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FTSE100 perfect technical trading

FTSE100 perfect technical trading

I had my day off today so I thought I would look at the charts for some trades early in the day before I went to the new Westfield shopping centre which has opened up in London. The FTSE100 obeyed some nice technical signals I was able to capitalise... not to it's full potential but still, it's nice when you get a perfect technical day. The first thing was the previou low of around 4200 at 8.30am when the market tested the level and bounced to 4240.. it then started to fall and for an inst

October 31, 2008 No Comments Full Story

GBPJPY trade update

GBPJPY trade update

As I mentioned last night, I had gone long on the GBPJPY at 174.21 with a 50 pip stop loss and a 45 pip trailing stop. I had correctly picked the right direction and the market went up.... my trailing stop went up also to capture profits. The market hit a short term peak at 175.00 before it started to fall and caught my stoploss which at this time has moved to 174.58 netting me 37 pips. This was quite annoying as at 175.00 it was a 79 pip profit. Then, not soon after hitting my stop, the market

October 21, 2008 No Comments Full Story

GBPJPY long

GBPJPY long

I just went long GBPJPY at 174.21 with a 50 pip stop loss and a 45 pip trailing stop.. the market has come off pretty strongly and I am expecting a countertrend bounce as the market seems to have found a temporary bottom between 173.60 and 174.00.. the over trend is down however so this is quite a risky trade. However, if the market does move up, I am expecting quite a handsome reward (that's if I can hold onto the trade!)

October 20, 2008 2 Comments Full Story

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