New USD/JPY order. — New order set this evening to go long USD/JPY at 78.50, just above todays high. SL is below recent swing low at 77.80. 6p/pip gives a risk on this trade of 0.98% of account.

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EUR/GBP update. — I'm a bit unsure about this trade now. Currently just about in profit so I will see where it goes tomorrow.

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USD/CAD update. — This pair is showing lots of support at 0.9840 and I'm still hopefull it can head north from here. SL is at 0.9800. Trade is currently 0.9% in the red.

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Well today was an exciting day in the markets . Currently 0.1% down today.....big yawns. At this rate I'm going to have to start looking into some short term scalping systems. Better luck tomorrow. No changes to my trades except too say ...

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GBP is pretty bullish against USD too so I'm going to place an order here too. Buy at 1.5895, SL 1.5740. 2p/pip for 0.75% risk.

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Hello new week. — Here we go again. Time to get back in action and build this account. I've still got my USD/CAD trade in action. Order placed again on EUR/GBP. Got a sell order in place at 0.7920 so hopefully the small weekend gap will close ...

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Weekly update. — I've decided to close existing positions in Euro as I pretty much had no idea what they were doing. Closed EUR/JPY for £2.09 loss or 0.52%. Closed EUR/USD for £2.34 gain or 0.59%. Small victories eh? I still bullish on my ...

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Update — Cancelled my EUR/GBP trade for now. Will monitor this one. Eur/JPY trade triggered earlier. USD/CAD trade has just tanked on CAD GDP news. Got about a 30pip cushion before SL at the moment. Just taken a short on EUR/USD at market ...

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We're not quite in it together. My order is for about 7p/pip Check out my trade explorer and journal. I'm going back to basics. Thanks for the informative posts so far. I'm really enjoying scanning the daily charts for trades and hopefully can ...

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Updates and new order. — So my USD/CAD trade is headed into profit today but only a small one so far and I'm leaving my stop in its original position so still at risk on this trade. My EUR/GBP sell order is still pending and was about 1pip ...

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Got as low as .79016. Not triggered yet!

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EUR/GBP — Hi Laurence, what do you think of this setup? I've got a sell order below todays low. Would this meet your criteria? Maybe even get a double bottom at the low for a new uptrend too although I'm getting ahead of myself now

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New order. — My USD/CAD trade has recoverd slightly today but still needs a push to get going tomorrow. I've placed another order on EUR/GBP which may well get filled quite soon. 75pip SL @ 5p/pip for 3.75% risk to the account. Lets see how it ...

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Sure, as I said in a previous post I'm fed up of risking 50% of an account on a single trade and at the moment all I am trying to do is trade at higher time, with larger stops, without busting my account in a single trade. This journal is just about ...

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Are you sure that isn't the weekly chart dude? Agree with you on AUD/USD, I'll be looking to go short in the blue area. What do you think?

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Hi Spekitox, I'm currently using fx trade as I can trade lower amounts this way. Thanks for the info, I'll take a look. I'm still finding my way around Oanda after previously entering my trades as £/pip rather than units. I'll get ...

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Trade updates — So....not the best start but a stress free one because I'm using decent money management. My second pending order has been cancelled as the market broke through my trend line in the opposite direction so no trade taken. My ...

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New order. — Next order and final one for today is a sell on the EUR/GBP. Same method as the first. Limit order just below low of todays candle, SL above recent swing high. SL of 71 pips. Trade is 300 units so I'm risking around 2% on this ...

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First order. — image Hopefully the chart is attached? Yes, its there....good. First trade is a possible reversal on USD/CAD. SL is set to 80 pips and the trade is for 500units which I believe is approx 3p/pip. Still getting used to trading ...

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A bit about my trades. — Ok so the first thing I have done on my new journey is changed broker. I have been using Finspreads to spreadbet up until now (I'm in the UK) and while they have been pretty satisfactory the minimum trade size on ...

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