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I put on my usual breakout trade.. the entry was either going to be a short at 1.5438 or a long at 1.5465, both with a 30 pip limit and a stop loss at the other end of the channel. I am only trading one lot currently due to the fact that I cannot control the order once I have put it in on my iPhone. Most of the movement in the market happens during my commute into the office so it's pretty dangerous... until they can sort that on the iPhone trading, will I feel more comfortable trading it.
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April 27, 2010
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Today when I had checked the markets, the GBPUSD had already moved up quite significantly.. this made my channel rather wide at 55 pips or so. I'm always conscious when the market has moved away like this as it should pullback before it makes another ascent. However, the market looked like it was heading upwards so when the market started to pullback, I entered long with a 30 pip stop and a 30 pip limit.
My entry was at 1.5453, stop at 1.5423 and target 1.5483. The pullback was deeper than
April 26, 2010
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I followed the rules to a tee today.. however, I'd realised that I am supposed to set the range between the highest and lowest values between 4am and 7am UK time. I'd been waking up at 6.20 am every day and putting the range between 4am and 6.30am. It probably doesn't make much different unless the market moves significantly..
The markets broke above my level.. however they plummetted and took me out for almost a 50 pip loss... not a good trading day (despite following the rules today).. oh w
April 22, 2010
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