I went short on the GBPJPY at 14973 as it was bouncing off the resistance as you can see on the chart below. There seems to be resistance around the level where the price action was and as the price action looked to fall, I felt this was a good entry. The market has found some strength all of a sudden however so we will have to wait and see what happens. I have my stop at 15024 with a first target (if things go my way) at 14900 or so...
This is becoming unbelievable.. I traded both the S&P and GBPJPY today and both were winners.. this makes my total to 11 winning trades in a row. Considering the spreadbet company takes a spread either side of this trade, I'm doing remarkably well. I don't feel as though I've become a super trader but I do accept the maximum loss that I expect per trade. I put on the trade, set the stop loss and mentally accept the maximum loss. This makes me feel less nervous should it go against me.. I kno
Another winning trade today... I saw momentum towards the downside had dwindled and the market looked like it would make some movement upwards. I went long at 14622 with a stop at 14585 and a target of 14660. Soon after my trade, the market went south and I was beginning to think it could go wrong and move towards the first support area at 14600 and if this failed, the 14575 level. My stop was at 14585 as I didn't want to take the loss or risk below the 14600 line. My target was 146
