Sure no problem, attached are the charts and I've shown a couple of other possibilities that I should have taken but I didn't. The first chart is the EJ 5 min it was a LH where the arrow is. The trade only went about 4 pips in my direction (after ...

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Today was sort of better but only took 2 trades, one out at BE and one out at -14, don't trade right into a round number. Looked at some things a little differently and I'm going to do some back tests and research later today after I take a break ...

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Thanks J, I know losses happen in trading a lot and yesterday was just another one of those days. I'm still trying to figure out how you and BigDawg trade like you do, definitely going to be following your thread as often as I can. I need to work on ...

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Terrible trading today, lost around 35ish I think, didn't add it up. Frustrating as usual, these bad days sure do get annoying. trublu

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Nice looking charts N2, looking forward to this week to see how you use them. trublu

N2FX - 1/5/15 Minute Pattern Trades

I didn't take any trades today because I was looking at higher time frame stuff. Obviously picked a bad day to skip, little bit of chop right at NY open but then solid up trends on all 3 pairs. Won't be able to trade as much tomorrow, I need to step ...

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I was busy for the first hour and half or so at new york open so I missed some good early trades. After that I only took 3 trades. The first was a fractal breakout long on the 5m GU and the second was the basically the same trade except on EU. They ...

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I agree, you're a great trader and I'm sure there are a lot people who read your thread and don't post in it. I'm still working on looking for the patterns and watching price how you do, I'll get there one day maybe. trublu

N2FX - 1/5/15 Minute Pattern Trades

Only took 3 trades today, -6 total. All 3 trades on EU, chart attached. First trade was at the arrow, LH which bounced off the 75 psych level. Moved SL to BE when I was up 9 and got stopped out at BE. The second trade is where the price label is ...

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Hmm sorry about the indicator not working, it downloaded fine for me, but as long as you found one it's all good. Let me know what you think about it after you check it out. I think it's a good way to follow the trend on the longer time frames, yet ...

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It's kind of hard to explain how fractals are formed but in a word they do repaint if you don't wait for the formation to finish. The fractal is a 5 bar formation with the 3rd(middle) bar being the highest or lowest bar. So when the 5th bar closes ...

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Thanks for the tips Jody. For now I find it easier to trade hl/lh's with the overall trend and looking into breakouts as well. I like how you trade at the high/low levels with certain patterns, I need to work more on that. Do you know how your ...

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Thanks Jody, nothing special really that I'm looking to add. Fractal breakouts on the 5 min and longer time frames trying to ride the trend. I've worked with fractals before both reversal trades and breakouts and catching hl/lh's are usually a ...

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Been awhile since I've posted here, was super busy last week and didn't have time to trade. I didn't trade today since it was a bank holiday in Europe but still seems there were some good trades. I've been looking over some stuff and researching ...

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Focused on GU today. Only took 2 trades, +10 and -14, didn't see that much action on it today. Good trends on all pairs at the start of the London session when I was sleeping. Looks like all the pairs didn't do too much today, it is Monday so ...

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I agree 100% and I'm looking forward to more great posts by lovejoy80. trublu

My 5 Min Trading Learning Process & Thoughts

3 trades today 1 winner, total for -17. Missed a GU HL after I got stopped out on my LH GU trade. Should have moved to BE on my EU LH and won my EJ LH trade. Decent day today since the market was a little crazy with news today. I'm going to work on ...

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Thanks for the tip Royston, I'll try it out later to see how it works. Like you said on V's thread, I also don't like the 5 digits instead of 4. Maybe I'll use that and make Oanda 5 digits as well so it's uniform and I can get used to it. One reason ...

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Hey V I have a random question for you or anyone else who wants to give me their suggestions. Do you listen to music or watch tv or anything while you trade? Normally I have some music going on but today I turned on the tv and had on CNBC to have ...

Higher low, lower high system

Tough day today, can't win them all. Lost 3 out of 4 trades for a total of -20 but it's still a demo with Oanda so not that bad. I'll post all the charts here because I want to show a lot of missed entries on all 3 pairs but especially GU. First up ...

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