13-Oct, USDCHF 4 Hr Long 1.025 (stoploss 1.0182), just opened Reason: 4 hr PB off 1.02. Weekly trend is down, so have to watch this counter-trend trade carefully.

TraderT - My Trading Journey

Great thread - the holygrail is within yourself. And don't ever give up...

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Well-said, this serves as a strong reminder yet again in our quest for success. Treating trading as a business is the key to success, you need to have a plan, trade it, evaluate and make adjustments, and keep repeating it once you find the formula ...

Myth Busters the Forex Edition

Holding onto the longs paid off, as the BUOB at a swing low proved that the support levels might hold, and subsequently there would be a chance of upwards movement. Final charts attached with possible trouble/exit points marked in blue. (Improving ...

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Trades: 8-Oct, AUDJPY Short 79.873 (stoploss 80.203), stopped out. Silly trade, expecting to be 4th time lucky for the 80 level to hold. Alas, this was not the case. Update on existing positions: GBPJPY - Long 141.369, Stop moved to 141.8 EURJPY - ...

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7-Oct, GBPJPY 4hr Long 141.369 (stoploss 139.519), TP 143.4 Entered the GBPJPY too.

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7-Oct, EURJPY 4hr (see 1st chart) Bearish engulfing outside bar (BEOB), but due to the size, i entered at 2 prices, the 2nd entry around 61.8% retracement of the BEOB. Long 131.095 and 130.45 (stoploss 129.48), TP 131.4 and 132.35. Still open. Note: ...

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Good to see you back, Steve.

Steviet's Live Trades!

this quote sounds very familiar, Peter. i will continue this long journey in search of consistency...

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Trades: 5-Oct, GBPUSD 1hr Long 1.59556 (stoploss 1.5917), TP 1.5975, Closed 1.5917 Result: - 1 R Took a poor 1 hr pinbar which didn't bounce off a round number confluence, stoploss was hit within 2 candles. Poor trade on hindsight, but something to ...

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One tick in the S&P eMini = 0.25 point (worth $12.50) One tick in the S&P large = 0.1 point (worth $25)

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Good thread, reminder that the key to success lies within the trader, not the system or anything else. Ari Kiev has a good book that i would recommend - Trading to Win.

Myth Busters the Forex Edition

Stopped out 1.4655 and closed manually 1.45721. Result: - 0.358 R Had a tighter stoploss for 1 portion, which was stopped out, and manually closed the other position today. Not good trade mgt. End of trading week as i'm off for a short break, back ...

TraderT - My Trading Journey

Any particular time or pattern that you use to enter your positions? Will be interested to see your weekly results.

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Hey supremeChaos, Yup USDJPY is a tug-o-war. The lesson learnt from this was not to enter below a big round number 90. I did like the PB, and unfortunately did not move stoploss to BE.

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29-Sep, USDJPY Daily Long 89.984 (shifted stoploss to 89.55 based on 29-Sep swing low), stopped out. Result: - 0.237 R 30-Sep, EURUSD 4 Hr Short 1.4576 (stoploss 1.4681), just opened. Reason: 4 Hr BEOB and rejection of 38.2% retracement.

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29-Sep, USDJPY Daily Long 89.984 (stoploss 88.15), still open. Reason: Daily PB. Entered at 9am Tokyo time, 29-Sep. Sometimes the execution is more impt than the result. Was eyeing the EURGBP reverse PB, but did not enter - the EURGBP has come off ...

TraderT - My Trading Journey

Hey come back soon, don't leave this journal empty, else you'll miss the party Seriously, take care mate. Family's always more important than anything else in life.

Steviet's Live Trades!

Great thread, found this while reading Merlin's old posts. Here's a few: Ed Seykota: Short-Term Trading The elements of good trading are cutting losses, cutting losses, and cutting losses. Outcomes Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of ...

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