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The Dilemma of Trading Exits – I left behind Huge Profits today!

The Dilemma of Trading Exits - I left behind Huge Profits today!

Something which is really bothering me at the moment is the dilemma of trading exits...  this has been something which I've been trying to work on for a long time but I can't seem to get it right. I know that there is no right or wrong but I am currently toying around with two exit strategies and not being consistent with my approach. As a result, the dilemma of trading exits has become really frustrating and I'm afraid that if I don't get it sorted out, my trading isn't going to reach the next

March 7, 2013 4 Comments Full Story

AUDUSD – Got caught by the Stop Hunters

AUDUSD - Got caught by the Stop Hunters

  This is what Friday's trade looked like. You can see that a support was formed at around 10400 and I went long after the second bounce of the support level. Although the price action was still in a downtrend, I felt that we had a good chance of a good move up from this level and hence the long trade. However, I got stopped out as the price action pushed down below support taking out the stop and then finished above the stop again. This to me looks like a push to trigger the stops b

February 3, 2013 No Comments Full Story

Woke up richer by buying the Aussie (AUDUSD)

Woke up richer by buying the Aussie (AUDUSD)

[caption id="attachment_7664" align="alignnone" width="599"] Buying AUDUSD[/caption] Last night, I went long the Aussie (AUDUSD) forex pair at 10517. From the chart you can see that there was support at 10500 and the trend had been up so this was a retracement play. The first target is the high at 10600 but what I would really like to see is a break of this.. if so, we should see a strong move upwards. I could take profits around 10600... to be safe, 10590 has more chance of making it but

January 22, 2013 No Comments Full Story

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