Recent content by borzy

That’s the part people underestimate. A solid setup still fails if you size too big, revenge trade the next candle, or start moving stops because volatility feels personal.

Pair trading is a better idea than another grid/martingale EA, but my tests with HFM showed that the crucial question is whether the correlation holds in live conditions. Backtests can look smooth until spreads widen, one leg slips, or news breaks the relationship completely.

I’d look at PAMM more like selecting a fund manager than “passive income.” The return number means almost nothing without live history, max drawdown, recovery time, and knowing whether the manager is using grid/martingale type risk. Smooth equity curves in FX can be more suspicious than impressive

Fair angle. Indicators are usually just the footprint, not the reason. The hard part is proving those attention/community/capital-flow signals have repeatable edge and don’t just look obvious after the move; forward-tested examples would be more useful than a research kit alone. Also, I’d be...

From my experience with HFM, EUR/USD is probably the cleanest starting point, not because it’s easy, but because the spread and liquidity make your mistakes cheaper to study. The bigger thing is sticking to one pair and one session long enough to understand its rhythm. Beginners usually hurt...

PAMM, like from HFM, can make sense, but I wouldn’t call it truly passive. You’re still taking trading risk, just through someone else’s execution. The main thing is checking real live history, max drawdown, consistency, and whether the manager survives ugly market conditions without doing crazy...

I’d be cautious with any gold grid EA, even with verified-looking stats. XAUUSD can behave fine for weeks, then one news spike tests the whole recovery logic. The real question is drawdown, lot scaling, execution, and how it handles ugly market conditions

Broker volume rankings are always a bit messy because not everyone reports data the same way. Big volume can be a good sign, but it doesn’t automatically mean best execution for a retail trader. I’d care more about regulation, withdrawals, slippage, spreads during news/rollover, and whether the...

Timing is underrated because the same setup can behave completely differently during London/NY overlap versus dead liquidity hours. Still, overlap itself isn’t an automatic edge — pair selection, news risk, spread behavior, and stop placement matter a lot, especially on volatile pairs like...

I also prefer set and forget, but not completely blind. I place SL and TP first, then check only around key sessions or news because watching every tick makes me interfere too much. This helped me reduce emotional exits and useless extra trades

For a beginner I would still put forex first with reliable brokers like hfm, because at least you can practise risk control on demo and see your mistakes fast. ICO looks attractive, but one bad project can lock your money with no clear exit

journal only works when it shows the truth, not just nice screenshots of wins. I learned more from writing why I broke my rules than from adding another indicator, because the same mistakes become very clear after few weeks

basics must come first, then restraint must be trained at the same time. When I started with hfm, the biggest lesson was that knowing a setup is useless if I cannot wait for clean conditions and protect the account

I still manage most open positions from desktop, but mobile app saved me few times when I needed to move stop fast. For me execution speed and alert reliability are more important than many indicators, because a beautiful app is useless if the price updates late

I agree with using EMA and ADX, but from my experience with hfm market structure still gives the cleanest trend view. I use indicators only as confirmation, because a moving average can look good after the move already started