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GBPJPY – Forex trading… almost got stopped out but ended up a winner!

GBPJPY - Forex trading... almost got stopped out but ended up a winner!

I shorted the GBPJPY at my entry point as I thought it was heading lower as it broke below 13660 and I promptly pressed the sell button at this level. My stop was 13695 and as soon as my trade went through, the market went up... I knew that it had to clear the upper resistance but it kept bouncing up at this level which made me feel that I may have been wrong with my trade.. however, I kept a close eye at the level and then, it suddenly plummetted! However, I wasn't sure how far this would fall

December 4, 2008 No Comments Full Story

AUDUSD trade…

AUDUSD trade...

A successful Forex trade.. I made 45 points on this.. as per my previous post, I mentioned that I was at the gym.. I would have managed to get out a bit earlier when it spiked up.. probably would have got out at around 0.6385 for a further 20 points.. oh well, never mind.

December 1, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Buying and Selling the DOW

Buying and Selling the DOW

If you look at the 1 min chart of the Dow Jones below.. you can see that the market in the yellow box wasn't doing too much.. however, I was trading in this region, selling and buying when I should have been doing anything. I saw that the market had dropped and I was expecting to see a bounce back up to around 8500 at least... however, the adage is 'trade what you see, not what you think' and I failed miserably.. in total, I made two trades in this region,  both lost to the accumulative amount

December 1, 2008 No Comments Full Story

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