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Thinking too much and trading

Thinking too much and trading

I've heard that you don't do yourself any favours if you think too much about a position when trading. In fact, there was something that the more academic a person is, the more they have to justify their decision before making the trade.. in the fast move world of trading, by the time your neurons have worked out what to do, the market has already moved and along that, the opportunity. My trade set up today was a long if the GBPUSD went above 15287. The usual limit with this breakout trade is

April 9, 2010 No Comments Full Story

GBPUSD stopped out trade… just! How annoying!

GBPUSD stopped out trade... just! How annoying!

Trading is meant to frustrate.. this morning I had a short trade on and it hit my stop and promptly reversed which would then have hit my target for 30 pips. There are times when a trader thinks that the markets are out to get him (or her) and he (or she) is right!! :) The market knows exactly where the stops are and they will hit them prior to moving in the 'correct' direction. So a loss today.. annoying but that's something you have to deal with if you trade

April 6, 2010 No Comments Full Story

And this is what happened….

And this is what happened....

As the annotation goes, I'm glad that I didn't take it.. the markets may well go south but from the initial point of where I thought could have been an entry, it would have been a disaster for a daytrade. The market shoots up to 161.90 before it dwindling around doing not much. A daytrader would be quite nervous at this stage.....

June 12, 2009 No Comments Full Story

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