Filled GBP/USD - Long 1.4919 / TP 1.4944 / ST 1.4909 = +25

Dice Man

13:45 GMT EUR/USD Long 1.3351/TP 1.3371/ST 1.3341 = +20 That concludes my trading for the day.

Dice Man

Got lucky this morning, logged on in time to snag 22 pips but lost 15 on my short. TP was missed by 1 pip! GBP/USD trades finished +7

Dice Man

Filled GBP/USD - Long 1.4990/TP 1.4520/ST 1.4975 = filled Pending GBP/USD - Short - 14970 Only time to trade cable at the minute.

Dice Man

The J16 thread did the same, challenged my thinking and approach, that book has done the exact same thing! That book is a bit of a nightmare though, it asks far too many questions and the answers seem relatively straight forward but it's putting ...

Dice Man

Agreed, hence I didn't create a trade system thread. Are you running a journal or doing similar trades?

Dice Man

08:01 GMT - GBP/USD - Short 1.5042/TP 1.5009 = +33 That concludes my days trading at +33 pips. I'm trying to post my trades when I take them but I literally get in to the office, place a trade and work so I'm tight on time.

Dice Man

I'll try and explain in more detail when I get time.

Dice Man

I've nearly finished it, great book but also frustrating, it asks so many questions and just muddles my head up! They're thought provoking questions but it does make me think about everything, again, for the one hundredth time! It makes me question ...

Dice Man

I guess it is a break-out trade of sorts but in reality this style could be used at any busy point in the day, I'm looking for momentum (drive) and bias, I don't care about the trend and will trade right in to it including big round numbers. ...

Dice Man

Thanks. Because the GBP/USD is quite noisy I tend to give it some room ~20 pips away from my original entry. The more I trade, the simpler I make things, don't resist, go with the flow!

Dice Man

I'm tempted to hedge against my original winning position if that's what you mean? I'm trading the opposing side (i.e. I set a limit order in the opposite direction after a win) on demo and it seems to work thus far.

Dice Man

Only required one trade this morning. 07:58 GMT - GBP/USD - Long 1.4966/TP 1.4996 = +30 That concludes my days trading at +30 pips.

Dice Man

I have that book, it's old school but it's good overview of markets and very much relative today.

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Daily TP of 30 pips hit. Closed active positions as follows: GBP/USD Short 1.5140 +16 USD/JPY Short 90.46 -6 That concludes my days trading at +46 pips.

Dice Man

EUR/CAD Short closed at 1.3820 = +21

Dice Man

Orders placed 08:00 GMT (LSE OPEN). All stops are -15 from entry. FILLED GBP/USD - SHORT 1.5156/TP 5126 = ? EUR/CAD - SHORT 1.3841/TP 3811 = ? USD/JPY - SHORT 90.40/TP 90.10 = ? CLOSED EUR/CAD - LONG 1.361/TP 390 = -15 EUR/USD - SHORT 1.3606/TP 576 ...

Dice Man

What we're seeing is the big money drawing out of the market and staying out, this is consolidation, shorts taking profit and longs mopping wounds. ...but I'm long? I'm taking the trade to the next 'big money' entry which I believe is higher (near ...

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I really struggle to watch all my pairs at work, the screen on the iphone is small and I can't get my 'home' large charts with my SR and PPZs on it! No rush, I'm not ready to go full-time yet anyway, it's my goal. USD looks like it's hitting long ...

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