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When I trade, I always ensure that I put a stop in for every order.. this is usually 50 pips or points and acts as an emergency stop should anything drastic happen with the markets or if my internet connection dies.. I know my maximum possible loss.
However, it is important to ensure that a stop is place in the right place otherwise you'll be hammered by the stop hunters as they seek to take you out.
My trade today on the GBPUSD was as below.. I saw a triple stop in the 15minute timeframe
September 7, 2011
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I know some really lucky traders who were long of the Swiss forex pairs. Although you wouldn't have been able to seen this coming the Swiss National Bank (SNB) sold a huge chunk of Swiss Franc which sent the Swiss pairs rocketing.
The USDCHF went 800 points and both EURCHF and GBPCHF rocketted 1000 points! This amounted to an almost 9% depreciation in the currency.
If you were lucky and were long of this currency before the SNB intervened, you would be sitting on a small fortune!
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September 6, 2011
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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
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