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My Mistake in Closing EURUSD

My Mistake in Closing EURUSD

So today I closed my EURUSD long trade which I got in a couple of days ago at 13225. You can see that from the chart where the price is at now.. 13278. From the Daily chart, you would wonder even why I closed this trade and from the Daily chart it's not clear. However, earlier today, the big green candlestick did not look like this.. the EURUSD market had dropped heavily and looked like it was about to go lower. The blue resistance line which allowed me to go long the first time which was

July 25, 2013 No Comments Full Story

EURUSD breaks through the Trend Channel and our stop is hit

EURUSD breaks through the Trend Channel and our stop is hit

Unfortunately, EURUSD broke through the lower bullish trend channel line and our stop was hit. I've been thinking a lot about holding trades longer as I've known that this is one of my weaknesses in trading and with this trade, I did hold the trade and didn't meddle with it.. however, the price action didn't go where I was hoping it would and the trade ended up in a loss. It's extremely frustrating when this happens, my old method would have meant that I would have taken profits at 135

February 17, 2013 No Comments Full Story

Expect the Unexpected when Trading the Financial Markets

Expect the Unexpected when Trading the Financial Markets

A couple of days ago, I had shorted the EURUSD forex pair at the point marked above. The price action looked as though it was just retracing before a further fall. I was thinking that a move below 13000 would trigger a flurry and sell trades and the market will drop a few hundred points. I was a little wary as the downward momentum after I had gone short wasn't really there so I had been moving my stop down as the price action moved down. Today, the market open a little lower but momentum

January 10, 2013 No Comments Full Story

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