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This was most annoying. I had sold the DOW last night as you know with a 50 point stop and target. The price moved up and took out my stop before it plumetted.. it would have hit my target as you can see nicely. It's always difficult to know where to put your stop.. it can always be either too tight or too far away.. you just have to stick to your plan.
In fact, I think in the coming days we may see lower prices.. all markets seem primed to move lower but they will do what they need to do
September 25, 2012
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When you suffer a loss trading, your confidence takes a beating and this can cause you to make a mistake and lose. However, in hindsight, the below trade I placed on the DOW was a great entry but my stop was way too tight and I felt that this was probably because of the previous loss on USDCAD which made me more nervous than usual and I put the stop way too close to the previous resistance level at 10915. My stop was at 10920 and ideally at least should be at least 20 points away from the previo
December 19, 2011
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Today I saw a beauty of a set up on the DOW .. the price action had made a double top and not only that, the daily pivot proved to be a good resistance line.. it screamed a short and so placed my trade looking to take the trade down to 11800.
However, with markets, anything can happen and this is what actually happened... yes, the market actually went up to hit my stop and I ended up nursing a 30 pip hit. That's the thing about markets, you just never know what can happen and a newbie mis
December 15, 2011
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