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It was not a correct trade, but gbpusd down and usdchf up......
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Quoting swakop
My second trade for today:

eurusd short @ 1.3896
sl 1.3935
tp 1.3856
ts 20 pips
Swakop

are you trading the box not waiting for a pullback??
EUR-USD.

Notice that the market broke the box 3 times. The first time was a straight breakout, then the market went back to mama's belly. There's two subsequent breakouts with their pullbacks, I decided to show you guys the second one for illustration purposes. You could take the first one and will work out nicely as well.
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Quoting nomoretoxic
EUR-USD.

Notice that the market broke the box 3 times. The first time was a straight breakout, then the market went back to mama's belly. There's two subsequent breakouts with their pullbacks, I decided to show you guys the second one for illustration purposes. You could take the first one and will work out nicely as well.

That is what I did. Like you said the box is an excellent "guide".
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  • Edited at 12:07pm Oct 2, 2008 8:32am | Edited at 12:07pm
Good trade on the EURUSD. After the straight breakout I stoped watching it. I don't think that I would have taken it anyway.

AUDUSD: No trade
EURUSD: No trade
USDCHF: No trade

GBPUSD: +20
Entry 1.7630
SL 1.7662 (34)
TP 1.7610

GBPJPY: +20
Entry 185.77
SL 186.27 (50)
TP 185.57
Quoting nomoretoxic
Swakop

are you trading the box not waiting for a pullback??
Nomo - do you ever look at the 1min chart for a pullback/confirmation or too noisy? The "straight breakout" on 5m is not so straight on 1m?
Quoting Gossy68
Nomo - do you ever look at the 1min chart for a pullback/confirmation or too noisy? The "straight breakout" on 5m is not so straight on 1m?

1m = too noisy.

never look at million timeframes to confirm a trade .

hope it helps.
Interestingly tall boxes this session......
Nomo:

How come you didn't use the original breakout low as the entry point?

RR -
Quoting nomoretoxic
EUR-USD.

Notice that the market broke the box 3 times. The first time was a straight breakout, then the market went back to mama's belly. There's two subsequent breakouts with their pullbacks, I decided to show you guys the second one for illustration purposes. You could take the first one and will work out nicely as well.
Quoting RRothschild
Nomo:

How come you didn't use the original breakout low as the entry point?

RR -

Well, I did or I should say, it's possible. But as price action unfolds, it turn out to be ugly - remember you have the upper hand as price action is happening while you wait.

This is the true definition of "position trading" . If you see the market coming back to the box with anger, common trading sense will put you into halt mode.
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GBPJPY +34
Entry 185.07
SL 185.41 (34)
TP 184.73

AUDUSD -27
Entry 0.7729
SL 0.7756 (27)
TP 0.7709

The A/U trade got to about 18 PIPs profit and turned around. Probably should have closed out at b/e. Time will tell.

RR -
Quoting RRothschild
GBPJPY +34
Entry 185.07
SL 185.41 (34)
TP 184.73

AUDUSD (-27)
Entry 0.7729
SL 0.7756 (27)
TP 0.7709

The A/U trade got to about 18 PIPs profit and turned around. Probably should have closed out at b/e. Time will tell.

RR -
Hi RR,

Nice trade on GPB/JPY.

What trading platform are you using?
I had entry on AUD/USD at 0.7748 and closed at 25 pips.

PS Apologies for hazy graph.. am new to posting charts.
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FXCM is my feed.

On my chart I missed that first break on your box by 1 PIP. Oh well it happens. Good trading though.

RR -


Quoting TradeSense
Hi RR,

Nice trade on GPB/JPY.

What trading platform are you using?
I had entry on AUD/USD at 0.7748 and closed at 25 pips.

PS Apologies for hazy graph.. am new to posting charts.
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  • Edited at 10:13pm Oct 2, 2008 9:44pm | Edited at 10:13pm
EURUSD +20
E: 1.3815
SL: 1.3797 (18)
TP: 1.3835

GBUSD +22
E: 1.7654
SL: 1.7632 (22)
TP: 1.7676

USDCHF +20
E 1.1322
SL: 1.1336 (14)
TP: 1.1302

AUDUSD +22
E: 0.7744
SL: 0.7723 (21)
TP: 0.7766

I could have gotten more PIPs on each trade using my normal approach vs a straight 20 PIP target point.

Good night for the Asian Session. Too bad the spreads are higher nowadays.
Quoting RRothschild
EURUSD +20
E: 1.3815
SL: 1.3797 (18)
TP: 1.3835

GBUSD +22
E: 1.7654
SL: 1.7632 (22)
TP: 1.7676

USDCHF +20
E 1.1322
SL: 1.1336 (14)
TP: 1.1302

AUDUSD +22
E: 0.7744
SL: 0.7723 (21)
TP: 0.7766

I could have gotten more PIPs on each trade using my normal approach vs a straight 20 PIP target point.

Good night for the Asian Session. Too bad the spreads are higher nowadays.
Yes my trades on G/U and E/U were pretty much identical. Just a pip difference. The session was a little slower than the rest of this week, of course non farm payroll is today, and everything seems to slow down until the release.
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NY sessions brings non farm payroll 8:30 am and ISM report at 10:00 am.

A rocky day in my opinion.

Let's see what happens.
Hey Nomo,

Just wanted to know the reasoning behind the box being between 7.00-9.05 and not 7.00-9.00.

Is it because of the results of the forward testing which you have done?
Well....

A valuable lesson learned.

Nomoretoxic, thanks for the great thread. Maybe I should pay attention to and stop feeling compelled to trade.

Results of my UC trade. Range was way to big and I must have been crazy to enter.

As the teacher says.... tomorrow is another day .

Have a good weekend all!
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Quoting TradeSense
Hey Nomo,

Just wanted to know the reasoning behind the box being between 7.00-9.05 and not 7.00-9.00.

Is it because of the results of the forward testing which you have done?

No reason, I think is a glitch on the program or something. Five minutes won't make a difference.
Quoting nomoretoxic
No reason, I think is a glitch on the program or something. Five minutes won't make a difference.

Just set the box to end at 8:59 if you so desire. I did that for the Asian session just because of the way price has been firing out of the box as Asia opens.
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