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Trading GBPJPY – Frustration and Trading Psychology

Trading GBPJPY - Frustration and Trading Psychology

The GBPJPY trade. I went long GBPJPY the other day and initially, we got a great move.. up 50 pips. I expected the movement to go up much more and 50 pips is a relatively small move in the GBPJPY market. In the afternoon, the price action stalled and fell and then bounced. I felt that the price action wasn’t clean and as a result I closed off the trade with an approx 50 pip loss as I anticipated uncertainty. This morning, there were further falls and I felt great that I had got out of t

March 20, 2013 No Comments Full Story

The Dilemma of Trading Exits – I left behind Huge Profits today!

The Dilemma of Trading Exits - I left behind Huge Profits today!

Something which is really bothering me at the moment is the dilemma of trading exits...  this has been something which I've been trying to work on for a long time but I can't seem to get it right. I know that there is no right or wrong but I am currently toying around with two exit strategies and not being consistent with my approach. As a result, the dilemma of trading exits has become really frustrating and I'm afraid that if I don't get it sorted out, my trading isn't going to reach the next

March 7, 2013 4 Comments Full Story

Snatching profits from Trading the Aussie (AUDUSD)

Snatching profits from Trading the Aussie (AUDUSD)

Trading the Aussie, that's the AUDUSD forex pair last week I saw a double bottom (as per blue horizontal line). The price action was quite strong but the underlying trend was Short so once again, like the GBPUSD trade earlier, a countertrend play. I went long at the close of the pinbar at 10296 and watched to see what would happen the following day. Price did indeed go up but hit resistance on the moving average line. I got out at 10328 (not bad as the high of the day was actually 10340,

February 24, 2013 No Comments Full Story

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