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- stewartr replied Feb 18, 2010
+1.5R winner — Euro Short from area of resistance with oscillators extreme. Trigger was break of inside bar. Exited when price had entered support area and oscillator extreme the other way. (Trying to stay with short trades on the euro at the ...
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- stewartr replied Feb 11, 2010
Great week — Up nearly 10 times risk over the last week Two trades. USDJPY - yielded a 200+ gain with a 35 pip stop. This did wonders for my trading account. It was like 7 winners in a row at 1:1. Reason for entering - oscillators extreme. ...
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- stewartr replied Jan 26, 2010
live trade — Been quietly going about my business and trading. Here's another live trade. We've had a strong move down in the eur/usd. Price has made a double bottom. Then we have a pin bar indicating an up move. Price has retraced 50% of the ...
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- stewartr replied Dec 17, 2009
+50 pips — Price has moved +50 pips. I left my stop loss in place. Price then retraced to +10 pips. And now is back at +40 pips. I will consider the intra-trade retracement is over and have moved my sl to break even now. Stopped at break even.
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- stewartr replied Dec 17, 2009
Eu long — Euro long in the Asian session Daily is in a support zone. 4 hour is in a support zone and shows two pin bars. Oscillators are showing oversold. So I am long. Here is the one hour chart. I am long on the break of resistance line. ...
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- stewartr replied Dec 17, 2009
How I get my feel for what to trade — 6 pairs. eu, au, gu ej gj ej trade usd pairs in direction of trend trade jpy pairs in direction of trend trade strongest pair long trade weakest pair short use normal method for entry ie trend + pull back ...
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- stewartr replied Dec 17, 2009
Watch more than 1 but just trade 1. — Hi Andante9, The following chart is a good example of how I am using multiple pairs to trade just one pair. 1. The moving averages are showing a downtrend for the eurjpy and gbpjpy. The usdjpy is starting ...
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- stewartr replied Dec 16, 2009
XJ8 — Hi Stephen, Great to hear your thoughts. Snowing up there now? Sweating down here. ! Stewart
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- stewartr replied Dec 16, 2009
Euro loss - 30 pips — After this big down move, I tried to get cute and catch the bounce up. Entered long on a break of the trend line. Stop was 30 pips Trade was a loss. Price just nicked my stop (by 8 pips) and then wen up to the 50% ...
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- stewartr replied Dec 15, 2009
EurUsd short + 83 pips — Downtrend (moving avgs) Pull back (50% fib) and also area of prior support Trigger - bearish candle and break of trendline Stop was 50 pips TP was 100. I closed at +83. EDIT: not a bearish engulfing candle. Just a big ...
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- stewartr replied Dec 11, 2009
EU long + 36 pips (.8R) — ____________________________ I recent months I have been very discretionary in my trading. I am taking trades that are not my usual system, but going for better R:R ratios. My account is thanking me. I have also ...
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- stewartr replied Dec 11, 2009
EU long + 36 pips (.8R) — EU has been good to me this week. (just over 400 pips) This was a counter trend trade, without any indicators. Just a hunch that we could see an upward punch. Risk was only 20 pips and I was hoping for about 100 pips ...
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- stewartr replied Dec 8, 2009
Eu - shorted again +100 pips — Down trend now. (Moving avgs all lined up) Sideways pull back (price stalling) Pin bar in traffic. (perhaps price about to resume decline) Oscillator hooking (pull back has gone far enough) Shorted at red line. ...
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- stewartr replied Dec 4, 2009
EU Short results — My TP was hit on the EU. First position 168 pips, with an initial risk of 100 pips. (1.1:1 reward to risk) Second position 181 pips, with an initial risk of 50 pips (better than 3:1 reward to risk ratio)
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- stewartr replied Dec 3, 2009
EU short — Possible double top in euro. Went a bit early when the stoch hooked. Then market gave a good outside bar. Added to my position on pull back of outside bar. I would like to hold this position for a long time. I think hte euro is ...
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- stewartr replied Nov 10, 2009
USD CAD long — Price in uptrend (MAs) Pull back (oscillator at extreme indicating hte pull back may have finished) Price action - candles are stalling and going sideways. Entered as price broke to new high. Stop at lows Target is 1:1 Stopped ...
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- stewartr replied Nov 10, 2009
audjpy short — 500 pip down move - followed by a 360 pip up move price is back at a supply area (the grey horizontal zone) Outside bar indicates the end of hte up move. Oscillator confirms the up move is ready to retrace. So we have trend (2 ...
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- stewartr replied Nov 10, 2009
Will start posting again — I had some people wanting to use my blog as live trading signals. That really turned me off. I was using this as MY trading journal. You are welcome to follow along, but I was turned off when people started asking ...
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- stewartr replied Oct 14, 2009
GU blind entry — no price action on this one (ie no pin bar or outside bar) but price is approaching the big round number 1.6000 which corresponds to horizontal resistance and a downward facing trend line. the daily chart is bearish and we've ...
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- stewartr replied Oct 12, 2009
usdjpy — Short and still in this trade. Bet .5R compared to normal position size but am going for 2:1. Bet small because I did not have a clear candle to trigger the trade. Reason for entry: 232 pip upward move without a pull back. Price at ...
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