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![Beauty trade on the 9-to-9 GBPUSD trading system]()
On Friday 11th (sorry, posting this a bit late), I traded the 9-to-9 trading system on the GBPUSD. For those who haven't been following, it's trading the breakout of the highest and lowest points between 9pm and 9am GMT time.
The timing on my chart says 5am but that's because I am using a US broker and it's not clever enough to work out where I actually am.. it's a minor detail.
Anyway, the top of the range was 14757 and the lower, 14651. The range is just over 100 pips so can be done. I h
June 14, 2010
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So, after a period of losing trades, I decided not to trade the system today. However, to see how well it fares regardless of whether I trade it or not, I want to still continue to follow it. In trending markets, I suspect that it works rather well but when the markets are a bit uncertain, is when I don't do so well. If I can figure out when to not trade the markets, then I can continue with the system.. I do like it's simplicity and the fact that it's fire and forget.
Anyway, I didn't trade
June 9, 2010
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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
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