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I had a really nice short in the GBPUSD market today with a trailing stop. I closed out early for 56 pips however when the market was retracing.. it retraced 25 points before it fell heavily (another 50 points) to 16500.
My actual exit is a trailing stop loss and it would have not hit it before it fell. The old trading adage 'cut your profits short and let your profits run' is a key principle to be successful in trading and I'm annoyed by myself that I broke the rule.
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May 3, 2011
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I was actually looking to buy the DOW if it could get above 10330 but it didn't and started to look weak.
I shorted it manually at 10290 with a stop initially at 10314. It kinda dwindled for a while, obviously the S2 support line was providing support for it. When it start it make it's way upwards I was thinking.. oh well, another losing trading but as soon as it hit the pivot line, it fell and tanked a good 30 odd points.
My first target was 10260 but the DOW is rather volatile and when i
August 16, 2010
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Hi all,
I've not been as diligent lately updating the blog with my entries and exits and posting my results. However, rest assured I'm still trading... much more so in fact. I am running a few trading strategies all at once on different markets and it's been working out very nicely so far.
On the GBPUSD I've managed to grab around 300 pips. The USDJPY, I've grabbed 50 pips and then some points on the DOW jones.
My profit table is looking very nice for the last few days... if only it's a
July 19, 2010
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