Another thing I forgot to mention is that the Oanda spreads are little higher than they were yesterday. They are still lower than IBFX but not quite as low as before which is interesting, not sure which day is the more normal spreads. trublu

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So far no trades today. The only real good trade I think I missed was a HL on EJ which I missed because I wasn't at my computer yet. There were potential trades on EU and GU right around NY Open that didn't look like great entries so I passed on ...

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Thanks for the answer, sounds like a sweet setup. trublu

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Hey V, I'm not sure if you've answered this before so I apologize if you have. How is your screen setup as far as what charts you have up? Do you have the 1 hr, 15 and 5 up at one time or do you switch back and forth? Just wondering how you're doing ...

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Thanks for the good tip Royston. I've seen that site before and people putting their stats up but I never thought of creating my own to track my own performance. I'll check it out, should be an easier way than me tracking my trades on my own. trublu

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Thanks for the charts Royston. I find I'm still having trouble with getting over previous trades, no matter the result of the trade. Obviously I need to practice more and with time it should get easier. trublu

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Ya the news is annoying, especially if you forget to look and get into a trade right before a news release. Can you post a chart of what you're talking about, your trade and the other signal? Also I'm not sure what pair you're talking about. Hope ...

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Thanks for the feedback V. Today was a good day but it's only one day. Now I have to work on being consistent like you and other senior traders do. Have a good one. trublu

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Looks like we were thinking the same thing. I'd just like to thank you once more and hopefully other people besides just me are learning from your great posts. I think I'm going to leave IBFX open and have the 1 hour and 15 min charts up so I can ...

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Also V I forgot to mention on the EJ chart I have attached after my last trade there is a HL (shown by the arrow), which ended up as a loss. I haven't looked at what the 1hr or 15min candles were looking like so maybe that's why it didn't work out. ...

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Here are my IBFX charts showing all the HL/LH entries I made with Oanda today. As I said on my journal I was only looking at the 5min charts with the 8lwma on them. Also I took some line chart breakouts but I won't show those here as it was just an ...

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I went back to my Oanda charts and I actually did enter the HL right before the one I mentioned, I just closed it too early. I was going to post some charts on your hl/lh thread to get your thoughts on them if that's ok with you? I'd post them here ...

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Thanks for the charts and the reply Vantage, you have no idea how awesome it is that you always are helping me out when I have questions. I've attached my IBFX chart to show the HL I took on GU on Oanda. It's the only one I see where you don't have ...

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I did a little experiment trading with Oanda today and only using the 8lwma and looking for hl/lh's as well as using a line chart to take breakout trades. It went well and I like the lower spreads on Oanda. On IBFX EU is 2, EJ is 3/4, Gu is 4 but on ...

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I didn't take any trades today as I wasn't really looking at my charts that much. I've been looking over some stuff to improve my trading. Also my IBFX charts had 2 gaps in them for some reason. I checked my FXDD charts and they were normal without ...

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Ya I think I usually put my stop losses a little too close. I need to move them a little further especially with the higher spreads at IBFX, GU is usually around 3 or 4 so it needs a little breathing room. Just another thing for me to work on this ...

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Hey V I'm going to post a situation here that I always struggle with. It's hard to explain after the fact so bear with me and hopefully you'll get what I'm asking. In the following chart (GU 5min) the trend is down and during the London session ...

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Thanks for the comment Vantage. I'm not sure what you mean about price not going below 5125, it was a long trade not a short one. I've attached another picture of it so it's clearer. The pink line under the blue spinning top is the higher low I ...

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Again only one trade today, 5m GU LH sell right at new york open, was up 9, moved stop to BE and price came back and got me out at BE. No great trends so far today so I'll keep watching and waiting. trublu

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One trade today, -13 on a EJ LH. Missed a couple EU trades and an earlier Ej trade. trublu

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