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Long Timeframe Trading vs Short Timeframe Trading

Long Timeframe Trading vs Short Timeframe Trading

My first thought is that new traders should start off with the longer timeframes… shorter timeframes are extremely stressful and a quick way to lose money particularly when you’re starting out. That’s not to say that it’s not possible but the likelihood that you will burn out is greatly increased if you run before you can walk. Trading the Daily timeframes work better as there’s less ‘noise’ in the markets..  you’ll see less signals but the moves should be bigger and you igno

October 29, 2013 No Comments Full Story

Last weeks winning trades – USDJPY and Gold

Last weeks winning trades - USDJPY and Gold

A good trading week last week. Sometimes just a couple of trades can do it and last week we had two relatively straightforward trades. Firstly, on the USDJPY forex pair, the trend has been up and there was a clear pinbar. We went long on that bar and the following day, the market went up. As it was Friday and I wasn't keen on holding my position over the weekend, I took profits for 80 pips. My Gold trade was actually done a few days before - on Tuesday, shorted at 1242 with a stop at 1

July 8, 2013 No Comments Full Story

Gone Short on the DOW

Gone Short on the DOW

Ok I've gone short on the DOW. I'm seeing a dowtrend in the daily charts.. it's a series of lower lows and lower highs. I believe that the market has just completely it's retrace from the downtrend and now going to make it's way down. The blue line shows that there has been a resistance where price was contained, this is around 15080. I'm hoping price will head lower to 14650 or so where my target is.

July 1, 2013 No Comments Full Story

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