Posts Tagged trading psychology
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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I have been trading.. or should I say, trying to trade for a long time now. My first interest was over 10 years ago in the Dot Com boom and bust... when it was going up, you could just put money in an IPO and watch it shoot to the moon. I was one of those who watched this happen and when others were making money, I thought I would get in myself and see if I could do the same. I didn't make much money but ever since, I have been intrigued and watched the markets ever since.
Fast forward to
October 15, 2008
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