Posts Tagged trading discipline
First day back after the Bank Holiday and back to trading the system. There was a largish 50 pip channel which always makes me feel a little uncomfortable placing the orders. The market also moved quite a bit just before 7am reaching which also makes me feel a little uncomfortable. However, trading a system means that I need to remain disciplined to pull the trigger.. even if I feel uncomfortable, this is the system.. I need to follow it to stand a chance of becoming successful.
So the orders
May 4, 2010
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I haven't been trading enough this week so I was eager to get stuck in today.
My first trade was a short at 12922... the market had already come off a 50% Fib level and I was thinking that it had further to go. I had missed the move as it fell (as I had only got in at 6.30pm GMT).. I quickly opened the short but didn't check to see that the stochastics had almost reached the oversold level. This was frustrating as I sold right at the bottom. The market went up and hit my stop for -18!!
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May 16, 2008
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At 19.00 GMT, the FOMC made it's announcement.. I had no idea what they announced but the market didn't really do that much. I entered short when the market went below a previous support level at 135000.. unfortunately, it soon bounced back up and I had to nurse a 16 price loss! Ouch!
My trade wasn't a bad one, I had traded on break of the channel. Luck wasn't on my side this time.... as I write, the market has broken up above the upper trend channel. If I had bought this, I could have gr
February 20, 2008
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