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I went short on the break of the support line today at 11430. I was so sure that we would see a huge move that I went in 3x normal size. The market moved 10 points my way and then reversed tricking myself (and I'm sure a lot of other shorters), taking me out at 11455 for the equivalent of -25 x 3 = -75! Ouch!
The moral of the story is to always bet the same size for each trade.. afterall, you just never know what will happen as we see today. The markets are notorious for doing this sort of th
July 21, 2008
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I entered this trade after seeing downtrend pattern in the 5 min charts looking to turn. The stochastics were also oversold and looking to head upwards.
In the 1 minute chart, the 20 minute moving average line (which was functioning as resistance) became support and I traded off a bounce and got in at 11244. The market soon shot up and bounced off 11300 and I closed out at 11286 for +42.
The market has since reached 11360 which is another 74 points which I missed out on!
I bagged my pro
July 8, 2008
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I have been rather cautious with my trading as the markets seem extremely volatile whipsawing as uncertainty seems to take grip. As a result, I have been extremely selective in my trading and hence the rather less frequent updates on the website. However, on Friday, I did make a trade on the AUD/USD forex chart.
I traded this as I saw negative divergence on in the 4 hour chart on the stochastics as the market had hit a second high at around 0.9630. The stochastics also crossed and my trend si
July 7, 2008
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