Posts Tagged Trading
I finally closed my Crude Oil long today and made a nice 120+ points.... a good trade but it was also a fascinating experience for me with regards to my trading emotions.
I mentioned that it was a premature entry which I had made on the 25th October - exactly a week ago. I was overconfident due to a pretty good week trading and put on my crude oil long at 8600. I hadn't waited for a confirmation for my entry so psychologically wise, I wasn't best pleased with myself. However, I had committed
November 1, 2012
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I've had a really good week trading the markets... just under 300 points in profit in total through being extremely disciplined and selective with my trading. I find that there are so many personal caveats that we have to work on for ourselves to improve on our trading. The markets cause havoc with our emotional states and it's easy to swing from elation to desperation to frustration all in a few minutes! Being too far into any particular emotional state is disruptive to your trading and overcon
October 26, 2012
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Pinbars show signs of strong buying or selling and they are great indicators to enter a market. The safest time to use them as trading signals is with the trend and when the market is experiencing a pullback. An entry with your stop at the bottom of the pin should do it.. then just ride it as far as you can.
There were quite a few opportunities this week and one of my weaknesses in trading is that I am unable to have more than a couple of open trades. As a result this week, I missed a couple
October 19, 2012
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