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- HannesJoub replied Mar 6, 2014
I am not sure if this is normal, but, EUR got a kick in the pants, and of course JPY is being weakened by the BOJ, so probably conflagration of confluences resulting in the perfect vortex to liberally attract price to a next ceiling. (I'm trying to ...
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 6, 2014
That is one monster move right there my friend. Retirement material that one...
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 6, 2014
UJ Long @ +10 pips EU Long @ +20pips Of course this happens when I had reduced my lot size

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- HannesJoub replied Mar 6, 2014
@Nitecop Thanks for the encouragement my friend. @Tony What, are you nervous?
I am in... HCentral Banks & Big Players
- HannesJoub replied Mar 6, 2014
Well, I think I can safely chalk up this week to be a loser
However, I cannot blame the system. The bulk of my losses were due to my own stupidity / hormonalness, not the system. This mornings stuff...The day I change the way I trade the markets ...Central Banks & Big Players
- HannesJoub replied Mar 5, 2014
Something is not right, as soon as I opened my short it gets closed, within the same second...
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 5, 2014
Hi Nitecop, FX, I agree with you 100% However, what gets me, personally, is not knowing what direction price will be going...Take the AUD news tomorrow morning for example. I plan on trading EurAud, and the strategy as it stands calls for Long of ...
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 5, 2014
Hi Dotnet, could you perhaps provide a "manual" for your EA describing the fields, their uses etc? Perhaps you should have placed the trades earlier? Not sure if that would have any positive effect, probably not. Thanks H
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 5, 2014
Law of averages, the market can only say no so many times before she succumbs to my charms
Talk about luck, see my trade explorer below, I was sitting at 35% loss, this down now to 29%, so still at a loss. I dunno if I would call that luck ...Central Banks & Big Players
- HannesJoub replied Mar 5, 2014
But, I did also manage to exit about 15 pips to early
But it was nice to get a win for a change... HCentral Banks & Big Players
- HannesJoub replied Mar 5, 2014
Managed to pull back 10 pips on CAD news, despite the ups and downs...
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 5, 2014
Okay, the EA placed pendings on only one of the two pairs that it was attached to, problem 1. Problem 2, it placed the pendings, way after news, is it intended to do that? Problem 3, it looks like the pendings are placed far beyond the point of ...
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 5, 2014
Hi Dontnet, thanks for your work on the EA. In light of what I have done, this might actually help me. However, I could not get it to work for the GBP PMI. I had the smiley face etc, but the EA did not place trades. Am I missing something? Sorry, I ...
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 5, 2014
Well, today hasn't worked out for me. Various mistakes made, the straddles did not work due to low movement after news and slippage, so, now we wait patiently... H
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 4, 2014
Well, closed out for 13+ pips as price was moving way to slow for me and the effects of the news should have worked itself out by now.... Small gains so far this week... Tomorrow is another day. PLEASE keep in mind that I am not trading Tony's ...
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 4, 2014
Nothing, Nada, price is like cold treacle
See you all tomorrow for the other news events... HCentral Banks & Big Players
- HannesJoub replied Mar 4, 2014
Hi again. I'm going on GBP PMI in 20 mins....Anyone mind joining me in the mess that is news events these days? I am honest, I am not sure if anything will happen post Ukraine pull out news, but hey, if we don't try, we won't know, hmmmmm? ...
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 4, 2014
This is the thing, we never know which trade it is going to be do we? Then the challenge is to avoid death by 1000 cuts... But I am happy to try. One caveat then, you cannot judge Tony's system by what I am doing, ever... H


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- HannesJoub replied Mar 3, 2014
With all respect to Tony, those that are trading most news items, what about GBP Construction PMI in 4 1/2 hours?? I will be looking at it. Hoping the law of averages will count in my favour
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- HannesJoub replied Mar 3, 2014
Out @+30 pips with a small overall profit @Tony, thanks for the advice....I personally am still struggling to sit on my hands....
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