18th April – A long trading day

I got my Friday off and therefore had more time to trade. I made a series of trades as you can see from the chart. First trade was a short at what I thought to be the forming of a triple top. The price action had indeed moved down a tad and I had caught it a bit late.. the market had reversed and went up to hit my stop for -8! Ouch! My second trade was a stop and reverse. As the failed top patterned emerged, I went long above the break and caused +7 prices... Third trade was a short at