your knees and bow your freakin head because he may have witchcraft the likes of we’ve never seen before.

So to sum up I got tired of going through price history and your lucky I have never pulled out this many stops for anyone. In the time it took him over the past 7 years alone? He made less than I have in my 7 months of trading and no this isn’t an arrogance thing from a young punk this is fact. A scalper or a very long term swing trader can make more than this guy has made in 7 months let alone 7 years. The financial crash in 2008 meant people lost money because certain things lose their value, True, however if your the one shorting it your getting that value redirected towards you and as a forex trader, no, as a trader in general if you can’t adapt your just more deer in the headlights.

Jay once told me a story about a japanese rice trader, he told an american that this is a sure fire trade for the season, guaranteed 1000+ pips. The american trader took his word for it and after a short period he saw it move for him 35 pips, he thenfigured this is a sure fire he said so, went on vacation for 2 months and came back. He saw his “guaranteed trade” lost 700 pips and was still losing. He goes to the rice trader and asks what happened? I thought you said that it was a guarantee? The rice trader replies, " I thought so too, but then it moved 700 pips in the other direction and took the other end" **** like this happens all the time more than you can believe.

So in my final summary if you are serious about investing in an account manager shoot me an email or a pm I can reference you up with some people who aren’t afraid to show you their track records.

P.S Yes the numbers maybe fudged a bit but I can only assume since he has or you haven’t uploaded a legitimate claim to his shenanigans

Wow thanks for the very detailed post Tansen. I must admit I don’t understand most of it. I will soon though, when I do I will come back to this thread and re-read that. Lol@ the witchcraft. He seems genuine, just trying to make another income stream for himself. But that’s none of my care, what he has done for himself is great. I’m a newbie and need to make it for myself. :wink:

Thanks for offering some account managers. But what’s that about? Are they from HotForex or something? I’m very flexible at this point since I’m new. I have signed up with several brokers for a demo account with MT4, and chose HotForex so far since it has a very small micro account, with a minimum deposit of $5. If I’m very quick and successful with the demo trading and consistently profiting, I’ll just skip that and add $50 or something.

Stick with one broker if your demoing first.

Once you feel you’ve take enough trades say 500 trades and the end result is your still positive then start looking for a broker.Don’t be like Tom Frank with his drunken picking because then your more likely to know what to look for ex. Spreads? Minimum Deposits? Regulated broker?

The account managers I know are independent, are profitable, have shown me records of their winners and losers no smokescreen results of the past year to the past 3 years. One is cheap the other one is expensive but negotiable.

They all seem genuine but that’s why actors are so good at their jobs, if they weren’t so emotionally brain washing they’d be broke. Its like this I hate using it as an example but there is none more recent that comes to mind, Snooki from the jersey shore, Yes I know, She “wrote” a book of some sort.

Do you actually believe that this moron can write let alone comprehend a simple sentence? Course not its all public appearance all they have to do is look like they read, wrote, or created it, its remarkably easy.

But if your serious about an account manager add me on skype tansen36 we’ll talk or shoot me a pm.

Ok will skype you now.

hi there sgpilot, its nice to see you starting with same broker that Im using, hotforex! I would like to point out a couple of things which might sound really basic but very effective :slight_smile: for once, learning is always for free with a little bit dedication and time, you might as well gain more that joining courses or seminars, a good step is going through babypips school. stick to demo for a couple of months, and try learning strategies on demo, don’t lose patients. there is a saying that" who can’t trade, TEACH" thats why I avoid paid sessions, trying to make money through teaching newbies is not a good thing IMO!

I don’t know much about managed accounts, but I’m pretty sure you will soon enough… but for know stick to the basics and start small, you are already on the right track and best of luck, welcome to baby pips :slight_smile:

Hey jingoy, thanks man! That makes me feel really good for not paying for that course[not like I could afford it anyway]. :stuck_out_tongue: And yes, I believe I am on the right track, I’m sitting on a goldmine. What a wealth of knowledge this Babypips place is, especiallythe fun to read School of Pipsology. Wonder who wrote that. Really nice way of imparting knowledge. It should be made into a book and be sold as Forex Basics or something. Who wouldn’t buy it with all that funny characters? :stuck_out_tongue:

Hi sgpilot,

I am also from singapore. Been trading forex since 2008. Although I can’t say that I am very succesful, I am still able to keep myself afloat in the deep sea.

As a newbie to forex, i am sure that you have come to the right place in babypips. GO through the school and learn all the basic. GO through the school more than once. Stop only until you have mastered all the basics.
Once you are done with the basic. Read all the blogs written on the home page. You can see how Pipcrawler and gang approach trading in a simple manner. They are well written. Combining fundamentals with technicals.
You can also read a few quality threads in babypips. I recommend you the followings:
http://forums.babypips.com/free-forex-trading-systems/6632-alternative-technical-templates.html
http://forums.babypips.com/free-forex-trading-systems/19076-technical-templates-2-a.html
http://forums.babypips.com/free-forex-trading-systems/29902-technical-templates-continued.html

As a newbie, I dun recommend you to spend money on any courses or account manager. Go for all the free stuffs around the internet. Babypips and FF are 2 good sites. In forex, only long and short based on your own judgement.
There is sg trader in FF called sonicdeejay. He made his way in forex by using the same old FREE method.

As for brokers, since you are in singapore. I recommend you to go for singapore based brokers. There are a numbers of them as forex is becoming more popular in sg. They allow you to transfer funds using internet banking with no extra charges.

[B]Lastly BUT The most important factor to survive in forex is your psychology and mentality. You will really need them to carry you a losing streaks or rough patch.
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Hope I dun bored you with a long post. :54:
P.S: Please also rake up your posts so that you can enable the PM and notifications functions. :slight_smile:

damn right! :slight_smile: and don’t forget all the veteran members, everyone is there to add an opinion so if you have any question regarding specifics there is always people here to answer :slight_smile: and trust me it can be addictive just to drop by at this forum and start reading, whenever it gets lonely (LOL) the path to making big money can be lonely at time :smiley: :slight_smile:

Definitely will read through the pipsology stuff. Thanks a lot for the informative post Ray! Can I ask you more questions through gmail or MSN? ;D

And which SG based broker do you use?

Just googled and realised FF is Forex Factory. :stuck_out_tongue: Found the sonic guy you mentioned and his FX system. Will read that now.

And yes I will be very active. Such a great site.

@jingoy: I have one specific question right now. :stuck_out_tongue:

How come on MT4, I open a new order and the Stop Loss and Take Profit options are greyed out? It’s inaccessible. Did HotForex do that? XD

hi this is Paul. I enjoy your discussion and glad to join this forum, I hope to get a lot of knowledge in this forum

Hi Paul[McCartney]? :stuck_out_tongue: yes I like this forum a lot, read the school of pipsology ok!

if I think I understand right, you have to set SL and TP after you process the order through MODIFY ORDER. I guess it has something to do with market execution. If I am not mistaken instant execution can be done with market makers (avoid them) but don’t quote me on this since I do not trade with market makers. :slight_smile:

Hi Paul and welcome to babypips, the right place to start a long lasting career in forex trading :slight_smile:

Yep that’s what I always do. New order then modify with some pending order. But the placing always fails. Will find out along the way. :wink: You don’t trade with MT4 jingoy?

I trade with MT4 mostly, same thing… I just don’t trade with market makers, so I don’t know much about how they do things, :slight_smile:

Right okay. Just read about Market Makers yesterday at pipsology. :stuck_out_tongue:

Hi Sgpilot,

Am from SG too. Thank your lucky stars you are starting this at 18 years old! I wish I knew what I know now at your age…

At 18 years old it might be a tad bit harder to control emotions and have patience but stick to it and you will prevail eventually. I am a newbie like you too although not as young as you are and yet to be profitable. I’ve only been trading live for close to 3 months now.

Am finding my feet still but you’ve come to the right place. I also actually paid for a Forex course about 2 years ago, slightly cheaper than yours and I realised that their strategies are all available for free on the internet. It is just the way they package it. About the only good thing I learnt from the course is how to use MT4, Support and resistance lines and the stuffs that’s on the babypips school. Made my learning curve shorter but still it is too much to pay just for that.

Good luck and good pipping!