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2008 here I come – S&P Emini trading log

2008 here I come - S&P Emini trading log

I thought I would take a look at the S&P chart today... I know in my previous blog entry, I said that I would probably leave it until next week before I start trading but there's no harm in having a look. If there are no opportunities, then that is fine! Over the Xmas period, I was able to dedicate time to reviewing my trades over the last 6 months. Having all my trade entries and exits along with my faults in the blog allow me to do this and be objective about things. I found that I w

January 4, 2008 No Comments Full Story

2nd January – Trading update – or lack of!

2nd January - Trading update - or lack of!

Hi all, I'm not back to full swing as yet... remember I was talking about the EUR/CAD last night? Well, it did go higher in fact, it went up to 1.4690 and is currently sitting at 1.4641. I should have kept it at the 100 pip limit order when I took profits at 1.4500! I have just gone long USD/CAD at 0.9937 with a 100 pip stop and target, I'll see if I can hold this. The reasoning for the trade starts off by looking at the daily chart. If you look at the stochastics, you can see that it h

January 2, 2008 No Comments Full Story

EURCAD – closed the long but it could head higher

I've closed my EURCAD long as it hit resistance of 145000... I wasn't sure what would happen from here. I got around 50 pips which is a nice profit nonetheless. The market could easily go higher now and reach my intended 100 pip target... I am not sure why my broker had put the price to above 100 pips when the market was closed. Nevermind though.. One of my biggest trading nuances is that I can't seem to hold onto winning trades.. I hope this will improve in 2008!! 

January 2, 2008 No Comments Full Story

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