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Dangerous ground – didn’t obey the System but made a Profit – GBPUSD currency trading

Dangerous ground - didn't obey the System but made a Profit - GBPUSD currency trading

Today when I had checked the markets, the GBPUSD had already moved up quite significantly.. this made my channel rather wide at 55 pips or so.  I'm always conscious when the market has moved away like this as it should pullback before it makes another ascent. However, the market looked like it was heading upwards so when the market started to pullback, I entered long with a 30 pip stop and a 30 pip limit. My entry was at 1.5453, stop at 1.5423 and target 1.5483. The pullback was deeper than

April 26, 2010 No Comments Full Story

Dow volatility and trading

Dow volatility and trading

Usually I really don't like trading the Dow as there is always a lot of short term noise which tend to mess up your trades by whipsawing the price action beyond your stops and then reversing. The main reason I guess is because the Dow Jones average is comprised of just the 30 biggest stocks and movement within the biggest one can move the markets.. in other words, market manipulation with the Dow Jones is not unheard of. Anyway, I did place a couple of trades.. firstly a short at 10908 which

September 23, 2008 No Comments Full Story