After getting home and reviewing a 4 hour chart, the stupidity of my original entry is now blatantly obvious. The good news is that short does,...
I have had good luck with 2 hour bars in practice mode. Maybe I'll give that a try tomorrow. You're right that I would find that more boring,...
I'd love to use stops, I just can't find a good way to do it. How much do your trades generally move against you? Maybe what I need is a new...
Sold - USD/CHF 1.07597 -35.2 pips Crushing loss, can't say I'm surprised. Cue the reversal. Missed 10 pip profit on GBP/USD, fully...
Short - GBP/USD 1.65286 x1 Hopefully a quick few pips on that one. Down 20 pips on USD/CHF, getting ready to cut it loose. I'd suggest...
Does anyone else find this comical, or is it just me? The blue line is my position (after the 4 pip spread), taken at the lower part of the...
Buying tops again, 4 pip spreads hurt... Long USD/CHF - 1.07949 x1
I was looking for ~.82868, which would have been almost 46 pips. I let it slide for only 8 because, #1: I wanted to go to bed (don't trust stops...
Sold - AUD/USD .82493 8.3 pips Aftering being down nearly 50 pips, that's the best 8 pip gain ever. lol More to go on that one? I...
I don't like stops in forex. Too many times in practice I've lost big winners because of massive fake out spikes (see page 1 for another example,...
^I was actually looking at switching to Oanda. Forex.com has my money for 30 days (or so I've heard), so we'll see what happens in the mean time....
Perfect. Thanks for the advice. :)
I play swings, although, because of my schedule (and the fact that I don't like to set stops and ride when I'm gone), I'm typically forced to cut...
Yea, that's what I figured. I don't have a big enough ego to actually think anyone cares to read about my poor trade decisions. As for the...
Long USD/JPY - 94.422 x1 (2:45ish) Getting raped in the ass on the AUD. EDIT: Sold USD/JPY 94.481 5.9 pips
Guess no one cares, screw it, might as well post for my own knowledge. Long AUD/USD - .824100 x1 (back at like 1:00)
Covered - EURCHF 1.526340 = 8.2 pips No love for me before vacation. Wants to struggle the whole way down; now it's time to leave and it...
#1 Short - EURCHF 1.527160 x 1 (10k)
Taking my own suggestion from another thread, I decided to start a journal. I'm brand new to forex, been trading stocks for about year, so I'm...
I understand what many are saying about first knowing the market. I do have a practice account with them as well to experiment with new...
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