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Why I shorted Oil last week

Why I shorted Oil last week

I shorted Oil (WTI Crude) last week and unfortunately the trade went against me and I lost 200 points. Unfortunately, in trading this happens but over the long term I expect that I will win more trades that I lose so it doesn't bother me too much. Anyway, here's the reasoning behind the trade. If you look at the weekly trade, you would see that the 10600 level actually was a strong support and resistance line in the past. Where I have green arrows you can see how the price had reacted

July 21, 2013 No Comments Full Story

Crude Oil Trade left without me

Crude Oil Trade left without me

Last night, I had put on an order to buy Crude Oil at 88.50. There was a nice bullish pinbar and I thought that we would see a retracement before a further move up since the bar was already so bullish (strong moves usually mean a pullback somewhere before further moves). The price action was strong and it didn't retrace at all and moved a further 200 points up. Unfortunately for me, it meant that my buy order wasn't trigger and I missed the action.  

April 24, 2013 No Comments Full Story

Crude Oil takes out my stop and then Rallies

Crude Oil takes out my stop and then Rallies

I got a good entry into Crude Oil last week. I was long pretty much at the bottom of the green candle after the large move down. I had my stop at below the large red candle at 9230. During the day, the price action rallied and I was 60+ points up and the trade was looking good. However, the following morning the price action  fell and hit my stop and then bounced strongly upwards. This is really unlucky and I think the entry was a good one. However, these things happen when trading an

March 24, 2013 No Comments Full Story

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