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Trading as a game of probabilities –

Trading as a game of probabilities -

The more I look at the stock market, the more I realise that trading is a game of probabilities.. you are never sure what the market will do, you can only make an educated guess as to what may happen and then hope that the market goes your way. If you've an edge, then you have a chance of making it as a successful trader. Anyway, my trade today was a long at 96.37 as I saw the price action bounce off the bottom of the range which I identified...  the market had hit the bottom line 3 times an

November 19, 2008 No Comments Full Story

GBPJPY trade update

GBPJPY trade update

As I mentioned last night, I had gone long on the GBPJPY at 174.21 with a 50 pip stop loss and a 45 pip trailing stop. I had correctly picked the right direction and the market went up.... my trailing stop went up also to capture profits. The market hit a short term peak at 175.00 before it started to fall and caught my stoploss which at this time has moved to 174.58 netting me 37 pips. This was quite annoying as at 175.00 it was a 79 pip profit. Then, not soon after hitting my stop, the market

October 21, 2008 No Comments Full Story

GBPJPY long

GBPJPY long

I just went long GBPJPY at 174.21 with a 50 pip stop loss and a 45 pip trailing stop.. the market has come off pretty strongly and I am expecting a countertrend bounce as the market seems to have found a temporary bottom between 173.60 and 174.00.. the over trend is down however so this is quite a risky trade. However, if the market does move up, I am expecting quite a handsome reward (that's if I can hold onto the trade!)

October 20, 2008 2 Comments Full Story

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