dolla dolla bills ya'll

will be keeping an eye out to potentially get some long G somewhere to be situated for tomorrows news


eur is already in oversold territory but usd has been strong but has some negative news tomorrow. we'll see how it goes

UJ at an important CB level. macroish (h1) view looks like it rejected lower prices so we may be heading quite a bit higher. long GJ might be a good option as well..


edit: 5 seconds later.... I guess this means mo money mo problems

i take it back. negative news will prob overshadow positive forecasts for gbp

I need to figure out why I keep missing trades. maybe look at less charts or something. ended the day +1ish% which is pretty sad considering....

didnt have many trades worth posting last week. too many scalps, too many lines. I figured out how to format it better later in the week so we will see how this week goes

not sure about this trade in terms of fundies but we still got a daily 50 above the highs as a larger TG, and if vol stays strong it may hit my TG

today was a bit tricky I was thinking short euro but the val wasn't there. I was also thinking scalp short UJ but it didnt reach my area. we'll see if EU gets down to where I was thinking to go long - either way I prob won't be around for that.

I need to get my morning procedure a little more dialed to get my macro view on the day figured out. Trump and the upcoming fed news made things particularly confusing for me today

could have taken a shot at the absolute EU low but had the wrong template on my chart and didn't see val div

missed 2 trades on this chart. first the retest into the rejection zone that was created after the news came out, the second was the add in at the top after I saw a liquidity grab then low vol / no follow through. passed on the second one cuz I've already made some dumb scalps today and that weighed on my confidence. need to get over that or stop taking dumb scalps

another one I maybe should have taken a shot at. need to practice more later today seeing these as they form

stopping vol, low vol w no follow thru

pre trade check list

technicals:
where is fv (vol + ve)
where are guaranteed prems/discounts
whats being done w liq
will stops be triggered in my favor


macros:
+ve or -ve
what is hfd sentiment
shape of curve (bear/bull steep/flat)

first trade off at first target. partial close of second just now

Exotic

decided not to get up to trade this morning and study instead. of course missed some hindsight near perfect opportunities. but then decided to jump in on this squeeze at the worst time of the day for that kind of trade. its a market makers market now. wtf was I thinking. not gonna sit around to let this hit my stop.

one of the hardest parts about trading is just being present at the right time. (london open, US open, on the hours, on the half hours)

its a big + in the pro's con's list of trading something like equity futures vs forex. US open has the vast majority of volume so most of the time you're going to be ok just showing up for that. in forex there are more times of day that the opportunities can arise

still. I'd rather do this type of work than go apply at home depot ya know

little late to the party

Only got filled on one of those JPY trades. Got more or less shafted from the eur and gbp spike, and forgot to add a TP or alert for my zone on audusd. if it hits my stop now that would be sad

would like to get short eu

never got the pullback. there was a small opportunity at the top edge that I should have probably seen, but im never really on my game that early in the morning.

what does it all mean