Archive for July, 2013
I shorted Oil (WTI Crude) last week and unfortunately the trade went against me and I lost 200 points. Unfortunately, in trading this happens but over the long term I expect that I will win more trades that I lose so it doesn't bother me too much. Anyway, here's the reasoning behind the trade.
If you look at the weekly trade, you would see that the 10600 level actually was a strong support and resistance line in the past.
Where I have green arrows you can see how the price had reacted
July 21, 2013
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A good trading week last week. Sometimes just a couple of trades can do it and last week we had two relatively straightforward trades.
Firstly, on the USDJPY forex pair, the trend has been up and there was a clear pinbar. We went long on that bar and the following day, the market went up. As it was Friday and I wasn't keen on holding my position over the weekend, I took profits for 80 pips.
My Gold trade was actually done a few days before - on Tuesday, shorted at 1242 with a stop at 1
July 8, 2013
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Well I took 50 points off the DOW today. I think it has much further to go and it already has moved 30 points beyond where I took profits but hey ho! There was some support at 14900 and you tend to get some support at these numbers so I figure it would be good to take some profit.
Looking at this daily chart though, it does look like it has further to go down.
Still, I also put on a binary bet that the DOW would go down today. Unless the market can get above 14975, I should have a nice
July 2, 2013
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