Posts Tagged Trading
Today was another one of those days where the market didn't want to play. As a frequent visitor to the markets, this kind of thing happens all the time.. there is no such thing as a sure trade as the markets can do absolutely anything.
Anyway, here was my trade today, I took the long trade as the price of USDCAD bounced off the moving average. Price action looked strong and I was looking to take this up to 10400 and a relatively tight stop. Looked like a great trade...
Unfortunately, t
December 19, 2011
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The markets have been rather choppy where pullbacks have been quite large. I've been focusing on the 15 minute charts to grab a few pips here and there. Here is what I did today.
My first trade was crude oil. I could see that a 'W' pattern had formed in the 15 minutes. I had talked about the W pattern before in previous posts on the blog.. you can read one here:
http://www.makemesomemoney.co.uk/2011/09/01/the-w-pattern-in-oil-price/
It's basically the market finding support. I went
December 12, 2011
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The difference between consistently profitable traders and those who are not is the subject of this post "sometimes the best trade is no trade". Successful traders understand this, it is about being patient and ensuring that the conditions are exactly right for a trade, ie a valid signal to take an entry. Traders who are not so successful feel that they need to be in a trade all the time to be successful and will think that a setup is 'almost right' and therefore happy to jump in early.
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November 29, 2011
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