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The short entry was a good one.. however, in light of the strong uptrend I wanted to get out as soon as it hit any resistance and I got out at the round number 11600. The stochastics were also way into oversold territory so I got out and grabbed a measly 10 points.
The market however, fell further and is currently at 11583... trust my luck!! The hardest thing I think about trading is knowing when to get out.. I think it's much more difficult than entering.
The other day, I gave up over 1
August 22, 2008
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I have my day off today and I wanted to watch the markets and not be desperate to trade. A problem is that when I come home from work and find that the markets have moved a lot with a lot of profit left on the table, I feel that I missed a fantastic opportunity and feel that I need to do something to get some of the profits.. as a result, I fire off trades from my trading platform even though there is no real reason to.. this amounts to losses and then frustration.
However, today, I entered
August 22, 2008
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Last night I saw an opportunity to short the GBPJPY currency pair and I entered at 205.20 with a 200 point target and a 100 point stop order. In the back of my mind, I know that I need to leave these trades running, there have been many occasions where I have closed for 100 to find that the market has moved 500 my way or more! Anyway, I set this trade in motion and went to bed...
I woke up to find that the market had moved and throughout the day, went lower... the lowest was 204.00 which was
August 19, 2008
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