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Days of Negative Price Action on Crude Oil

Days of Negative Price Action on Crude Oil

The other trade which I had tweeted out last week was my long Crude Oil trade. Once again, you can see that there was a strong bullish pin bar showing that the buyers were in force. As a Daily chart trader, I entered my trade on the close of the pinbar (ie right at the top of it). The market over the next few days then sank and didn't look very well. In fact, the price action sank as soon as I went long and price dwindled pretty much at the base of the pin at the 9500 level. I pretty much lo

February 11, 2013 1 Comment Full Story

The whirlwind of emotions of holding the Crude Oil Long entry

The whirlwind of emotions of holding the Crude Oil Long entry

I finally closed my Crude Oil long today and made a nice 120+ points.... a good trade but it was also a fascinating experience for me with regards to my trading emotions. I mentioned that it was a premature entry which I had made on the 25th October - exactly a week ago. I was overconfident due to a pretty good week trading and put on my crude oil long at 8600. I hadn't waited for a confirmation for my entry so psychologically wise, I wasn't best pleased with myself. However, I had committed

November 1, 2012 2 Comments Full Story

Overconfidence and Trading

Overconfidence and Trading

I've had a really good week trading the markets... just under 300 points in profit in total through being extremely disciplined and selective with my trading. I find that there are so many personal caveats that we have to work on for ourselves to improve on our trading. The markets cause havoc with our emotional states and it's easy to swing from elation to desperation to frustration all in a few minutes! Being too far into any particular emotional state is disruptive to your trading and overcon

October 26, 2012 1 Comment Full Story

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