8:30 AM, I did shed 10 pips trying to catch the end of the drop but fortunately I was able to open a position at the very bottom around 3415 for +14 pips. I have to improve my discipline and wait for more confirmation when the move is strong. I ...

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5:30 AM and I'm really proud of myself! I'm sick, got the flu, fever etc but still was able so far to get solid +26 pips! Now that my daily goal is already achieved I can relax and just trade the AAA signals, I'm so happy!

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If you look at the bulk of changes oanda is implementing lately it tells me that something can be going on there. I may be wrong but I prefer to play safe so I left. I'm not accusing oanda of anything it is something I "think" is happening not I ...

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Well I don't trade through API so I can't say for sure. I left Oanda a while ago but during the years I traded with them the price I got (trading manually through their standard platform) was almost never the price displayed. And by the way I didn't ...

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Just keep on the journey Davit you are a smart guy and just time is separating you from your objectives. Actually I trade the London session 3 AM till 12 PM eastern time. Thats where the moves are

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Thanks for the advice Davit, but at this point in my trading carrier I can't change my strategy. You may be right about the pair going down ( despite the fact that those long wicks on the hourly don't look good for shorts) but I have to square my ...

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Are you talking about trading via EA or some robot trading? Thats different because the execution is already faster, that where your " minimal" comes from. I'm talking about visual & manual trading. What you see is difficult to track and when the ...

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Ok, done for the day up 15 pips and change. Looking back at the moves today I don't see how I could have done much more. Tomorrow is another day and hopefully I will get used to higher lot sizes soon and this phase will be mastered in a happy ending.

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10:50 and I'm exhausted! Unreal how powerful the mind is. As scheduled I increased my lot size today and I can't deny that it affected me. I'm currently up 16 pips but I had to work hard for it, really hard. The amount of focus, discipline and ...

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You probably don't understand that Oanda is charging higher spreads than advertised for years, probably since their very beginning. The spread showing on your trading box is fictitious, the price you get as soon as you open a trade is the real one ...

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Tomorrow is the day I'm gonna start increasing my lot sizes. Currently i make around 40% of what i need to pay my expenses. This means that I have to bump my profits by 150% just to pay my water, internet, light bills etc. So my first goal is to ...

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11:15 AM and I'm finishing my day and my week. I'm down to +20 pips and change and it is point less to keep trading since my signals became very dubious. I'm not happy of course but I had worst weeks in the past. Positive points: My sleeping cycle ...

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Tough day for me so far, took me 5 trades to squeeze 7 pips out of the market. I obviously was not able to identify the main move, consequently lost and made my pips trying to catch a reversal. I have to trade my philosophy of work does not allow me ...

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11:20 and I'm gonna stop. No well defined set ups so I'm better staying out. I'm around +19 pips which is really low for one week, but considering so much stuff unrelated to trade I had to deal with so far I'm winning. Since my whole family are in ...

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2 more trades so far -7 and +5 pips got to be careful not to give all my pips away. It is already 9:11 and from now on I'm gonna concentrate only on AAA set ups nothing less than pristine signals will be taken.

From mediocrity to mastery

LOL, thanks I'm happily married. Without living there, Perth seems less crazy than Sydney, and AHHHH ! The timezone!

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The best place to trade in my opinion is a decent civilized country and in a timezone that better matches human natural daily cycle. Perth Australia would be the perfect place for me. I plan to move there in one year or so. London starts around 3 PM ...

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YYYYEEEEESSS! Second trade of the day for +13 pips! I don't care if it keeps going down I'm out! Booking my profits. CASHING! +21 pips in a week I though I would be under! Just let me trade and I will deliver, just let me trade, thats all I ask!

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Yes! Closed my first trade of the day for +10 pips . I'm officially UP FOR THE WEEK! +8 pips or so. I woke up a little late today ( 3:55 AM) and lost the first 2 moves. The first one was a clean easy signal that would allow me 30 plus pips. ...

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Ok, another day another problem! At 6:30 AM I had to stop trading to take my 2 year old to the hospital. My whole family got a terrible flu my wife was too beat up to drive and the baby's fever got too high. No chance I had to drive. 9 AM I came ...

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