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  • #127,381
  • Dec 13, 2012 2:31am Dec 13, 2012 2:31am
Quoting sisse
As always, after the fact, FOMC outlook update.
Good stuff, mate.
Quoting sisse
Actively tracking TA moves today in Gold (stopped out on the trailing overnight)and ES. On the Euro, no break no shake so just managing stops.

sisse
Glad you're banking a few!

Quoting sisse
...that will take a few years and couple thousand of "experts" to decode the details...


Funny...sad...and probably true!
  • #127,382
  • Dec 13, 2012 2:37am Dec 13, 2012 2:37am
Morning

A few bonus dustbins to boost the holiday beer fund

Looking to pull the plug very soon

If I must give the barstarts anything back it will ruin my holidays
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" Never let the past hold the future to ransom "
  • #127,383
  • Dec 13, 2012 2:41am Dec 13, 2012 2:41am
Quoting Gleneagles
Morning

A few bonus dustbins to boost the holiday beer fund

Looking to pull the plug very soon

If I must give the barstarts anything back it will ruin my holidays
Nicely done, brother!

In the same boat. Arrived at December target...don't want to give any back. People have been asking why I get tired in the middle of the day when we're out doing stuff...you're not THAT old, Ken!. They don't all know I'm often trading until 4-5am after they've crashed. Would hate to give some back now and be stuck fighting bastards through the night for me pips back!

Nice work!
  • #127,384
  • Dec 13, 2012 2:45am Dec 13, 2012 2:45am
Quoting kenfen69
Nicely done, brother!

In the same boat. Arrived at December target...don't want to give any back. People have been asking why I get tired in the middle of the day. They don't all know I'm often trading until 4-5am while they're crashed. Would hate to give some back now and be stuck fighting bastards through the night for me pips back!

Nice work!
Time to consider moving to a better Time Zone bro? or maybe dropping FX for a healthier choice in your T zone .... Nothing more dangerous than a good trader getting burn by non market factors....

sisse
Pending conversations? PM for a chat...I am mainly in OTM now
  • #127,385
  • Dec 13, 2012 2:45am Dec 13, 2012 2:45am
Quoting kenfen69
Would have to suspect a strong possibility of some heavy words there...and a sharp move higher after.
SNB were about as soft as they could have been. Bastards!
  • #127,386
  • Dec 13, 2012 2:53am Dec 13, 2012 2:53am
Quoting sisse
Time to consider moving to a better Time Zone bro? or maybe dropping FX for a healthier choice in your T zone .... Nothing more dangerous than a good trader getting burn by non market factors....

sisse
Yeah...certainly has to be looked at, mate. Normally isn't too bad, because I can just keep "odd" hours...my body adjusts quickly. But, when I have friends and family in town that want to do "normal" hour things throughout the day...it gets rough.

Having said that, the...return to GMT land...plans progress a little further every day. Many dominoes set to fall when this property deal gets wrapped up.
  • #127,387
  • Dec 13, 2012 2:54am Dec 13, 2012 2:54am
Quoting sisse
Time to consider moving to a better Time Zone bro? or maybe dropping FX for a healthier choice in your T zone .... Nothing more dangerous than a good trader getting burn by non market factors....

sisse

lol


here we have the best time zone +2GMT and the new day roll @12=5est and not a bad weather
  • #127,388
  • Dec 13, 2012 2:55am Dec 13, 2012 2:55am
Quoting USD-Bear
morning,

added some @ 1.0560 and shorted EU @ 1.3090 tight stop
USD/CAD almost there for a possible long
Sorry Bear...I missed you there.

Nice add on AU...certainly due a retrace. Good luck with them, brother!
  • #127,389
  • Dec 13, 2012 2:56am Dec 13, 2012 2:56am
Quoting Gleneagles
Morning

A few bonus dustbins to boost the holiday beer fund

Looking to pull the plug very soon

If I must give the barstarts anything back it will ruin my holidays
dam it bro do i have to get the hashoo all the time
  • #127,390
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:00am Dec 13, 2012 3:00am
Quoting kenfen69
Nicely done, brother!

In the same boat. Arrived at December target...don't want to give any back. People have been asking why I get tired in the middle of the day when we're out doing stuff...you're not THAT old, Ken!. They don't all know I'm often trading until 4-5am after they've crashed. Would hate to give some back now and be stuck fighting bastards through the night for me pips back!

Nice work!
Dustbin levels held true for almost 2 weeks now , in spite of the uncertainty ( more than usual)

Very valid point raised by sisse.

Even in a " user-friendly" time zone , you have to manage your life and your trading.
I posted a while ago that you have a shelf life ...sell by date ...as a trader.

You can extend it and plan around it but it is a reality you have to accept.

A good start is to take plenty vitamins , like Vitamin P found mainly in beer
" Never let the past hold the future to ransom "
  • #127,391
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:00am Dec 13, 2012 3:00am
Quoting kenfen69
Scalped...got enough for a coffee!

Flipped long...

http://www.forexfactory.com/attachme...0&d=1355385567

Pending below. Stops below H1 200ema. Talk it up boys...er...CHF down, that is.
Bastards!

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My own fault. Pretty much inevitable after their release.

Ah well... (+0.2% + a coffee scalp) - 0.5% = -0.3% on monthly target. Will have to fight on!

Not sure will it be tonight, though.
  • #127,392
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:01am Dec 13, 2012 3:01am
2014 thats far away we might see italy or spain leaving the EU

2:45 AM EU finmins last night finally agreed to a deal in which the ECB will become the banking supervisor for the eurozone, a move that's a first step towards a banking union. From 2014, the ECB will oversee at least 150 of the bloc's largest institutions and intervene in smaller banks if problems arise. It's now up to EU leaders to approve the deal at a parley today and tomorrow.
  • #127,393
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:03am Dec 13, 2012 3:03am
Quoting kill56
lol


here we have the best time zone +2GMT and the new day roll @12=5est and not a bad weather
Don't tempt me, killer! That would probably be my IDEAL time zone!

hashoo and saxoo, too?

oh yeah...do you have two next doors, as well?
  • #127,394
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:04am Dec 13, 2012 3:04am
Quoting kenfen69
Sorry Bear...I missed you there.

Nice add on AU...certainly due a retrace. Good luck with them, brother!
thanks ken, rather thinking about a major reversal here (or somewhere else), wide stops here, planning to sit on this
Don't be a hero. Don't have an ego. Always question yourself
  • #127,395
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:05am Dec 13, 2012 3:05am
Quoting kenfen69
Don't tempt me, killer! That would probably be my IDEAL time zone!

hashoo and saxoo, too?

oh yeah...do you have two next doors, as well?

seven on each side
  • #127,396
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:08am Dec 13, 2012 3:08am
Quoting USD-Bear
thanks ken, rather thinking about a major reversal here (or somewhere else), wide stops here, planning to sit on this

what do u have in mind 10340's
  • #127,397
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:09am Dec 13, 2012 3:09am
Quoting kill56
seven on each side

position trading with roll-over
" Never let the past hold the future to ransom "
  • #127,398
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:10am Dec 13, 2012 3:10am
Quoting Gleneagles
position trading with roll-over

u cant stop rolling hashoo and sexoo
  • #127,399
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:12am Dec 13, 2012 3:12am
Quoting Gleneagles
Very valid point raised by sisse.

Even in a " user-friendly" time zone , you have to manage your life and your trading.
I posted a while ago that you have a shelf life ...sell by date ...as a trader.

You can extend it and plan around it but it is a reality you have to accept.
Extremely valid point...no doubt about it.

I'm fortunate that I have a few other callings in life. I have no choice but to step away from trading fairly regularly. Often every couple of months for a few weeks or more. Mind you...the hours I do there aren't really a whole lot better (if at all), and are rarely any shorter. Usually involves travel, too. But...I love it. Nothing I'd rather do, so that almost feels like a holiday to me.

EST is killer for forex (if you want to trade the meat, anyway) unless you really commit to it like Ally does...and make 3am your rise and shine time. I just can't do that. Night owl by nature. 3am is when I would "normally" go to sleep just by nature.

Quoting Gleneagles
A good start is to take plenty vitamins , like Vitamin P found mainly in beer
Uhhhhh...check!
  • #127,400
  • Dec 13, 2012 3:16am Dec 13, 2012 3:16am
Quoting kill56
seven on each side
Quoting Gleneagles
position trading with roll-over


We may be useless...but the priorities are in order!
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