The Best Traders on Oanda Forums

I know it isn't easy to define who are the best forex traders because really, you only know how good you are.  Knowing this, I posted to the Oanda forum asking the more informed and experienced users who the most "successful" or experienced traders were.  

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I received a response with traders whose member names were
~chaffcombe , blueingreen, oldhand, craigatk, altman, Airoekhion, and danielgsx.  I wanted this information because I really want to concentrate on reading posts by them with the hope of learning more.

The post that caught my eye asked the question, "Right tools for trends and ranges?"  The post is located here: http://www2.oanda.com/cgi-bin/msgboard/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=004808;p=1

There are a lot of recommendations but I was watching what oldhand had to say:

While I agree with the "eyeball" indicator, I'd have to disagree about
the value of "indicators" taken by many. For example, s/r lines,
whether horizontal or angled are probably used by all traders to
greater or lesser degree and they are just as much "indicators" as
MACD/RSI/CCI etc. Trend lines and channels in my experience being the
strongest of all devices to suggest high probability directional clues.
What about moving averages? The 100/200 SMAs in virtually all time
frames are a must for any trader to track. The 200 SMA especially on
weeklies and dailies is a must and to ignore such an indicator or be
oblivious to it is guaranteed to lead to mis-steps on trades. Not
knowing Fib levels for your price analysis is likewise operating with
one eye closed.

Whether
"indicators" inform about some objective underlying reality about price
patterns or simply are self-fullfilling reations of various trading
segments is a question that can never be answered one way or another.
But, the fact that the majority of traders rely upon the variety of
indicators to make decisions is not in doubt. Your best trades are
always going to be when a variety of indicators, whether moving
averages, Fib levels, trend lines etc all line up at certain points and
within different time frames. For example, if you see price touch a
channel line on the daily and let's say the 3 hour, and RSI is in over
sold/bought territory, and a Fib level is at the same point, and MACD
or Momemtum paint a divergence, price is going to react in a major way
and predictably. Why? Simple really. The different trader segments,
some weekly or daily players relying lets say on channel lines, and
another segment relying on Fib levels, and another on RSI levels and so
on, are going to all react at that point causing a counter price
movement. How far price will move is very difficult to predict but
direction is not.

So, I'd say a study and attention to indicators is a must for any trader and well worth the effort.

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