so whats the actual safe alternative for automating, if not grid
Michael
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are grid/martingale EAs ever worth it or always death -
double top and double bottom, simplest pattern yet i still misread themdouble tops and bottoms are supposed to be the simplest reversal pattern, two pushes that fail at the same level. yet i keep entering on what i think is the second top only for price to push through and make a third higher high. for such a simple pattern im surprisingly bad at it. what am i getting wrong about reading double tops and bottoms?
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payout denied citing a rule i genuinely didnt know about, any recourseso the practical protection is basically withdraw small and often so no single payout is big enough for them to bother fighting?
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month 3 of journaling and the patterns its showing me are uncomfortableif one setup makes all the money, is it crazy to just trade only that one and drop the rest entirely?
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trading through a recession, anyone planning for the eventual downturnis now (early 2026) a bad time to start trading then? should i wait?
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prop firm model seems to be changing - instant funding replacing evaluation, good or badare there prop firms doing instant funding that are actually reputable or is it mostly newer firms using it as a hook?
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tradingview bar replay for practice - how to use it effectivelydiscovered the bar replay feature on tradingview and it seems useful for practicing reading charts without the benefit of hindsight. but i'm not sure i'm using it in a way that's actually building skills vs just going through motions.
how do people structure their replay practice sessions to get maximum benefit?
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year one trading retrospective - what I actually learned vs what I thought I would learnwhat's the one thing you'd tell yourself at the start of year one, knowing what you know now?
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do i actually need a forex vps or is my home pc fine for one EAhow do i properly stop windows from rebooting on its own, ive tried pausing updates but it still happens eventually?
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running an EA 24/5, how do you stop it doing something dumb while you sleepdoes the daily loss kill switch need to run as part of the EA or can it be a separate watchdog, in case the EA itself crashes?