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Last night I saw an opportunity to short the GBPJPY currency pair and I entered at 205.20 with a 200 point target and a 100 point stop order. In the back of my mind, I know that I need to leave these trades running, there have been many occasions where I have closed for 100 to find that the market has moved 500 my way or more! Anyway, I set this trade in motion and went to bed...
I woke up to find that the market had moved and throughout the day, went lower... the lowest was 204.00 which was
August 19, 2008
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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 read officially that we are in bear market territory, this is where the markets have fallen 20% from their highs... the state of the economy is not looking good and the financial sector especially is taking a bashing.
However, I took a few scalp trades today... I am having some real problems holding trades which is my biggest weakness in the markets... trading psychology plays a huge part and I am letting myself down when the markets are going my way.. I feel inclined to take a profit whic
July 9, 2008
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