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jpa0827 replied May 7, 2010Next Week — Ok I have overcome my frustration with MY poor decisions last night. I have shaken off these two loses but have not forgotten them. I will continue to think about this over the weekend and get myself ready for next week. Next week ...
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jpa0827 replied May 7, 2010got out of AH because it was a bad decision. I am now back to square one. Lost all profits made this year so far in less than 12 hours. Pissed off! now the market probably will go the direction i want!
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jpa0827 replied May 7, 2010AH applied — AH entry has just been applied. Hope this works a little better now.
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jpa0827 replied May 6, 2010Stopped Out — Just got stopped out on a really stupid trade. Not my normal style and definitely won't be in the future. Damn, especially after knowing how far this thing has already dropped. Stupid Stupid! Oh Well, AH will be applied if ...
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jpa0827 replied May 6, 2010Emotional note — I'm going to stick to my plan on this trade, but I will say that I am feeling more emotions in this trade than I would like and it is affecting me in a minor way, which means that this amount of risk is my upper level and I ...
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jpa0827 replied May 6, 2010added 1 lot — Just sold another euro lot. based on bearish 15 min signal. I have slightly exceeded my risk on this trade but will be watching for a little while to see if I will hold all lots, otherwise I will dump one or two and hold the rest ...
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jpa0827 replied May 6, 2010Sold 3 Eur/USD lots — I am selling the Euros at around 1.2610-1.2600 area with 100 pip stop and will use AH if wrong because i know the euro will continue down again if it doesn't now. volatility in this market could be a pain in the ass but ...
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jpa0827 replied May 5, 2010Good Observation — That's a great lesson to learn early on! Good Observation! Keep it up. you'll get it!
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jpa0827 replied May 4, 2010More detail on exit — In hindsight it would have been more profitable for me to let my 50 pip TSL order to play itself out today, but I decided to get out around the 1.3050 level because I knew that there was a decent amount of traffic up ...
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jpa0827 replied May 4, 2010exited trade at a healthy profit. — Just exited my trade around the 1.3050 area. I'll update in more detail tonight when at my computer.
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jpa0827 replied May 4, 2010trade update — My current trade is going well. I am am currently up around 95 pips or 3.5%. I have just locked in profit by putting a 50 pip trailing stop order on. I will try to monitor my trade throughout the day if I get a chance.
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jpa0827 replied May 3, 2010Hey Chris, I don't post very often, but just wanted to say I really enjoy the weekly newsletter i have been getting in my e-mail. This site and videos are great as well keep it up. Your friend from Cleveland, Jim
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jpa0827 replied May 3, 2010AH trade on a sunday night — I was debating whether I wanted to take the AH trade last night. If I would have I would have sold at 1.33 which is where I was stopped out. I didn't because I wasn't sure if a sunday night is a good time to do ...
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jpa0827 replied May 3, 2010Sold 2 Euro Lots — Sold Two lots of Euros at 1.32294 around 8am or 9am this morning mainly because i was following the 1hr chart on my phone and saw that it was failing to retrace higher and was kind of a bearish flag. (Entered around ble area ...
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jpa0827 replied Apr 30, 2010Stopped Out — Ok this is my first failed trade of the year. Not happy about it, but not too discouraged, because i think this up move is going to give me a much better chance to sell at levels that I would prefer anyway. Although I don't ...
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jpa0827 replied Apr 29, 2010Letting my trade play out but man it sure looks like its trying to reach 1.33
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jpa0827 replied Apr 28, 2010Sold 2 Euro Lots — Just sold Euros at 1.3191 stop loss at 1.33 Although i would have much rather sold at 1.33 or higher, I think the opportunity has passed and feel that the market wants to go lower and stay below 1.32 One thing i am skeptical ...
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jpa0827 replied Apr 22, 2010Result of 15 min trade — Stopped out at breakeven. At one point I was up about 15 pips but price moved back down some. Was hoping to catch a runner and pick the bottom with minimal risk. Oh well, no loss which equls no problem.
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jpa0827 replied Apr 22, 2010Rare trade for Me — I just took a rare trade that probably isn't the best of choices but part of being a trader is using intuition and feeling the markets and this was that kind of trade. I bought based on the 15 min pin. Waited for the ...
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jpa0827 replied Apr 21, 2010trade 2 successful — Stop was hit this morning at 1.34. I will be looking to sell at higher levels when the time comes. Until then, I will just watch the market
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