Archive for month: May, 2007

FXStreet Trader Contest 2007

30 May, 2007 (13:53) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

FXStreet are holding a forex trading contest and I have signed up for it. There are currently 23 confirmed contestants taking part so far, although I expect that to climb quite a bit more before the deadline to join expires tomorrow (31st May). There are some pretty nice prizes on offer, so [...]

Review of Way of the Turtle

30 May, 2007 (13:24) | Books | By: Colin McGinley

Curtis Faith is one of the original Turtles. He was a member of the first group of people to take part in a unique trading program. This trading program was the result of a bet between Richard Dennis and William Eckhardt. Could trading be taught? Richard Dennis was willing to put [...]

25 in a row

23 May, 2007 (13:41) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

When price in EUR-USD dipped into the middle of my Q2 quadrant at the beginning of the week I decided it would be prudent to close out some of my Q4 trades from earlier in the month. I couldn’t think of when my last losing trade was closed out, so I had to check [...]

Preparing for the black swan

21 May, 2007 (16:37) | Books, Psychology | By: Colin McGinley

Although this article has already been highlighted on Rob Booker’s blog and The Forex Project, as well as being written over five years ago, I think it is well worth reading especially if you are not familiar with Nassim Taleb. The article is question was originally published in New Yorker magazine and is titled [...]

Dirk speaks

20 May, 2007 (11:06) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

Dirk du Toit, author of Bird Watching in Lion Country, was on the Gary James Blog Radio show last Friday.
Dirk describes some of the basics of the foreign exchange market and as well as the core concepts at the heart of his trading methodology. While the quality of the broadcast isn’t exactly the best [...]