Forex Volatility: what pair is best to trade?

I have made a huge mind shift since I began trading nearly 7+ years ago.

When I first started I wanted to make the most money, as fast as possible.

I chose the most volatile pair at the time, which was GBPNZD, in 2024 it would be GBPJPY.

Those pairs move 150-200 pips per day on average.

And, with that much volatility, comes much larger losses – plain and simple.

Also, I like to trade with automation – and an automated system can run away fast trading a pair that moves 200 pips per day and can trend up or down 1,000 pips over a few day period.

NOW my mind has shifted and in fact my profits have increased and my risk has decreased, by simply trading the lowest volatility pair(s) such as EURGBP, CADCHF, NZDCHF & AUDNZD – each of which move about 40 pips per day.

Yes, those pairs can still trend and move a lot a few times per year, but they are much more controllable than the high volatility pairs mentioned above.

Now a days, I run my automations on the slower pairs and it has even allowed me to go back to old algorithms and re-run them with success – opening up a whole new set of automated trading on low volatility pairs.

In fact, from my testing I can run many of the bots I have developed and purchased over the years on the lower volatility pairs and create a portfolio of trading systems running on small accounts ($1,000) creating a lot of diversity in my forex portfolio.

Soon I will be offering a new level of membership called “Portfolio Manager” allowing you to access multiple bots that you can run on smaller accounts at the minimum lot size and create great diversity in your trading moving forward.

Stay tuned….

Why Forex Entry Strategies & Indicators Don’t Work

Here is what I have discovered about Forex….

I kept wondering why all strategies lose – they all literally lose. If you know different please show me.

Everyone is teaching an entry strategy; typically using an indicator and things like “price action” “mitigation candles” and/or “order blocks” etc.

There in lies the problem; “strategies” don’t work, meaning ENTRY STRATEGIES don’t work – and EVERYONE is focused on them.

So, knowing that – here is the real answer.

Due to the nature of forex, and the fact that there are NO patterns – the movement is seemingly random.

An entry strategy was NEVER the answer – it has always been and will always be – trade management.

I’ve been working on a new AI system in the background – and entry (direction of buy or sell) is useless – what DOES work is a random entry and managing the trade.

Managing the trade is simply knowing how to and when to…

  1. hedge
  2. martingale
  3. do partial closes (trade a profit for a loss) – ending in break even and moving on (saving margin, saving the account, lowering the DD etc.)
  4. launching trades in a “gap” like 30 pips apart (grid trading) < which most will tell you to avoid HOWEVER it is literally the answer to entries.

It’s time to stop the nonsense and make all of the fake forex “entry strategy” teachers go away – they have ALL been lying to you – and themselves forever – don’t get sucked into the brainwashing.

My NEW A.I. system based on the 4 points above is in beta right now – and I have been working on this for a LONG time – 30-60 more days of testing will reveal a winner or a loser – and I’m seeing this as a major win so far.

Stay Tuned…

Compare Standard Pairs To Metals & Indices

I am MAKING A HUGE POINT OF SEPARATION HERE:

  1. you trade standard pairs (the 10 PIP Hybrid feed) with the mindset of out performing the S&P500 market on a yearly basis; and that can EASILY be done; this is NOT a strategy to look at on and hourly or daily basis HOPING for massive income and profits – THIS IS A LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR INVESTMENT GROWTH. The unrealistic desire for daily/weekly/short-term income growth with this strategy is was causes people to OVER BID. Bid instead for long term income growth and you will be doing the right thing.
  • 2. we trade the High Profit feed (metals and indices) for short term daily/weekly income growth with a WIN OR LOSE strategy; with the goal of having more wins than losses – however again we will have loss days. The loss taking on a highly volatile metal or index is better than an entire account ruin; so we accept it and know that in the long term our strategy will allow wins to outpace losses over time.

Now that we have the standard pairs down pat and cooking along where I don’t see any further manipulations needed; I am focusing on perfecting the metals and indices algorithm like never before; wait til you see what I have in store….

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The FXwithTerry Forex Trading Strategy

Many ask what type of “strategy” it is that I use…

It’s called “Position Trading” where once entered, we don’t place a stop we instead manage the position into profit with dollar cost averaging.

It’s proven to be the highest win rate strategy available on standard currency pairs.

And now on runaway positions; using the new 10 PIP Hybrid feed, I will simply enter a hedge to protect the position until it comes back to the original TP; when you see this play out it will be amazing to say the least – as long as the hedge is entered at the right time; in the end that is a guess however 98% of the time will will end in a nicely profitable trade, the other 2% of the time will be break even or a small loss.

How to remove emotions from the process?

1. don’t over bid for you account size; what is the right bid, the one that causes you the least stress over your money (specific to you).

2. realize we don’t control the market and that trades DO NOT just go into an entry then profit every time; some percentage go against and must be held and accepted for the time the market takes to play out; we can’t control volume or movement so if we enter a trade and it takes 10 days to play out; that is not a stress moment for you to experience, patience and trust in our system is key; the new 10 PIP Hybrid will squash those feelings immensely if you bid properly for your account (which is specific to you and your risk appetite and long term goals).

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Can I use your Auto Trading System on my prop firm account?


I DO NOT allow the auto trading system on a prop firm account; and sure you can cheat and possibly bypass me knowing this however the reason I don’t allow it is because you will NOT GET PAID from a prop firm using my auto trading feed because it is a duplicate trade that gets sent to hundreds if not thousands of people at the same time; this will produce a red flag at your prop firm and you WILL NOT GET PAID: even though you could possibly pass your evaluation, they will NOT PAY YOU with these duplicate trades. HOWEVER you CAN use my auto trader feed to pull in all of my trades to a 100k demo account, and use that as your own Signal to manually take the trades that are going into profit on your prop account, manually – entering at a different price and either not placing a take profit TP or altering the TP significantly – making the trade unique to you and your account.

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Can you show me the results of your Full Auto System (myfxbook)?

The results you get are unique to you; based on your account balance (real/live or demo account), your broker pricing and your chosen leverage. Typically in the forex industry people will request to see your “myfxbook” results – and that does not apply here to my auto trader system. My system is unique in that you have full control over all aspects such as which and how many pairs to trade, what your bid size is, etc. One thing to note is that ALL of my trades end in a net-profit (meaning my trades as a whole/basket of trades never lose). How YOU manage the profitable trades I send you is up to you; so your results with my automated system are unique to you.

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What does “Copy Trade” mean?

Copy Trade means the act of copying my trade to your account; also known as a “feed” and you will hear me say “copy trade feed” when referring to full autopilot trading where my trades are copied to your broker/trading account on autopilot.

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What is an Automated “Feed”

I often use the word “feed” when referring to my automated trading system (copy trade system) which means I am “feeding” my trades directly to your broker account using Meta Trader 4/5. An automated feed sends my profitable trades directly to your real/live or demo account on autopilot.

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Is this type of trading called “Martingale”?


No. Martingale is a bidding method where you double the bid every time you lose; we do not double our bids when the trade goes against us; we DO however increase the bid/lot size at times as we place more trades on any given currency pair; doing this is NOT Martingale.

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