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Yes, the Dow was a good shorting opportunity…

Yes, the Dow was a good shorting opportunity...

The short entry was a good one.. however, in light of the strong uptrend I wanted to get out as soon as it hit any resistance and I got out at the round number 11600. The stochastics were also way into oversold territory so I got out and grabbed a measly 10 points. The market however, fell further and is currently at 11583... trust my luck!! The hardest thing I think about trading is knowing when to get out..  I think it's much more difficult than entering. The other day, I gave up over 1

August 22, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Some trading opportunities on the DOW

Some trading opportunities on the DOW

I have my day off today and I wanted to watch the markets and not be desperate to trade. A problem is that when I come home from work and find that the markets have moved a lot with a lot of profit left on the table, I feel that I missed a fantastic opportunity and feel that I need to do something to get some of the profits..  as a result, I fire off trades from my trading platform even though there is no real reason to.. this amounts to losses and then frustration. However, today, I entered

August 22, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Trading or Gambling?

Trading or Gambling?

Unfortunately my trading goes from bad to worse.. I feel quite demoralised and I am not even looking at the charts properly and analysing before putting on trades. I just turn on the charting platform and put on the trades and lose. In fact, if I did the complete opposite to what I am currently doing I probably could do well!!! Right now, when I buy, the markets go down, when I sell, they go up! It seems that the markets know exactly what I want to do and just to the opposite to cause as much pa

August 13, 2008 1 Comment Full Story

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