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I was looking at triggers for a trading strategy and asked AI to give me some ideas.. here's what it said
Here are several potential trading trigger ideas that could capitalize on momentum and market psychology:
Failed Double Top/Bottom Pattern
When a second peak/trough fails to r
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So I've been using the Dow Strike trading robot now for a couple of months and here are the results! 37 days of trading, 34 profitable and 3 losing.. made a total of $12,821.58 on a $100k account.. that's a 12.8% return in 2 months! It's particularly active from the US open and can open up 20-50 tr
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I have an associate, some guy I met online who I talk to about trading... he's an interesting character and one of the best traders that I've ever known. I'd like to say he's a friend as we do share a bit of information about each other besides our interest in trading but I've not met him in person
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The difference between consistently profitable traders and those who are not is the subject of this post "sometimes the best trade is no trade". Successful traders understand this, it is about being patient and ensuring that the conditions are exactly right for a trade, ie a valid signal to take an entry. Traders who are not so successful feel that they need to be in a trade all the time to be successful and will think that a setup is 'almost right' and therefore happy to jump in early.
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November 29, 2011
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Today, I look at the charts as usual but didn't see any longer timeframe trades felt as though I was able to read the markets with the GBPUSD pair. I shorted at 15510 as you can see with a stop at 15540 and it wasn't long before my stop was hit.
I had no signal to enter, just felt as though I knew what was happening. This sometimes happens when you have had some success lately, the confidence gets to you and then you get over confident with your abilities. The market then humbles you.
November 29, 2011
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Obviously not content with my paltry 6 pips from my EURUSD scalp, I thought I'd try my luck with a more volatile beast, the Crude Oil futures. The trade was a very simple on and off support at 9865. You can't see it from the 5 minute chart but the support line was actually last weeks highest point. I expected a bounce from here so took the long trade and got out with 39 points.
The market soon collapse after this and if I had taken a short, I would have been laughing.. as
November 28, 2011
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