Archive for November 4th, 2008

Trend Following – GBPJPY – what it cost me!

Trend Following - GBPJPY - what it cost me!

I am currently reading the book Trend Following by Michael Covel which talks about the trend following phenomenon and talks to a variety of traders how how they made it trading. One thing which stuck to mind was the advice which I hear time and time again, cut your losers and ride your winners.  A few paragraphs from the book write "A good example of not letting profits run can be seen in trading strategies that take profits off the table before a trend is over. For example, a broker reveale

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GBPJPY – there goes my winning streak

GBPJPY - there goes my winning streak

After my profitable AUDCAD trade last night, I entered short the GBPJPY right when it topped and fell. I had a 100 point stop which got hit..  quite annoying but as a trader (or trainee trader in my case) you have to learn that trading is about winning and losing.. you just have to take it on the chin and move on.

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