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  • #1,421
  • Edited 7:55am Sep 13, 2012 5:11am | Edited 7:55am
Long EU 1.2907.8 shame I missed lower!!

2nd position took 03.5


Doesn't look promising, but EU's been in a long term uptrend so we shall see.


Is looking promising all of a sudden!! 1.2930 would be NICE!!

Move over 90ema high 1.2909 would make me rest a lot easier holding this 1 nearly there.

GU's sold back to 1.6100 to.


Must of screwed up SL on 2nd position it closed at 0.00 dead strangely shame cause turning up doh!

News in 14 mins


Bailed right before news +6 shame I messed up the SL on the other 1 would be +15 here.

144 pips till target this week lol. Just had a call more work so no cash requirement end of October likely 1/2 pay end of November so bought me another 4 weeks, imam running out of rescues though so must keep pushing!
Nothing to it, but to do it!!! Stick to the plan FOOL!!!!
  • #1,422
  • Edited 9:49pm Sep 13, 2012 8:13am | Edited 9:49pm
Is forex trading intraday 15mins getting harder and harder? It seems the move in London session is anemic, often less than 30pips range. How do you guys find the motivation to trade for a living? If that's even possible anyway.
No longer trading forex. Looking for full time job.
  • #1,423
  • Sep 13, 2012 10:38am Sep 13, 2012 10:38am
Quoting mmaker
It forex trading intraday 15mins getting harder and harder? It seems the move in London session is anemic, often less than 30pips range. How do you guys find the motivation to trade for a living? If that's even possible anyway.
Emoyment news and thursdays used to be the bestvand pretty flat again.


Tis a worry if you want to live off it hey but will make do!
Nothing to it, but to do it!!! Stick to the plan FOOL!!!!
  • #1,424
  • Sep 13, 2012 10:47am Sep 13, 2012 10:47am
Quoting mmaker
It forex trading intraday 15mins getting harder and harder? It seems the move in London session is anemic, often less than 30pips range. How do you guys find the motivation to trade for a living? If that's even possible anyway.
Had a buy order at 1.2904 earlier as I thought it may bounce from the 1.29 area but that came back down and hit me out at break even, lovely stuff.

Went long @ 1.2289 after the bounce from the daily pivot and closed that at 1.2306, so +17 for the day so far, lets see what this fomc statement says.

Its frustrating to say the least!!
  • #1,425
  • Sep 13, 2012 2:54pm Sep 13, 2012 2:54pm
So it was slow into the Fed move then, that's fair enough, wasn't around so didn't check that far down on the calendar.

Friday should be rocking in theory!! ofcourse fridays often suck so we will see.
Nothing to it, but to do it!!! Stick to the plan FOOL!!!!
  • #1,426
  • Sep 13, 2012 4:24pm Sep 13, 2012 4:24pm
Quoting Turveyd
So it was slow into the Fed move then, that's fair enough, wasn't around so didn't check that far down on the calendar.

Friday should be rocking in theory!! ofcourse fridays often suck so we will see.
Hopefully the crazyness is over and back to normality now.

EU is at what looks like could be 'support turned to resistance' on the daily and weekly charts, so a good chance there could be a bounce from the 1.3 area. GU is also in an area now where last time it was here, sellers outweighed buyers and it dropped 1000 pips, yes 1000 pips in just over a month.
  • #1,427
  • Sep 13, 2012 5:50pm Sep 13, 2012 5:50pm
Quoting mmaker
It forex trading intraday 15mins getting harder and harder? It seems the move in London session is anemic, often less than 30pips range. How do you guys find the motivation to trade for a living? If that's even possible anyway.
depends on your style. personally i hate 15min and trade 5min, though its less than ideal for forex given the volatility. with my trading approach, 15min would only provide 1-3 entries in a long day of trading. I prefer a few more. i trade even faster on futures, but p.a. allows it.

but yea...august and early sept can be quite boring.
  • #1,428
  • Sep 13, 2012 9:49pm Sep 13, 2012 9:49pm
Quoting GDR3k
Had a buy order at 1.2904 earlier as I thought it may bounce from the 1.29 area but that came back down and hit me out at break even, lovely stuff.

Went long @ 1.2289 after the bounce from the daily pivot and closed that at 1.2306, so +17 for the day so far, lets see what this fomc statement says.

Its frustrating to say the least!!
hey you have no losers, that's better than 95% of traders out there.
No longer trading forex. Looking for full time job.
  • #1,429
  • Sep 14, 2012 2:35am Sep 14, 2012 2:35am
Some dax scalps so far so good

Gu might be turning down hoping for a move up to get in short.


Need bigger movers
Nothing to it, but to do it!!! Stick to the plan FOOL!!!!
  • #1,430
  • Sep 14, 2012 2:50am Sep 14, 2012 2:50am
Quoting Turveyd
Some dax scalps so far so good

Gu might be turning down hoping for a move up to get in short.


Need bigger movers
Will be looking to go long around the 6176 area and the 3022 area on EU.
  • #1,431
  • Edited 4:15am Sep 14, 2012 3:16am | Edited 4:15am
Just entered long on EU @ 3025 with a tight stop at 3019.

edit - TP set at 3075, SL has been moved to break even now as theres news out at 10am, free trade.....

SL hit at break even, its a conspiracy I tell ya.
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  • #1,432
  • Sep 18, 2012 3:44am Sep 18, 2012 3:44am
Quoting GDR3k
Just entered long on EU @ 3025 with a tight stop at 3019.

edit - TP set at 3075, SL has been moved to break even now as theres news out at 10am, free trade.....

SL hit at break even, its a conspiracy I tell ya.
The level seems work fine.
I begin to love the levels in 1 min chart.
Remember someone said there are only two ways to live in this market: scalping or long-term.
Begin to feel some truth about this
Follow the smart money. Follow the probability.
  • #1,433
  • Sep 18, 2012 3:53am Sep 18, 2012 3:53am
There's a commercial thread that seems to teach about such "levels", not sure if it's relevant.
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...72#post6016272
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  • #1,434
  • Sep 18, 2012 5:09am Sep 18, 2012 5:09am
They work in all timeframes I've found.

Currently waiting for a pullback to 3035-3025 area on EU before getting in long The untested demand level lines up perfectly with a daily support pivot.

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/...2/me-gusta.jpg

This recent uptrend has been quite eventful on the pips front.
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  • #1,435
  • Sep 18, 2012 6:16am Sep 18, 2012 6:16am
Quoting GDR3k
They work in all timeframes I've found.

Currently waiting for a pullback to 3035-3025 area on EU before getting in long The untested demand level lines up perfectly with a daily support pivot.

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/...2/me-gusta.jpg

This recent uptrend has been quite eventful on the pips front.
Small tf more chances, and the risk is easier for me to control
Price seems declining from daily supply level.
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  • #1,436
  • Sep 18, 2012 7:04am Sep 18, 2012 7:04am
Quoting Fractal
Small tf more chances, and the risk is easier for me to control
Price seems declining from daily supply level.
Yeah I had took that into consideration however my stops will be aggressive if I decide to enter long at that area, uptrend is strong so theres every chance it could just smash through by the end of the week, imo!

What timezone is your broker? our daily charts look alot different.
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  • #1,437
  • Sep 20, 2012 2:09am Sep 20, 2012 2:09am
Quoting GDR3k
Yeah I had took that into consideration however my stops will be aggressive if I decide to enter long at that area, uptrend is strong so theres every chance it could just smash through by the end of the week, imo!

What timezone is your broker? our daily charts look alot different.
I use OANDA. don't know what timezone it belongs (my broker time is 03:07 AM now, local time is 03:07 PM). The timezone is a problem for the common pivot indicator. It takes me some time to fix the problem by writing some codes But I haven't made any profits on that.

EU is declining.
Follow the smart money. Follow the probability.
  • #1,438
  • Sep 20, 2012 2:28am Sep 20, 2012 2:28am
Quoting Fractal
I use OANDA. don't know what timezone it belongs (my broker time is 03:07 AM now, local time is 03:07 PM). The timezone is a problem for the common pivot indicator. It takes me some time to fix the problem by writing some codes But I haven't made any profits on that.

EU is declining.
Yep currently looking to short, 297x area is looking nice to get in at just waiting for it to pull back, it could bounce back up from the 2911 area if it gets that low so will be keeping an eye on it there.

Not been on here much, been on facebook mainly talking to Turvey while trading through the days. If anyone wants an add on there PM me your facebook email as you can talk to people in real time instead of waiting for a reply on here

Edit, I'm with fxpro, they're +2 gmt so 10.30am on the charts while its 8.30am here in the UK.
  • #1,439
  • Sep 27, 2012 12:33am Sep 27, 2012 12:33am
Quoting Fractal
Small tf more chances, and the risk is easier for me to control
Price seems declining from daily supply level.
Some days later
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  • #1,440
  • Sep 27, 2012 12:41am Sep 27, 2012 12:41am
Quoting GDR3k
Yep currently looking to short, 297x area is looking nice to get in at just waiting for it to pull back, it could bounce back up from the 2911 area if it gets that low so will be keeping an eye on it there.

Not been on here much, been on facebook mainly talking to Turvey while trading through the days. If anyone wants an add on there PM me your facebook email as you can talk to people in real time instead of waiting for a reply on here

Edit, I'm with fxpro, they're +2 gmt so 10.30am on the charts while its 8.30am here in the UK.
It seems all the people in this thread have gone to your fb group ?
I mainly trade before the London session hence hard to join your real-time talking. Pity.

Fractal
Follow the smart money. Follow the probability.
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