1 - What is your approach to trading in periods between news releases?
2 - Do you trade in these times of more gradual market activity, and if so, what are your rules for entry and exit?
3 - Which charts (1 min through monthly) do you refer to for entry and exit in these periods and the relevance of each?
1 - What is the relationship between fundamentals and technical in these periods?
If there is no imminent risk of news associated spikes, prices are inclined to slower movement in a well defined direction (technical forex trading). When prices touch a crucial levels instability starts to surge and the possibility of a huge earning trade emerges. Without any news alarm, fault lines can be broken, on the other hand huge position shift cause news shocks. In the absence of fundamental news, technical take over takes place.
2 - What is a minimum acceptable ratio of profitable trades (to develop a forex trading system)
Right or wrong is not the standard for a successful forex trading, in fact its all about return on equity, if the money in your forex trading account is growing you are successful. The great Chicago commodity traders in 1980?s applied breakout system that lost 90% of their trades but they made profit by positive three digit percent returns for years. All they did was when they got it right they rode it for all that was worth and when they were not right they exit without any further delay.
On the other hand the broker, he invests his money by buying at his buy price (bid) and selling at his sell price (offer) and usually seize the price difference between them. That?s how your broker makes money and you lose money in forex trading.
The importance of profitability forex trades ratio is irrelevant in shaping forex trading success; on the other hand psychological effect can be important. It becomes much more difficult to pull the trigger on the trade, once you have lost money on successive trades. This is an effective technique for new forex trader for forex trading.
3 - What is the average
frequency that you trade (5 times a day, once every two days)?
Once every two days.
4 - What is the average number of points per
profitable trade a new trader should expect over a period of 6 months?
New comers in forex trade should consider a no profit no loss result to be good during the first 6 months of forex trading period.
5 - While results will inevitably vary from person to person, what is a reasonable benchmark profit expectation for a new trader in the first 6 months of forex trading one contract?
In
forex trading if you choose a results that is neither profit nor loss than you are doing good. If you participate in an active forex trade then the chances are that you will loose your stake. Exceptions are rare.