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Tricked into a short by the Dow Jones

Tricked into a short by the Dow Jones

I went short on the break of the support line today at 11430. I was so sure that we would see a huge move that I went in 3x normal size. The market moved 10 points my way and then reversed tricking myself (and I'm sure a lot of other shorters), taking me out at 11455 for the equivalent of -25 x 3 = -75! Ouch! The moral of the story is to always bet the same size for each trade.. afterall, you just never know what will happen as we see today. The markets are notorious for doing this sort of th

July 21, 2008 1 Comment Full Story

More stock market carnage

More stock market carnage

I read officially that we are in bear market territory, this is where the markets have fallen 20% from their highs... the state of the economy is not looking good and the financial sector especially is takingĀ a bashing. However, I took a few scalp trades today... I am having some real problems holding trades which is my biggest weakness in the markets... trading psychology plays a huge part and I am letting myself down when the markets are going my way.. I feel inclined to take a profit whic

July 9, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Bagged some profits trading the Dow Jones..

Bagged some profits trading the Dow Jones..

I entered this trade after seeing downtrend pattern in the 5 min charts looking to turn. The stochastics were also oversold and looking to head upwards. In the 1 minute chart, the 20 minute moving average line (which was functioning as resistance) became support and I traded off a bounce and got in at 11244. The market soon shot up and bounced off 11300 and I closed out at 11286 for +42. The market has since reached 11360 which is another 74 points which I missed out on! I bagged my pro

July 8, 2008 No Comments Full Story

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