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![Thinking too much and trading]()
Today, I'm sad to say that I didn't listen to my instinct when it came to trading. I was being too clever and thinking about what the market was doing.
Look at the chart below. The market had hit the pivot point the first time and retraced. It then moved upwards and this was the time where I got back home and look at the market... it had retraced off the pivot and some strong movement up again towards it. I was a littl reluctant to put on the long as the pivot point was so close again when I
July 20, 2010
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![False break on the DOW]()
Well, back to trading the DOW, I was looking scalp for a few points and initially had my mind fixed on taking 30 points...
I was looking to see if the DOW would break below the S1 pivot point which was also a support line the DOW had responded to earlier. I place my entry at 9694 just to be sure it was lower than the previous low point set. The market gave me my trade and it went nicely the right direction.. I had set my limit to be 9664.
The market however didn't want to give me my 30 poi
July 1, 2010
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![GBPUSD trading luck today!]()
I've dropped the chart into the 5 minute chart so you can see clearer.. the upper and lower band today were so close that I felt a bit uncomfortable with the trade... the upper band was at 14836 and the lower was 14819, a mere 17 points which is tiny.
However, I put in the orders and from the graph, my short should have been hit which would have been a loss. It looks like it was within a pip or so... so that was extremely lucky.
The long came on just before 8am however and powered away..
June 23, 2010
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