Hi all,
I’m trying to write a series of articles aimed at “forex newbies”, explaining basic terms and concepts, the most common strategies, caveats and much more.
I’d like to hear your input as to what specific topics I could be writing about.
Thanks! 
You might include in your articles:
how to determinate support and resistance levesl
how to draw fibonacci
how to draw trend lines
Alright, thanks, I’m working on it
Any other suggestions?
Consider writing an article on the topic of why those who are novice traders themselves should be hesitant to instruct others; or why those who are seeking guidance about trading-related topics should test the credibility and depth of experience of those who seek to instruct them. At the end, you could provide a link to babypips for further reading.
That is a topic well worth treating 
Can I ask you, without sounding like I’m just trying to spam this forum, an honest opinion on the articles I’ve published there so far?
Thank you
How about statistical probabilities of errors in indicators.
A topic started about how to start a topic.
Try to start with the basics of capital preservation, money management, and trading psychology & discipline.
It should be a required first lesson for any novice newbie.
Your could title it:
“Learn how to not lose money first, then learn how to make it.”
For now I’ve started an article on Fibonacci and titled it “Fibonacci in Forex: When Rabbits Can Give You Valuable Trading Advice”
(as a reference to the Fibonacci sequence to model a rabbit population generation by generation)
Sounds nice except you are hitting newbies up with fibo’s as their first lesson.
You could teach them Latin faster.
I’m teaching newbies, not stupids! Fibonacci is not that hard conceptually once you know what support/resistance levels are. I think the school on this site is good, but doesn’t explain things in much detail.
Ha Ha.
If you provide any type of feedback support that you will answer on a continued basis, you will quickly change your attitude towards your first sentence of your above quote.
Good luck. You’re doing a great job.
So what is your background in FX trading?
I have a college diploma in technical analysis, part of which was dedicated to trading so I know a little more than the average person about this area. Babypips school is light years ahead of anything else that I have seen and its real strength is it doesnt go into excessive detail and retains a practical focus. Anything can of course be improved but that should be your benchmark. Good luck, you will need it
http://forums.babypips.com/newbie-island/13967-hello-there-random-walk-model.html#post52895
http://forums.babypips.com/newbie-island/13967-hello-there-random-walk-model-2.html#post53134
Or was your question rhetorical?
Alright I said a few stupid things there :-P, but you don’t need to be a professional or a genius to understand the basic mathematical concepts behind trading. I’m a telecom engineering student, I’ve been writing and translating technical articles and papers for money for 3 1/2 years now (this is how I’m getting through college). I definitely know how to research a topic, and I think you can see that when you read the articles on my site. But constructive criticism is always welcome of course ;).
I hope not… anyways, one’s gotta at least suppose that those who read a forex-related article want to actually learn from it.
Good luck. You’re doing a great job.
Thanks!
Outspan,
Welcome to the forum. I’m not trying to be mean, just making an obeservation ok?
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to be a profitable trader first before going on to teach others?
The fact you asked the question of what to write about suggests inexperience, and you can only teach what you know right? Anything beyond that will be pure theory rather than practical experience, and you wouldn’t be doing your readers any favours at all. You critique babypips for not having enough information yet I noticed the articles that are on your link are lacking any real bite.
Anyway, I hope you stick around and become a contributor and a profitable trader.
“Why successful traders never write on how to be a successful trader.”
“Why math and engineering has nothing to do with trading.”
Well, I have been trading intensively and being profitable for the last 3 months, averaging a monthly +13.7%, developing the concepts I talked about in the thread cited by Andrewunknown. But you’re still certainly right when you say I could use some more experience – 3 months are not 3 or 30 years!
To me, however, the question is: does one really need decades of experience to explain the basic forex concepts in a way everybody can understand? I know I sound presumptuous, but I think that’s not the case. I have a good experience writing technical articles and researching topics.
You critique babypips for not having enough information yet I noticed the articles that are on your link are lacking any real bite.
That’s not correct, I said I find it good overall (and maybe “good” was kind of an understatement, it’s actually a great resource), and it definitely is my benchmark with regards to many aspects, but not the one of covering topics in depth. That’s understandable, they wanted to keep it short and catchy and underline results, what I’m saying is just that to get a full understanding of things, you have to talk about more than just results, which is what I’m planning to do with my next articles. I see what you mean when you say my articles don’t have a real “bite” and I’ll work on that :).
My account says otherwise :). I don’t really understand what is it with you categorically refusing to use maths and avoiding it like leprosy. If maths “has nothing to do with trading”, do you honestly think the indicators and oscillators you use to predict and confirm trends are just falling out of the sky? It’s mathematics AND psychology together that describe and define market trends, and engineering helps modeling them.
Honestly, standard deviation in Bollinger Bands? Fibonacci? pSAR? No mathematics at all there, right? Never heard of a thing called financial mathematics? 