Posts Tagged trading psychology
I haven't been trading enough this week so I was eager to get stuck in today.
My first trade was a short at 12922... the market had already come off a 50% Fib level and I was thinking that it had further to go. I had missed the move as it fell (as I had only got in at 6.30pm GMT).. I quickly opened the short but didn't check to see that the stochastics had almost reached the oversold level. This was frustrating as I sold right at the bottom. The market went up and hit my stop for -18!!
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May 16, 2008
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I have been hunting high and low for a suitable trading platform... I now realise that the CQG trader platform which I was using before was simple but great! At first I thought it was a bit basic for my liking but so long as it worked reasonably well and I guess it's also what you get used to.
Thanks to Harry for dropping me a comment about Ninja Trader.. I had a look for it and I found a broker which I can use this with. The software looks like CQG in the way it functions, I'll download th
May 12, 2008
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Hello all, sorry there has been no update for a while. I am trying to get myself set up again with a trading account with Interactive Brokers and to also find a suitable charting platform. The trading academy have closed my account and I had got used to their charts. I want to recreate the same look and feel with another platform so am searching for something. Something which I have used is the Sierra Charts platform.
I do have charts on my spreadbetting platform, however, they are rather clu
May 9, 2008
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