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Jun 10, 2009 6:47pm
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second trade for the day. short order filled at 1.6409; trailing stop eventually filled at 1.6371.
total gain for the day was 2.94%
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Jun 10, 2009 11:09pm
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opened short gbp/usd at 1.6404.
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Jun 10, 2009 11:20pm
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gbp/usd short stopped out -2%.
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Jun 12, 2009 3:40pm
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initial stop set 2% of balance
trailing stop at 4% of balance
target at 0.5% of price
*using
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Jun 17, 2009 2:46am
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limit long on gbp/usd filled at 1.6368. trailing stop filled at 1.6405 +37pips or 5.03% gain.
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Jun 22, 2009 3:40am
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stopped out, -0.23%.
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Jun 22, 2009 10:30pm
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opened long, stopped out +2.42%. bottom fishing.
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Jun 26, 2009 4:35pm
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one trade from yesterday--cadjpy long. took profits when price did not behave as expected.
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Jul 2, 2009 8:08am
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i have two limit orders in place: long and short; initial stop set 2% of total equity, trailing stop at 4% and take profits set to 50% of entry price.
worst case scenario--i get stopped out on both orders, then I am down 4, maybe 5%.
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Jul 2, 2009 8:48am
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limit buy filled--immediately stopped out, down 2.23%. Price did not shoot up (or down) as expected. Cancelled short order.
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Jul 3, 2009 12:00am
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one trade today. slow market, decided to take profits and have time out for my self.
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Jul 8, 2009 1:51am
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one quick trade today--long cable +2.96%.
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Jul 9, 2009 4:53am
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gbp/usd short +1.08%
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Jul 13, 2009 5:10am
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long on cad/jpy stopped out (-1.50%)
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Jul 16, 2009 5:03am
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reached my loss limit--going on demo mode.
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Jul 17, 2009 3:17am
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saw a good setup off eur/usd weakness and went short--+4.60%. Sometimes, you gotta know when to break the rules. i am back in the black!
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Jul 18, 2009 7:17pm
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Jul 18, 2009 7:19pm
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Jul 22, 2009 3:30am
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gbp/usd long stopped out: -3.86%
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