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130 pips on EURJPY!

130 pips on EURJPY!

I had opened a long trade on EURJPY a few days back after seeing some support around the 12700 mark. My entry was perhaps a bit premature as I hadn't waited for a confirmation of the support line. However, on the second day, the price actually moved down to support again and tested it (at this point, my drawdown was around 100 pips). This would have been the better place to have gone long but looking at the chart, I would have probably entered at exactly the same price. Anyway, the follow

May 2, 2013 No Comments Full Story

The countertrend trade on GBPUSD

The countertrend trade on GBPUSD

As you can see from the chart, the GBPUSD has been in an extremely bearish market. However, when I saw the bullish pinbar, I knew my trade would be a countertrend trade where I would have to be extremely careful, ensuring that I don't end up losing pips. With my last few trades, I've been holding out for the longer trades but they've not been working out for me so I'm going to split my trades... I'll report on the ones where I have had my most success (ie daytrades) on Twitter but will be

February 24, 2013 No Comments Full Story

EURO analysis post my Trade of last week

EURO analysis post my Trade of last week

I thought I'd post my trade of last week and also talk about what has happened over the last couple of days with the Euro market. It's important to review looking back to help formulate future plans when trading.. it is something which one needs to do all the time to ensure that you're on top of your trading. Anyway, my initial plan was to hold onto the trade for as long as possible and bring the stop loss down to the high of each day. This would then help lock in profits and give enough roo

January 7, 2013 No Comments Full Story