New Trader here on a demo account. Just graduated babypips before holiday season and spent the season reading the genesis continuation post and the first 100 or so pages of the original post. Just wanted to share my very first 'real' demo trade (minus a few I made while learning about the interface during the course) and it was a success too!
xBB Trade Post - 1
Trend overall on 5,15,1H was downwards so I was looking for a down trade.
I labelled the SL on the 5 minute at the last high.
My TP was at the S1 for +24. The price dipped a bit further but it looks like it's about to rebound as I type this. I could have milked it for a few more pips but I'm perfectly content as it is. (Might still break through but not going to worry about that).
Trade (+)
Saw the down arrow and favorable stochastic 15. The most recent stochastic 5 wasn't at the 80 level but the one only a few bars before it was and it corresponded to the 15 stochastic.
Followed the trend.
Trade (-)
The only thing that made me really nervous was actually there was an up arrow only a few bars before on the 15 graph but it dojied with overbought stochastic so I thought it was just a minor retracement / false arrow. I didn't have to monitor it for long before the down arrow I wanted came.
Improvements for the future: Just related to probably being a noob. I liked to stare at the chart from start to finish like a cat with a dangling toy in front of it. I'm going to monitor it carefully for the 15 arrow and then do other things so I don't just stare at it; it'll just give me a heart attack one day xD.
I'll try to post here and there. Looking forward to working with yall.
xBB Trade Post - 1
Trend overall on 5,15,1H was downwards so I was looking for a down trade.
I labelled the SL on the 5 minute at the last high.
My TP was at the S1 for +24. The price dipped a bit further but it looks like it's about to rebound as I type this. I could have milked it for a few more pips but I'm perfectly content as it is. (Might still break through but not going to worry about that).
Trade (+)
Saw the down arrow and favorable stochastic 15. The most recent stochastic 5 wasn't at the 80 level but the one only a few bars before it was and it corresponded to the 15 stochastic.
Followed the trend.
Trade (-)
The only thing that made me really nervous was actually there was an up arrow only a few bars before on the 15 graph but it dojied with overbought stochastic so I thought it was just a minor retracement / false arrow. I didn't have to monitor it for long before the down arrow I wanted came.
Improvements for the future: Just related to probably being a noob. I liked to stare at the chart from start to finish like a cat with a dangling toy in front of it. I'm going to monitor it carefully for the 15 arrow and then do other things so I don't just stare at it; it'll just give me a heart attack one day xD.
I'll try to post here and there. Looking forward to working with yall.