Rom wrote:Progress in live account?...I really dont know but it very healthy. You can see the results of the trades I'm taking.
On MT4 the number is printed in bold at bottom under page "Account history"
I compute risk on each trade by using that number.
I know what an account history is..and I know how to calculate risks...
There is a saying: You are not fit to be farmer if you keep looking over your back continiously when you are ploughing...likewise in trading. If you keep CONTINIOUSLY looking at how much you have increased your account this week, last week, last month and then you think that...geez, im going to do the same this week, next week, this month, this year.. this is trouble because if you go into the market with this "expection" that you are going to do the same what you did previously . the past is history.past results do not guarentee similar future results. succesful trading is more about consistently following a system than about results (the money). The money (the result) little or big is bound to follow the consistent trader...this is my experince, I dont know what others experiences are.
If my account was xgrand last week and now if its x+10grand, thats " healthy"...at least I know at just a glance, that it has increased. Does it really matter how much percentage I increased it by? not really...I am not competing with anyone...then again, Does it matter how much percertage I DECREASED it? Yes! especially when it is significant and when one is not following everything by the book. This means its time for evaluation.