Posts Tagged trading psychology
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
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I got in a short at 1.5385 which was a nice entry with a stop at 1.5415. The market did worrying bounce up and got close but then fell. However, the path downwards was not straight and was showing some resistance... in comparison, the EURUSD had just fallen and this made me feel that the pound sterling had some strength today. The market was bouncing and I got tired of waiting for it to drop and I took my profit at 1.5335 for +50. However, a minute after I had done this, the market fell a furthe
November 28, 2008
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I am currently reading the book Trend Following by Michael Covel which talks about the trend following phenomenon and talks to a variety of traders how how they made it trading. One thing which stuck to mind was the advice which I hear time and time again, cut your losers and ride your winners. A few paragraphs from the book write
"A good example of not letting profits run can be seen in trading strategies that take profits off the table before a trend is over. For example, a broker reveale
November 4, 2008
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