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This was me today... I put in an order for a buy on the GBPUSD at 16018 or a sell at 15956 with a 20 pip stop and a 40 pip target.
As you can see from the chart, the GBPUSD shoots up and actually goes beyond the 50 pips...
However, I made no money on this trade at all. At first I got really annoyed, an easy 40 pips in the bag and my broker has screwed me over.
I checked my emails and can see that the order was being placed, however, I had forgotten to fund the account properly and t
November 10, 2010
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Hi all,
I've not been as diligent lately updating the blog with my entries and exits and posting my results. However, rest assured I'm still trading... much more so in fact. I am running a few trading strategies all at once on different markets and it's been working out very nicely so far.
On the GBPUSD I've managed to grab around 300 pips. The USDJPY, I've grabbed 50 pips and then some points on the DOW jones.
My profit table is looking very nice for the last few days... if only it's a
July 19, 2010
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As you can see from teh chart, there has bene quite a long consolidation channel.. it's almost been 4 days since the market has been bouncing around 15200 and 15080.
I had two lines, 15209 and 15083 and was looking to take a position if the market went beyond this range.
The market did indeed break above my upper line and I went short with a stop at the bottom of the line, 15083 and a 100 pip limit. However, the immediate short term top was 15220 or so before the market fell.. it's current
July 6, 2010
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