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Caught on a Fakeout – Trading the Currency Markets

Caught on a Fakeout - Trading the Currency Markets

I entered long the GBPAUD currency the other evening. I had placed my order 10 pips from the previous high and was expecting quite a big move towards the upside. When my entry came, it went a few pips up and then went down. I had my stop below the last trend reversal pattern. Over the next couple of days, not much happened.. it remained in the range and I thought that since the price action preceding this was up, there was more chance of it moving north. When markets are stuck in a range, my vi

September 14, 2011 1 Comment Full Story

The Importance of Having your Stop in the Right Place – Trading the Financial Markets

The Importance of Having your Stop in the Right Place - Trading the Financial Markets

I wanted to put this post up to remind myself of a lesson which I seem to have forgotten and cost me today and that is... "ensuring that your stop is in the right place" To be honest, I got a bit lazy and have been putting stops with my orders with no real analysis as to where they should be. I know some people and some of the systems that I use do have a fixed stop limits but this way of trading for me involves putting in stops in the correct place. A stop is your 'yes, I am definately wr

August 30, 2011 1 Comment Full Story

DDFX Forex System – 22nd to 26th August 2011 – Back to Winning

DDFX Forex System - 22nd to 26th August 2011 - Back to Winning

After last week I was cautious... trading systems in my experience don't work in all market conditions so when you get a poor trading week you know that the market dynamics could have changed. I'm more cautious when this happens and my way of testing the market is to scale down my trading and hence my choice to trade only the GBPUSD forex pair this week to see if we get a positive result. Anyway, I'm glad to say that the week was positive, if only just! It gives me a bit more confidence to tr

August 29, 2011 No Comments Full Story

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