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Thinking carefully about the trading system – GBPUSD forex trading

Thinking carefully about the trading system - GBPUSD forex trading

Today was another losing day which was extremely frustrating.. the short trade triggered first and then went straight up to hit the stop and then the buy trigger which immediately reversed to hit my stop... the total loss was 80 pips. If you look at the chart, however, you can see that I lost out just by a few pips. The trade today should have been the short which fell nicely a good 100+ pips. The trading system has suddenly taken a turn for the worst and I'm considering what to do about it.

June 8, 2010 No Comments Full Story

Trading the GBPUSD market – so close yet so far!

Trading the GBPUSD market - so close yet so far!

Today I was a bit unlucky with the markets. I usually take the high and low of the market movement between 4am and 7am but I had set the high at the previous high at around 6am which I thought would be the high of the day. Anyway, if you look at the chart you will see that my trade triggered at 7am for the long which then fell to hit the stop for -40. The short trade also went and it should have hit the target for 30 pips but including the spread and all that, I think I missed the exit by les

June 7, 2010 No Comments Full Story

Reversed the weeks GBPUSD losses..

Reversed the weeks GBPUSD losses..

The last 3 days were not good for the system and I suffered a 20 pip loss each day. As I traded Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the total loss for the week was 60 pips! I didn't trade Monday as it was the Bank Holiday yet it would have yielded profits had I done. It's times like this when you consider whether your trading system is going to work for you... the back testing has shown that 3 days in a row of losses is rare but when it happens, your confidence in the system diminishes and the d

June 4, 2010 No Comments Full Story

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