Thu 11/8/2018 session3 recap: traded for 4 sets. the last 1 set traded in U.S. session suffered big loss after Fed rate announcement. turned the big profit to a small loss in the day.

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expect a huge move today as the pattern shows up today. image image image image image

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11/8/2018 session3: Euro Pre-trading checklist: 1) News, neutral 2) Economic data, supporting (1400EST FOMC statement and Fed Funds rate) 3) Scoreboard, neutral 4) RedBox and RedCloud, supporting 5) SMA(20, 30min) and SMA(50, 30min), depressing 6) ...

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Wed 11/7/2018 session3 recap: got the entries too late, stopped for 3 consecutive sets. the problem was too optimistic on the daily conclusion, even if the Gartley pattern had been finished - which usually means that a reverse will be on the way ...

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A-B-C-D Gartley pattern completed: image

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11/7/2018 session3: Euro Pre-trading checklist: 1) News, mixed (Mid-term election as expected, Brexit news) 2) Economic data, N/A 3) Scoreboard, supporting 4) RedBox and RedCloud, supporting 5) SMA(20, 30min) and SMA(50, 30min), supporting 6) ...

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Tue 11/6/2018 session3 recap: managed to make a small win in the choppy market. first set stopped, second set made profit.

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ugly chart: image

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Gartley pattern: image

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11/6/2018 session3: Euro Pre-trading checklist: 1) News, mixed (Brexit deal, EU press on Italy budget plan, Mid-term election) 2) Economic data, neutral (0315-0400EST various EU PMI) 3) Scoreboard, neutral 4) RedBox and RedCloud, supporting 5) ...

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Mon 11/5/2018 session3 recap: update: set 2 of long was on the track of rebound. offset the loss in set 1 and turned daily PL in to profit. image

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Mon 11/5/2018 session3 recap: entered long for one set and stopped loss. Euro is relatively weak today. image image

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11/5/2018 session3: Euro Pre-trading checklist: 1) News, depressing (good US data, US-CN rift, May's office - Brexit deal report is speculation, Italy Di Maio budget comments) 2) Economic data, neutral (0430EST UK PMI, 1000EST US ISM PMI) 3) ...

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Fri 11/02/2018 session3 recap: the long set ended up well before the 0830EST NFP data. i closed all positions as i did not intend to trade another session.

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the damaged file was recovered and the system slowdown problem was solved. and i took the chance to update the layout of the charts to make it easier to read. image

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Reuters holds an opposite opinion. image

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11/2/2018 session3: Euro Pre-trading checklist: 1) News, supporting (US-CN trade tension eases, no news on Brexit) 2) Economic data, neutral (0830EST NFP and unemployment data) 3) Scoreboard, supporting 4) CandleBar *removed from checklist 5) RedBox ...

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i found the causes that slowed running of my files very bad in the system. the problem kept happening for more than a month. the whole afternoon i was thinking how to repair related files. so i was late on updating trade plan today. But i did made a ...

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Wed 10/31/2018 session3 recap: no trades. missed out the chance to short the high as the market was too choppy and i lost confidence.

Swing Trading on Gold and FX

10/31/2018 session3: Euro Pre-trading checklist: 1) News, neutral, (BOJ press conference, bad China PMI data) 2) Economic data, neutral (0600EST EURO unemployment and CPI, 0830EST US ADP non-farm employment) 3) Scoreboard, depressing 4) CandleBar, ...

Swing Trading on Gold and FX