I thought I would post where the S&P ended up when I closed my trade early at 1382. I took 2 point when there was 8 for the taking!! Arrgh.. Anyway, it's good to look back on the charts and see where it went wrong. The obvious exit would be when the S&P crossed below the 80 line in the stochastics and the MACD crossed.. this would have been at about 1386 which would have been still, a lot further than where I got out!
I went long at the break of the previous high in the S&P at around 1378... I actually got in at 1379.48 due to the spreadbetting spreads which you pay rather than their commission charges... they move their spreads about meaning that you can lose half a point (in S&P terms) per transaction... and upto a while point when doing a round trip. Anyway, the market went up and I got out at 1381.53 (I actually closed when the chart reached 1382 which was my target exit) for the equivalent of
I haven't turned on my trading platform for a while but I did so this morning after reading a blog by a 21 year old student (who looks 15 in his picture). He trades the EURCHF and uses a simple stochastics indicator. Have a look here http://forexsmarts.blogspot.com/ Anyway, using his system, there was a long entry at 1.6172 this morning. The market did get to 1.6215 earlier today and then fell back. I am still in the trade with a 50 point stop and a 150 point target price! Let's see what h
