Trade update. Moved my SL to BE 103.33
Closed after Price crossed belowe 5 SMA + 35 pip
Closed after Price crossed belowe 5 SMA + 35 pip
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THV System Trades & Patterns Thread
- #442
- Oct 19, 2012 9:36am Oct 19, 2012 9:36am
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Note to self:
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
Wow I traded like a drunk person the past 2 days, ended up breaking my own rules getting whipsawed in the process. Back to not sucking today though.
Really have to work on my discipline...
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
4exNinja you are a donkey!! Stop breaking your own system rules!!!!
Wow I traded like a drunk person the past 2 days, ended up breaking my own rules getting whipsawed in the process. Back to not sucking today though.
Really have to work on my discipline...
- #443
- Oct 19, 2012 9:45am Oct 19, 2012 9:45am
- | Joined Dec 2010 | Status: Trader | 1,581 Posts
Ha ha ha, great post. 
Thats why i have a paper on my wall with
No sentiments
Only Signals
written in big letters..
but still doing it. Sometimes..
Learning by doing. Trading is easy, discipline is the problem.
Thats why i have a paper on my wall with
No sentiments
Only Signals
written in big letters..
but still doing it. Sometimes..
Learning by doing. Trading is easy, discipline is the problem.
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- #444
- Oct 19, 2012 9:51am Oct 19, 2012 9:51am
- | Joined Oct 2011 | Status: In your head, eating your brain | 2,562 Posts
Ha ha ha, great post.
Thats why i have a paper on my wall with
No sentiments
Only Signals
written in big letters..
but still doing it. Sometimes..
Learning by doing. Trading is easy, discipline is the problem.
I guess it happened because of stress at work, I am normally pretty disciplined...which makes this f***up even more annoying
On a positive note, the money doesn't bother me (yay for proper money management), I just HATE to be wrong
PS: I have a post-it saying "don't be stupid" on my monitor at home...can't have it at work though...
- #445
- Oct 19, 2012 10:00am Oct 19, 2012 10:00am
- | Joined Dec 2010 | Status: Trader | 1,581 Posts
I also exited trades after price moved against me when all my indicators told me it's just a short term move.
That was a 'im so sure' D1 short, but chickened out 2 times
For a better view, also H1..
Its about not making the same mistake 2 times.. he he
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- #448
- Oct 21, 2012 9:33am Oct 21, 2012 9:33am
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- #450
- Oct 22, 2012 11:32pm Oct 22, 2012 11:32pm
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- #452
- Oct 23, 2012 6:34am Oct 23, 2012 6:34am
- | Joined Oct 2011 | Status: In your head, eating your brain | 2,562 Posts
I'm short EURUSD and long USDCHF (correlation ftw) and up 20pips+ on both trades...set my stop loss to breakeven. Let's see where this goes
- #453
- Oct 23, 2012 6:35am Oct 23, 2012 6:35am
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- #454
- Edited 8:17am Oct 23, 2012 7:39am | Edited 8:17am
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Up 35pips on my USDCHF long trade (bastard took a while to take off) and 52pips on my short EURUSD trade...happy days 
Update: Make that 48 and 70pips...no clue what just happened.
Update: Make that 48 and 70pips...no clue what just happened.
- #455
- Edited 2:47pm Oct 23, 2012 2:07pm | Edited 2:47pm
- | Joined Oct 2011 | Status: In your head, eating your brain | 2,562 Posts
Today's trades...happy days
Technically I should still be in this trade but unfortunately I broke my phone this morning trying to switch off the alarm so no remote trading for me until next week. Pretty gutted because tomorrow should be a fun day with lots of movement
On the plus side, real life work's going great and this year's bonus should allow me to trade full lots as of next year
Btw, could have entered a candle earlier on both trades...but missed the sweet spot...
Either way: Trix green/red, price above/below coral, broke through fractal support/resistance or bounced off it, price above/below MA, Damiani says "trade", and the "tape" is green/red. Can't get much more perfect.
By the way, thanks Toranaga for making this thread...it's good to discuss trades with likeminded people
Technically I should still be in this trade but unfortunately I broke my phone this morning trying to switch off the alarm so no remote trading for me until next week. Pretty gutted because tomorrow should be a fun day with lots of movement
On the plus side, real life work's going great and this year's bonus should allow me to trade full lots as of next year
Btw, could have entered a candle earlier on both trades...but missed the sweet spot...
Either way: Trix green/red, price above/below coral, broke through fractal support/resistance or bounced off it, price above/below MA, Damiani says "trade", and the "tape" is green/red. Can't get much more perfect.
By the way, thanks Toranaga for making this thread...it's good to discuss trades with likeminded people
Today's trades...happy days
Technically I should still be in this trade but unfortunately I broke my phone this morning trying to switch off the alarm so no remote trading for me until next week. Pretty gutted because tomorrow should be a fun day with lots of movement
On the plus side, real life work's going great and this year's bonus should allow me to trade full lots as of next year
Btw, could have entered a candle earlier on both trades...but missed the sweet spot...
Either way: Trix green/red, price above/below coral, broke...
I'm thinking that I might need to start opening multiple positions and closing 1 early when I'm satisfied with it, and then perhaps setting a breakeven SL on the other(s) and seeing what happens.
Understanding yourself is synonymous with understanding the markets.
- #457
- Edited 4:33am Oct 24, 2012 4:09am | Edited 4:33am
- | Joined Oct 2011 | Status: In your head, eating your brain | 2,562 Posts
I also went in on this trade, however I was at work from the London open onwards, and closed out about an hour and a half after the UK session began. Still managed to pick up 15 pips, but dear me if I was still in now, I would be up around 120 pips
I'm thinking that I might need to start opening multiple positions and closing 1 early when I'm satisfied with it, and then perhaps setting a breakeven SL on the other(s) and seeing what happens.
1) Use a trailing stop that trails the 5EMA (shift 3).
2) Use a trailing stop at the bottom of the previous HA candle when long, and the top of the previous candle when going short.
3) Get out of the trade once the slow Trix changes color.
4) Get out once Damiani's green line crosses the red line downwards.
5) Use support/resistance as stop loss.
6) Close 50% of the position once you hit a certain target.
...
Tons of options
All my trades are set to BE once they're 15pips in profit...and none of my losses are larger than 15-20pips.
- #458
- Oct 24, 2012 7:18am Oct 24, 2012 7:18am
- | Joined Oct 2011 | Status: In your head, eating your brain | 2,562 Posts
Bah, missing all nice moves because my damn phone's broken...no remote trading. Could pull out my hair
- #459
- Oct 24, 2012 9:38am Oct 24, 2012 9:38am
- Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Hoc Etiam Transibit.... | 6,092 Posts
Bah, missing all nice moves because my damn phone's broken...no remote trading. Could pull out my hair
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo da Vinci
- #460
- Oct 24, 2012 9:44am Oct 24, 2012 9:44am
- | Joined Oct 2011 | Status: In your head, eating your brain | 2,562 Posts
Buy iPhone5
Either way, it wasn't the phone's problem. Had a long networking event until 1am the night before and threw it off the bedside table when I got annoyed the next morning when the alarm went off. Cracked my screen a bit...will be repaired by the end of the week though.