Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

Discussion in 'Forex' started by chinook, Aug 16, 2004.

  1. Snow stays as treasury secretary.
     
    #3021     Dec 8, 2004
  2. I can't believe the Euro run-up late in the session. I've been long so I'm not complaining. But still I managed to make decent damage earlier during my intermittent insanity episodes.
     
    #3022     Dec 8, 2004
  3. Good morning :) 8Am here in dismal Moscow...what's on the plate for today?

    Shorting the Aussie at .758 target .7540.

    Also short Euro at 1.3310 (this one might be painful - close stop loss). Target 1.326

    4cast calling for a little more correction in EUR and "quite a bit more" in AUD. There aren't scalps. I'll hold them for about 8 hours - right up to the US open - or until target is hit.

    Good luck!

    -Ivan
     
    #3023     Dec 9, 2004
  4. Er...180 seconds later it's halfway to my EUR target, tempting me to take profit. Must...not...fold. Must hold....to target. Must...resist.
     
    #3024     Dec 9, 2004
  5. Quit bragging! :p Just kidding... nice trade.

    You could always compromise: take partial profit and let the rest run.

    I had been short AUD/USD but my timing was absolutely horrendous: I basically got in right before it made that brief surge upwards and got stopped out; didn't have the guts to get back in. One of these days, I'm going to learn to trust myself...
     
    #3025     Dec 9, 2004
  6. Thanks, Steve. But that's exactly why I don't compromise. Every time I do, I regret it (well not every time, but you know).

    I've learned that having the discipline to see your targets through is more profitable than second guessing. Just my style. Follow whatever works for you, though - don't listen to me :)
     
    #3026     Dec 9, 2004
  7. The markets truly are amazing: you could take a group of traders, find none trade the same way and yet find they're all profitable.

    Now, I just need to find what works for me... lol. I'm getting there....
     
    #3027     Dec 9, 2004
  8. I think if everyone traded the same way, no one would make or lose money (or everyone would make money) as it would be so predictable you'd never need to forecast.
     
    #3028     Dec 9, 2004
  9. is going on with cable ?

    eur or jpy crosses ?
    or just general weakness?

    was long ... ona cross with euro

    lost some there ... then went short
    cable ... made back most of it

    :p
     
    #3029     Dec 9, 2004
  10. Silly is in season.

    The Euro crosses are all going higher. Don't ask me why.
     
    #3030     Dec 9, 2004