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I don't usually trade off the 5 minute charts but sometimes you fancy doing some scalping when you're at a loose end. Most of my trading focuses on the 1 hour or the daily charts.. with these, you don't need to be at the screen so much and I've found that you don't worry so much about the 'noise' in the market.
Anyway, here is a trade which I took from the 5 minute charts for a paltry 6 pips (I got out as the price action looked as though it wanted to go up and also the stochastics were indic
November 28, 2011
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The markets really moved a lot again today and I went long Crude Oil see a 1 hour pin bar off 9500. I got in at 9550 and had my stop at 9480 and was hoping to ride the market to around 9700.
The below shows my entry...
What was annoying is that I got stopped out so close to where the market turned for the higher. It was 9456 so a mere 24 points away... ugh!
So I ended up taking a 60 point loss when it could have been a lovely 150 point winner!
That's the frustration with the mark
November 9, 2011
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Today was one of those days where I had a fabulous trade but didn't stick to the plan. I had looked at the market and had put in an order to sell with a stop and a limit order and then that should have been it, I should have left it.
Here's what happened..
This was the DOW and I saw weakness in the market and had set an order to sell at 12120 which was a break below short term support. I had a target at 11940 which would have been a 180 target. However, I couldn't help myself
October 31, 2011
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