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Trading the S&P emini – I was correct about the move down

Trading the S&P emini - I was correct about the move down

Hi All, As per my previous post, I was correct about the market moving downwards to Thursdays low.. in fact, it got beyond this low.. the markets aren't looking so good! Anyway, I stopped trading at about 7pm GMT time and then missed the huge move down. As you can see from the chart, 143200 was a base which I used and it bounced off this to hit the 50% Fibonacci level and then prompted to fall from here. It was a pretty smooth ride down using the 5 day EMA to gauge it. I made a series

November 26, 2007 No Comments Full Story

Holiday – Sorry for no posts – trading books

Hi All, I got back this morning. I spent a week in Hong Kong, my second holiday of the year and it was fantastic. Great food, environment and everything was soooo cheap! Bought a pile of stuff including a trading book... Technical Analysis of the Currency Market by Boris Scholossberg for half price! It worked out to be £18 which was pretty good. The only reason why I bought it was because I am currently reading the excellent Adventures of a Currency Trader by Rob Booker (I took this with

November 24, 2007 No Comments Full Story

15th November – last trading day before I’m off on holiday

15th November - last trading day before I'm off on holiday

Hi All, I'm off on holiday from tomorrow for a week or so. I thought I'd make some trade today. The Emini had moved below todays low and I went short. I did this twice and got caught out twice. The market is heading lower as I write which is rather annoying as I was correct in my analysis but the volatility has made it a nightmare and took me out! Nevermind... I ended up with -12 today.

November 15, 2007 No Comments Full Story

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