(binned per thread starter’s request) GEfx Trading Journal

I've moved my stops on the EA and GA to B/E and am waiting now to see where we go from here.
Edit: Moved my stop on the EA back to 20 pips. I've made over 520 pips on this pair this week and running a puny 20 pip risk at this point seems pretty reasonable.

Moved my stop on the EA from 1.6992 to 1.6999.

PA on the EA took my 13 pip stop. I made over 500 pips on that pair this week and I will set it aside for the week now. The GA is still going and am up about 40 pips.

I took 45 on the GA and am now watching. Flat across the EA and GA now.

Now preparing for the NY open, which typically involves a re-look and re-work (if necessary) of TA, note taking, review of 4H chart analysis (if necessary), a review of option expiry's, etc, and several cups of coffee. This work is all centered on identifying the currency pairs that I want to focus on over the next 3 hours, which by definition means that I will eliminate most pairs in favor of the "best" pairs, where market structure and TA combine to build a good trading plan for the morning. From that point, I identify set ups and then wait for PA to signal when to "start the dance".

The primary reason I am posting this material this morning is to counter the constant barrage of negativity being spewed out be those who say that this kind of trading is impossible. Just start with the first post in my journal, and read through this post, and you will see that consistent trade success is not only possible, but should be expected. I do not just enter trades, but consider myself a market analyst, and a currency trader. Entering trades, in my world, is the least important and most boring part of the trading day.

I was planning on posting some analysis here to begin the week. However, I don't know if anyone is interested in structural analysis so I thought I'd open it up to anyone who is following this thread. What currency pair(s) are you interested in?

Great thread and good work you are doing here. What would make it even more great is you posting before the fact and not hindsight analysis, that way people could read your thought process in real time.

Of course, you are not obligated to, just a suggestion.
Cheers.

I am always interested in others view of the market and how they read the charts

Good suggestion. I can post more analysis, and post set-ups if time allows, prior to entries. Keep in mind that a lot of work goes into both analysis and set up identification, that I am doing analysis across 12 pairs, set up across, maybe, 3 or 4 pairs, and I do not want to miss an entry because I was working on preparing a posts. But I will see what I can do.

No set ups or trades but some interesting PA this morning. GA is leaning towards sell, and if that changes I'll post the other view of it. Waiting.

This is pretty clumsy to post in a more contemporaneous fashion, but here is my first trade on the GA