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I had a couple of decent entries today which was a short of the AUD/JPY at 5889 and a subsequent close at 5843 where I thought it may bounce as it was a short term support line.. it was a nice 45 points but then the market fell further to almost 5722 meaning that I missed out on over 120 points!
I also shorted the GBPJPY forex pair at 14127 and got out at 14065 for +62 but once again, the market continued to fall reaching 13900 which meant an opportunistic loss of 165 pips!!
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November 20, 2008
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I am currently reading the book Trend Following by Michael Covel which talks about the trend following phenomenon and talks to a variety of traders how how they made it trading. One thing which stuck to mind was the advice which I hear time and time again, cut your losers and ride your winners. A few paragraphs from the book write
"A good example of not letting profits run can be seen in trading strategies that take profits off the table before a trend is over. For example, a broker reveale
November 4, 2008
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After my profitable AUDCAD trade last night, I entered short the GBPJPY right when it topped and fell. I had a 100 point stop which got hit.. quite annoying but as a trader (or trainee trader in my case) you have to learn that trading is about winning and losing.. you just have to take it on the chin and move on.
November 4, 2008
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