Archive for February, 2012

Trading Crude Oil off the 15 minute charts

Trading Crude Oil off the 15 minute charts

I got excited about trading off the lower timeframes and proceeded to trade off the 15 minutes. This timeframe looks ideal so me to get in and out of trades. Although I've been looking at higher timeframes (1 hour and daily charts), I really fancied having a go at trading the 15 mins.. I can get in and out quickly and not have to worry about waiting for profits to materialise. The drawback about the small timeframes of course is that there is just more noise. However, my trade today was below

February 28, 2012 No Comments Full Story

£700 in 10 minutes, Tom Hougaard and the London Forex Show

£700 in 10 minutes, Tom Hougaard and the London Forex Show

I think it's always important to keep yourself learning when it comes to trading. I've been rather quiet lately as I've other things happening in my life which I knew could affect my trading and after a little while, I felt a bit out of touch with the markets when I went back to have a look at them. Friday gone, I went to the London Investor Show at the Kensington Olympia. It's good to see what new developments there are in the trading scene and meet like minded people. They had a whole series o

February 25, 2012 6 Comments Full Story

Shorting Crude Oil as it made a Triple Top

Shorting Crude Oil as it made a Triple Top

Crude Oil had bounced off the 10000 level for the third time and I sensed that this could be a big move shorting it with a target of 200 points so so. I shorted as the price action recoiled from the 10000 market, made a little bounce and continue south. However, the market didn't play ball today and took out my stop at 10020 for a 70 point loss. The immediate spike down shows that there is strong resistance and one could be tempted to short it again but the following 1 hour bar shows stro

February 13, 2012 No Comments Full Story

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