Soul Trader Challenge — Yeh I noticed a long time ago that any setting from any indicator will always work 'some' of the time, and nothing works 'all' of the time. So I gave up looking. :-)

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

Reply to Jets — Hi Jets, Thanks again for stopping by. I look at the daily charts (for about 5 seconds). Then I look at the 4 hourly chart. I want to see a clear trend (21, 55, 89 ema) each moving in the same general direction. Then I look to ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

Thanks Soul Trader — Hi SoulTrader, "if moving averages weren't invented, would it make a difference". I love your thought provoking questions. Let me ask (and reply) to a slightly different question. What do the moving averages do for me? ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

update on usdjpy trade - was up 72 - closed +17 — went to bed - woke up to +17 pips I closed the trade because it had been up 72 pips and the stoch now looked like oversold. what did I do well - followed the trend and entered on a big ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

Trade 13 usdjpy — 4 hour trend in place pull back to MAs. stoch confirms that pull back may have finished. 4 hour bearish outside bar helps too short

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

Hi Jets — I like a bounce off the emas. But I dont have a 'rule' for entry. I use the ema to define a trend. If the 21 55 and 89 are all in agreement on direction, then I have a trend. Then I wait for a pull back. (I like the stoch to help ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

Trade 12 closed +10 pips — Euro trade was up 60 pips. Moved stop to Break Even + 10. There was housing data being released today and the market went up before the announcement and tumbled on the announcement. Strategy was sound. What did I do ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

trade 12 - moved to break even — trade moved 60+ pips in favour of the trade moved stop to +10

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

trade 12 - Euro — 500 pip decline into easter price bounced off 50% fib and 38% fib confluence uptrend still in place (4 hourly 89/55/21 ema) Not the ideal entry (no price action bars) but.....I am working on the premise that the trend is ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

I cant count - this is a new trade and is trade 11 — Ideally would have kept my earlier entry longer. Using Jacko's Antihedge Strategy to get back in where I was previously stopped out. Jacko's thread has been instrumental in shaping my ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

Trade 11: + 43pips — EuroUSD Closed: +43 pips What I did well: waited for a pull back. (I used the stoch to help convince me the pull back was sufficient). Entered in direction of trend on 4 hour chart. What I could have done better: - I ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

Trade9 — THis one was a loss last night. I thought the pull back had finished. Normally I would wait for a deeper retracement but I thought the strength of the euro might prevent it going further south. So this trade was a loss of 59 pips. ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

trade 8 — usdjpy - just took it now clear 4 hour down trend - pull back to resistance area - no selling in the last day and a half - I think its about time the trend resumes. I also like the 1 hour pin bar Closed 8 hours later for +94 pips ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

closed euro trade — TRADE 7: Didnt post this one live as I placed the trade and had to head off interstate for personal reasons. Just caught up on everything and can post now. Win of 189 pips

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

eurchf closed trade — closed trade for 55pips

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

closed usdjpy + 225 pips — Closed the trade + 225 pips

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

USDJPY update and EURCHF update — The usdjpy trade is now up 226 pips. The eur chf trade is now up 95 pips. Stop losses have been moved to 1 x atr(100) on the 4 hour charts.

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

Trade 6 — Posting live as it happens. Entered at 1.5807 Clear down trend according to the rules. I am trailling a stop of twice the atr(100)x2 on a 4hr chart. (same for trade 5)

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

Trade 5 — Clear down trend according to the rules. Entered at 102.49 (a bit late). A better entry would have been on the first red bar on March 11. But I am looking to ride the trend so my entry (while not perfect) should be good enough. I ...

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

jacko's method and entertainment — For the record - I trade Jacko's method with real money and only the Eur/Usd. BUT....I have time to look at the screen so I have demo accounts with 50 million squiggly lines that I try to figure out each day! ...

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain