I agree. After awhile you do get use to the crazy swings. Who knows, maybe this is the new normal. We can make money in any market. That's the beauty of trading. Although we can lose money as well. hopefully not as often.

I started in 2005, but didn't really get very active in trading until 2008. Markets like these really teach a trader how important Money Management is. I would love it if we could get back to normal trending markets. I would imagine boring is ...

Charts — I'm glad you post the charts the way you do Bones. I don't post on here often, but i enjoy looking at your various charts. very informative and educational for everyone who pays attention. keep it up!

Short EUR/USD — Short at 1.3094 early this morning before work. stop is now at BE. Might be too close and get taken out, but better than a loss. Come on baby drop!!!

Looking for EUR/USD Short — Looking for a short on the EUR/USD this week. Price just retested the break of the daily bull trendline and formed a bearish PB of resistance as well as at the 61.8 fib. I will be looking for entry on a retrace. ...

Looking for shorts on EUR/USD — Looking for a short on the EUR/USD this week. Price just retested the break of the daily bull trendline and formed a bearish PB of resistance as well as at the 61.8 fib. I will be looking for entry on a retrace. ...

short EUR/USD — short 1.3012 5 lots at BE already.

Poor trade managment last night. should have taken some profit. BE trade so no harm just frustration.

jUST A NOTE — I have just started my first hand written trading journal. I find it much easier to just right my journal, so I won't always be posting here. I plan on using this more for when i want to take note of what the chart looked like ...

Short Fiber — went short about an hour ago 6 lots on the EUR/USD with avg. price of 1.3010. German news just came out in my favor it looks like. Also japan is rumored to be in the market tonight so should be very interesting london session. I ...

stopped out

AUD/USD Short — Looks like the 21MA on the hourly chart may have been the resistance. That is basically where I entered on this retrace. now letting my trade play out. news release at 9:30 so hopefully it is in my favor.

SHort AUD/USD — Although I was stopped out of a great trade last night right before the drop (figures haha) I did get back in short this morning at around .9141 and am currently still short. although I exited my original position tonight and ...

AUD stopped out — well got stopped out on a huge surge in price when BOJ announced not to change their rate. not sure what that has to do with the AUD/USD. but oh well it is what it is. basically just canceld my first trade out.

AUD/USD Short — I've made 2 trades today short the AUD/USD. I sold at about the break of the pivot line earlier tonight. My reason was the break of a wedge or triangle that it was forming on the charts. It broke down and held so I went short ...

Some thoughts and reflections — Well, I've been looking back on the past two weeks with my little 5 min shorter timeframe trading and have realized that I really like it a lot, because the risk to possible reward is much much better. I have ...

I'm thinking I might be staying out of the market the rest of the night b/c its all just consolidation until NFP.

Stopped out of AUD/USD — Stopped out. still will be considering a short.

GBP/USD Short stopped out — I took a quick levels trade on the GBP/USD but was just barely stopped out. looks like it is going where I thought but oh well. The AUD/USD looks better to me right now anyway.

AUD/USD Short — Just went short at .9092 about a 10 pip stop. 5 min. chart trade. Price is near the highs and stalled out today with a small daily bullish pin at the swing high which to me can be bearish because it didn't break or hold above ...