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    • DanUK replied Jul 22, 2010

      Hello Teerok, I don't really do forecasting... I just trade what I see on the charts. At the moment I see EUR/USD heading higher so as a trend trader I would be looking for retracements to get long... until the trend changes. As for a tip... the ...

      Trend Trading Chart Thread
    • DanUK replied Jul 22, 2010

      Don't use a stop loss. Just kidding! The only way to avoid this is to stop trading and start learning... until you have grasped the basics of trading you should not be placing any trades. Perhaps a little more info about what you are doing would ...

      Trend Trading Chart Thread
    • DanUK replied Jul 21, 2010

      Yes I'm not totally dropping it or anything... one 100 pip winner will get you back to breakeven from 50 2 pip stop outs... which I would have thought was unlikely. But one 100 pip winner will only get you back to breakeven from 25 4 pip stop ...

      DanUK's Intraday Experiment
    • DanUK replied Jul 21, 2010

      2 pips including the spread. It depends on the win rate. If you only get one win per month on average - you can deal with all the other trades being stopped out for a max of 2 pips however if you keep getting slipped you are not going to make any ...

      DanUK's Intraday Experiment
    • DanUK replied Jul 21, 2010

      Quick question for Oanda users - how much did you get stopped out by? Me and a couple of others have found occasional slippage with stops - for instance today I should have been out for -2 but I was actually out -3. Anyone else experience this with ...

      Central Banks & Big Players
    • DanUK replied Jul 21, 2010

      Hi, I tend only to trade pins, beob/buob and beeb/bueb. I have found other setups to be less effective. It sounds like we are both adapting to changing market conditions in a similar way which is good! With regards to entries... I have seen quite a ...

      Trend Trading Chart Thread
    • DanUK replied Jul 21, 2010

      Well done! I haven't been trading the 15m charts for a while too... been getting enough fast paced trading using the Central Banks system! I have done a couple of intraday PA/trend trades on the H4 though. I should really post some charts but ...

      DanUK's Intraday Experiment
    • DanUK replied Jul 21, 2010

      Hi, What size stop were you using? I've been paying much more attention to PA setups lately and as a result my stops have been differing in size due to the size of the setup bar (I tend to use the typical "stop at the top"). Because of this I have ...

      Trend Trading Chart Thread