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We've seen the DOW propped by up support around 12400 for all of last week and when it broke today I had a short at 12360 which was trigger. It was looking well and at one point I was already 60 points up. Now the markets always seems to find support at big numbers so at 12300 it bounced.
I expected this but with a nice clean break to the downside, I didn't think it would bounce that high. I had an initial 80 point stop which I moved down to entry when the market hit 12300 but then hit exactl
July 18, 2011
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One of the reasons why I post my entries and exits is because it doubles up as my trading log of what I'm doing. I can learn from my mistakes (hopefully) and this should in the long term make me a better trader.
Today I got some good entries but I didn't follow my gameplan which would have left me still in the trades. This was for both the below trades GBPUSD and GBPJPY.
I had entered both short. The GBPUSD I entered on Friday morning and I didn't feel completely confortable with it as Fri
July 18, 2011
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I have been backtesting this system which looked really good using the Metatrader software. Basically, it told you when the market was trending up or down and if you place a trade when the trend changes and just follow it (from the backtesting), you would be in the money!
However, there are indicators in Metatrader which repaint. What this means is that you may be given a signal to enter a position but if the markets move the opposite way, the indicator suddenly disappears. What this means is
July 15, 2011
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