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USDCAD – trigger happy

USDCAD - trigger happy

I sold and it shot up... I was impatient and wanted some trading action and lost 20 pips! Have to be more careful...

February 11, 2009 No Comments Full Story

The hardest thing in trading – knowing when to close out – Forex trading

The hardest thing in trading - knowing when to close out - Forex trading

I really seem to be getting the hang of trading the forex markets lately and my account is at all time highs... long may it be like this. I don't really know if it's me who has improved or simply that the markets are favouring my style of trading... anyway, I am happy with how things are working out except for the fact that although I enter quite well, I seems to be taking profits far too early still...  here are my trades for today... I went long the USDCAD forex pair at 12515 and close

December 2, 2008 No Comments Full Story

2nd January – Trading update – or lack of!

2nd January - Trading update - or lack of!

Hi all, I'm not back to full swing as yet... remember I was talking about the EUR/CAD last night? Well, it did go higher in fact, it went up to 1.4690 and is currently sitting at 1.4641. I should have kept it at the 100 pip limit order when I took profits at 1.4500! I have just gone long USD/CAD at 0.9937 with a 100 pip stop and target, I'll see if I can hold this. The reasoning for the trade starts off by looking at the daily chart. If you look at the stochastics, you can see that it h

January 2, 2008 No Comments Full Story

 

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