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Daytrading the DOW – 9th December 09

Daytrading the DOW - 9th December 09

I thought I'd dabble again today and get back into the swing of doing some trading. It's been a while since I updated this blog but I do want to get back into it and start updating the blog as religiously as I used to. Anyway, some nice technicals on the DOW today. You could see that there was a clear downtrend channel (where I have wrote 'resistance line here'), I drew the line to see how the chart would react to this line.. obviously, the idea is that if you are looking to sell, sell when i

December 9, 2009 No Comments Full Story

Daytrading the DOW

Daytrading the DOW

I shorted the DOW when it broke the trendline at 9740 or so.. however, it wasn't the perfect entry as the market bounced from this area of support to go north... I had a stop at 9780 which was the previous high but nonetheless, my short wasn't ideal as short trades should be entered on a long countertrend. I had to watch the market go against me 30 points or so before it tanked.. it went past my entry point and I took profits at the round number 9700 for 40 points which wasn't bad. However, t

September 30, 2009 No Comments Full Story

Long EURUSD at 1.4175

There was a huge drop with the EURUSD and my system had indicated a short entry at 1.4270.. this would have been a lovely entry and very profitable.. however, as you know, I work a 9-to-5 job so was unable to enter. However, my long at 1.4241 last night with an exit price of 1.4290 yield a nice 49 pips. I have just entered long 1.4175 now with a stop at 1.4135.. let's see how it goes...

July 28, 2009 No Comments Full Story

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