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I haven't been trading enough this week so I was eager to get stuck in today.
My first trade was a short at 12922... the market had already come off a 50% Fib level and I was thinking that it had further to go. I had missed the move as it fell (as I had only got in at 6.30pm GMT).. I quickly opened the short but didn't check to see that the stochastics had almost reached the oversold level. This was frustrating as I sold right at the bottom. The market went up and hit my stop for -18!!
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May 16, 2008
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I'm back on my spreadbetting account trading the Dow Jones.
My first trade was a decent short I felt as the stochastics were overbought and the MACD was showing negative divergence... it's gotta be heading downwards. Indeed, it did head lower but only 10 points so before it headed higher and hit my stop. I was very paid for this traded and let it ride hoping that the resistance level around 12830 would contain it.. unfortunately, it didn't and I got stopped out for -14.
As it broke above t
May 13, 2008
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I have been hunting high and low for a suitable trading platform... I now realise that the CQG trader platform which I was using before was simple but great! At first I thought it was a bit basic for my liking but so long as it worked reasonably well and I guess it's also what you get used to.
Thanks to Harry for dropping me a comment about Ninja Trader.. I had a look for it and I found a broker which I can use this with. The software looks like CQG in the way it functions, I'll download th
May 12, 2008
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