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What's the longest you've held a trade for?

  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 28, 2012 12:36pm Mar 28, 2012 12:36pm
What is the longest you ever held a trade for?
  • #2
  • Mar 28, 2012 4:05pm Mar 28, 2012 4:05pm
1 month. most however are 3 days to 1 week.
  • #3
  • Mar 28, 2012 4:24pm Mar 28, 2012 4:24pm
10 months.
When the Joker is in the deck.. fear not and play it well
  • #4
  • Mar 29, 2012 9:38am Mar 29, 2012 9:38am
I've only recently switched to swinging! the longest I've held a trade is for like 3 weeks, and its less stressful really and more fun to watch
  • #5
  • Mar 29, 2012 11:14am Mar 29, 2012 11:14am
all depends on the strategy..

I have one account that mirrors the DB Currency Harvest Index.. I've been holding the positions for nearly two years now, adding a little and taking a little off to rebalance them as required.

Oh, keep in mind it's only 2x leverage max, usually 1.5 leverage..
FXGears.com
  • #6
  • Mar 29, 2012 11:43am Mar 29, 2012 11:43am
I bought GBPUSD at 1.5900 in 1976. As of now, I'm 20 pips up.
  • #7
  • Mar 29, 2012 11:53am Mar 29, 2012 11:53am
Quoting micmic
I bought GBPUSD at 1.5900 in 1976. As of now, I'm 20 pips up.
I'd love to see the swap on that over so many years.
FXGears.com
  • #8
  • Mar 29, 2012 12:14pm Mar 29, 2012 12:14pm
About half a year
The nail that sticks out gets hammered back in
  • #9
  • Mar 29, 2012 12:16pm Mar 29, 2012 12:16pm
2days = 170pips
changing my trading style to swing trader
RM
  • #10
  • Mar 29, 2012 12:20pm Mar 29, 2012 12:20pm
Hello my friends,

1 day

Happiness for all
  • #11
  • Mar 29, 2012 12:43pm Mar 29, 2012 12:43pm
it doesn't make sense stay long in forex market like more than 2 days or years.

I can't stay for 30 min after I placed the order. it is my problem. ideally if the trade signal is perfect it should stay at least 10-20 hours and max 3 day.
  • #12
  • Mar 29, 2012 2:30pm Mar 29, 2012 2:30pm
A week and a half:

Made $32,000.00 trading one contract (futures) while is was working at Burger King.

Yes, I caught the (trading) bug.

I did all the wrong things and still managed to make money despite myself. The worse thing that can happen to a new trader is success doing all the wrong things................
Without VSA, you're playing checkers while the Smart Money plays chess.
  • #13
  • Mar 29, 2012 2:52pm Mar 29, 2012 2:52pm
Quoting micmic
I bought GBPUSD at 1.5900 in 1976. As of now, I'm 20 pips up.
Hahaha, that's the funniest thing i've read today.
  • #14
  • Last Post: Mar 31, 2012 12:09pm Mar 31, 2012 12:09pm
Quoting micmic

I bought GBPUSD at 1.5900 in 1976. As of now, I'm 20 pips up.
lol, nice trade!

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