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The hardest thing in trading – knowing when to close out – Forex trading

The hardest thing in trading - knowing when to close out - Forex trading

I really seem to be getting the hang of trading the forex markets lately and my account is at all time highs... long may it be like this. I don't really know if it's me who has improved or simply that the markets are favouring my style of trading... anyway, I am happy with how things are working out except for the fact that although I enter quite well, I seems to be taking profits far too early still...  here are my trades for today... I went long the USDCAD forex pair at 12515 and close

December 2, 2008 No Comments Full Story

AUDUSD trade…

AUDUSD trade...

A successful Forex trade.. I made 45 points on this.. as per my previous post, I mentioned that I was at the gym.. I would have managed to get out a bit earlier when it spiked up.. probably would have got out at around 0.6385 for a further 20 points.. oh well, never mind.

December 1, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Buying and Selling the DOW

Buying and Selling the DOW

If you look at the 1 min chart of the Dow Jones below.. you can see that the market in the yellow box wasn't doing too much.. however, I was trading in this region, selling and buying when I should have been doing anything. I saw that the market had dropped and I was expecting to see a bounce back up to around 8500 at least... however, the adage is 'trade what you see, not what you think' and I failed miserably.. in total, I made two trades in this region,  both lost to the accumulative amount

December 1, 2008 No Comments Full Story

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