myfxbook — Hi everyone, Starting this week, I have created a myfxbook account, it can be found here. Link also found in my signature. The problem was myfxbook delved into my history on my test account back from 2 years ago to now, so I had to ...

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11/6 Results — Had to make it official, nothing really happened since last post other than I updated my rules on my first post to match how I am currently trading. Posting account for my record. First week in this journal was informative. It ...

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Good Trade — I have to say, trading around news is scary (NFP this morning), but I did a good job of being patient and sticking to my guns. The result: +34 pips in 5-10 minutes. Account sitting at $103.12, and I think that's a good point to ...

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weeeeeee — weeeee short from 861

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11/5 Results — Primarily traded London open, and made some incredibly bone-head trades at USA open. New Rule Don't trade 1 minute after I wake up London Open 1st trade - good trade +7 pips 2nd trade - ugly trade, what am I thinking here? ...

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Hey Josh, Cool, glad that I am giving you one or two ideas in return. I think I will stick to my 10 pip trailing stop for all my 5-minute trades, too. We will see here how it turns out. In your case, I might consider starting with your 15 pips S/L ...

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11/4 Results — Whew, was getting my butt kicked for a little while. Account was down to $99.35. Then this morning I switched over to endroute's logic, and then the pips came. Currently $101.79 Done trading for today, feel like I was ...

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Thanks again, bro! Seeking your opinion about my Trailing Stop: is 10 pips too low? It hasn't necessarily hurt me yet, but on trendy moments like now, it would be better not to have it.

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endroute, You are very generous to stop by to give me feedback on my trading, man. Really appreciate how constructive and helpful it is. What you say makes total sense. Just one minute to read your last post and I scored 2 decent trades after ...

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So Ugly — Why did I take this trade? Lack of discipline

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3 Bads, 1 Good — Hi yen, Good to see you, friend Hope you are well, too, man! Trades from 00:00 to now have been mediocre, but revealing. I'm noticing that on 5-minute chart, the closer the price is to MA's the better for my position (not ...

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New Rule — Only trade from 00:00 CST to 14:00 CST

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11/3 Results — Hey guys, Thanks for stopping by, and for the nice comments. endroute, really glad you stopped by, man; you've got me thinking. I believe I will probably add a 5-minute chart MA's agreement filter to sift out some of the bad ...

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Awesome, man. Great post - Admittedly, short-term trading isn't my most familiar area, usually more of a swing trader. We'll see how this experiment of mine goes. Would definitely appreciate any other input that comes to mind, as you seem like you ...

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Ugly Trade — Price hardly retraced. Too eager. Must cross into MA's. -6 pips

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Hi endroute, Thanks for the comment. Would you mind elaborating on what you do differently? Just curious. Thanks for stopping by, Kevin

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11/2 Results — Results for today, on my $98.30 account.

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3 Ugly Trades This Evening — 3 losses for about -16 pips. Market is too weak and unvolatile to be trading now. I know this yet I still trade. Somebody chastise me.

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2 Bad Trades, 1 Good Trade — 2 bad trades, one netted me +1 pip, second lost me 5 pips. Last good trade nets +59. The difference is the slope of the lines and their orientation.

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First Trade — Trailing stop hit for +21 here (Blue up arrow means I buy here, orange or red circle means I stop)

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