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If you look at the 1 min chart of the Dow Jones below.. you can see that the market in the yellow box wasn't doing too much.. however, I was trading in this region, selling and buying when I should have been doing anything. I saw that the market had dropped and I was expecting to see a bounce back up to around 8500 at least... however, the adage is 'trade what you see, not what you think' and I failed miserably.. in total, I made two trades in this region, both lost to the accumulative amount
December 1, 2008
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I got in a short at 1.5385 which was a nice entry with a stop at 1.5415. The market did worrying bounce up and got close but then fell. However, the path downwards was not straight and was showing some resistance... in comparison, the EURUSD had just fallen and this made me feel that the pound sterling had some strength today. The market was bouncing and I got tired of waiting for it to drop and I took my profit at 1.5335 for +50. However, a minute after I had done this, the market fell a furthe
November 28, 2008
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After my profitable AUDCAD trade last night, I entered short the GBPJPY right when it topped and fell. I had a 100 point stop which got hit.. quite annoying but as a trader (or trainee trader in my case) you have to learn that trading is about winning and losing.. you just have to take it on the chin and move on.
November 4, 2008
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