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Most pips in one day?

  • #1
  • First Post: Apr 18, 2008 7:25pm Apr 18, 2008 7:25pm
I just heard from a fellow trader that he successfully bagged 1100 pips in one trade on Friday 18 April 2008.I don't know whether this was with one or more lots,in which case the total would be a ludicrous amount,but I have absolutely no reason to doubt this.The trading instrument was Silver on the 1hr chart. In just one candle, price moved a total of 2549 pips!!He was,however, happy to take the 1100! I bet he was...

Is there anyone out there who can say they've moved in and out of the market, in one day and on one trade, and bagged a thousand or a couple of thousand pips?This does not mean trading 10 lots and making 100 pips on each,totalling 1000, although nobody would pass that up either.Don't get me wrong, holding a position for weeks and coming out the other end with over 1000 pips is also obviously just as satisfying, but I'd like to hear about single trades most of us only dream of!

I'm sure there are many great stories out there.Please share your story here with the rest of us mere mortals.
  • #2
  • Apr 18, 2008 8:24pm Apr 18, 2008 8:24pm
The stores I shop in don't take pips.

Best $ day I had was $7875 on 6 trades - after taking away the 1 loser @ $1500.
  • #3
  • Apr 19, 2008 1:51am Apr 19, 2008 1:51am
Quoting Doji Star
I just heard from a fellow trader that he successfully bagged 1100 pips in one trade on Friday 18 April 2008.I don't know whether this was with one or more lots,in which case the total would be a ludicrous amount,but I have absolutely no reason to doubt this.The trading instrument was Silver on the 1hr chart. In just one candle, price moved a total of 2549 pips!!He was,however, happy to take the 1100! I bet he was...

Is there anyone out there who can say they've moved in and out of the market, in one day and on one trade, and bagged a thousand or a couple of thousand pips?This does not mean trading 10 lots and making 100 pips on each,totalling 1000, although nobody would pass that up either.Don't get me wrong, holding a position for weeks and coming out the other end with over 1000 pips is also obviously just as satisfying, but I'd like to hear about single trades most of us only dream of!

I'm sure there are many great stories out there.Please share your story here with the rest of us mere mortals.
First off, volume =! pips (for the non-programming inclined, that means that volume DOES NOT equal pips). Ten lots at 50 pips is...well, ten lots at 50 pips. It is NOT 500 pips.

As for the topic at hand, Friday the 18th was a good day for me riding the GBP/JPY. Nice solid 250pips. Hooray for swing trading and the US economy being the lead for GBP/JPY which is two currencies that aren't the USD! Gotta love forex. It was also nice watching USD/JPY break it's slim range for the week.
Never underestimate the powers of the Force.
  • #4
  • Apr 19, 2008 3:59am Apr 19, 2008 3:59am
Quoting The Jedi
First off, volume =! pips (for the non-programming inclined, that means that volume DOES NOT equal pips). Ten lots at 50 pips is...well, ten lots at 50 pips. It is NOT 500 pips.
Understood.Thanks for clearing that up.

As for the topic at hand, Friday the 18th was a good day for me riding the GBP/JPY. Nice solid 250pips. Hooray for swing trading and the US economy being the lead for GBP/JPY which is two currencies that aren't the USD! Gotta love forex. It was also nice watching USD/JPY break it's slim range for the week.
I reckon most of these intraday monster pip success stories come from breakouts after tight ranges.It seems your breakout was well worth the wait!
  • #5
  • Apr 19, 2008 4:56am Apr 19, 2008 4:56am
Quoting SunTrader
The stores I shop in don't take pips.

Sometimes I wish they did.Some of the stores over here in North Africa don't even want to take dollars anymore, what is the world coming to?!

Best $ day I had was $7875 on 6 trades - after taking away the 1 loser @ $1500.
Definitely nothing to scoff at! I'll take that anyday of the week!
  • #6
  • Edited 6:04am Apr 19, 2008 5:46am | Edited 6:04am
mt best effort was 470 pips on a single EUR/JPY trade (470 pip move). I entered during the NY session on fri and closed it during asia on sunday so it was done in less than 1 trading day but there was a weekend in between. I called it live here on FF. It started as a 15 min scalp that I kept open and had the foresight to set a limit based on long term support 470 pips away. I was not expecting to reach target for a couple of weeks, if at all. It was awesome. check it out as it happened here http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...13321&page=110
posts 1646 & 1647
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  • #7
  • Apr 19, 2008 8:47am Apr 19, 2008 8:47am
Quoting The Jedi
First off, volume =! pips (for the non-programming inclined, that means that volume DOES NOT equal pips).
Minor point but in the programming language I use it would be volume <> pips.
  • #8
  • Apr 19, 2008 9:31am Apr 19, 2008 9:31am
Quoting M.A.C.Doug
mt best effort was 470 pips on a single EUR/JPY trade (470 pip move). I entered during the NY session on fri and closed it during asia on sunday so it was done in less than 1 trading day but there was a weekend in between. I called it live here on FF. It started as a 15 min scalp that I kept open and had the foresight to set a limit based on long term support 470 pips away. I was not expecting to reach target for a couple of weeks, if at all. It was awesome. check it out as it happened here http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...13321&page=110
posts 1646 & 1647
Way to go!
Read your posts. Absolutely awesome!And started off a 15 min chart to boot!There is definitely merit in letting your trades run and as you said,merit in TA.

A couple of weeks back,also a Friday, NFP day, I opened a Silver trade and after a little while it was up +100.Locked in 40 and let the sucker run, content with 40 and like you, expecting it to retrace and take out the new stop. Anyway, I fell asleep, knackered from a long day at work and woke up to find it up over 500! I adjusted a new stop to lock in 400 and ended up with +400.That really made my weekend!
These runs don't come along everyday, but it is great when it does happen.
  • #9
  • Apr 19, 2008 9:54am Apr 19, 2008 9:54am
Slightly off topic, but I found it extremely interesting. Someone just sent me this article on the "World's most successful trader".

http://www.moneytec.com/forums/f33/w...-trader-14759/

Could this be or is his just another trading urban legend?
Apparently, this guy's positions are so huge, he only looks for 3-5 ticks profit!?
  • #10
  • Apr 22, 2008 1:47am Apr 22, 2008 1:47am
no...wait ... that was PINTS.... sorry, wrong topic, wrong fourm (hic)
  • #11
  • May 20, 2008 9:25pm May 20, 2008 9:25pm
Quoting Doji Star
Slightly off topic, but I found it extremely interesting. Someone just sent me this article on the "World's most successful trader".

http://www.moneytec.com/forums/f33/w...-trader-14759/

Could this be or is his just another trading urban legend?
Apparently, this guy's positions are so huge, he only looks for 3-5 ticks profit!?
Thanks Doji, I enjoyed that interview.
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  • #12
  • Jul 1, 2008 4:44am Jul 1, 2008 4:44am

  1. Biggest ever single trade – 1287 pips
  2. biggest day 3531 pips on closed trades,
  3. biggest week 4480 pips on closed trades 13-17 aug 2007

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  • #13
  • Last Post: Jul 1, 2008 6:53am Jul 1, 2008 6:53am
...hmmm, I can only envy you and those people who manage to bag those high winning pip amounts.

Although I wish I had the gut's to stay in a trade for that long, I will not complain about my p&l in US$ at the end of my average business day.

I trade anything between £250 to $1000 (sometimes a little more) per pip and usually score anything between 2 and 10 pips per trade. (y'day for ex. I took 13 positions in the course of the day with an aver. of 3 pips a trade)

So, my day in hard currency yields anything between $5K to $20K - and yes, I do have losing days....only a couple of weeks ago I took a trade outside my "rythm" and lost $15K....took me a few days to make up for it but hey - you can't win'em all.

Firepower is everything!

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