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  • #61
  • Jan 20, 2013 3:17am Jan 20, 2013 3:17am
Quoting ForexOracle
I'm far way from knowing better than anybody else. I just found out what works for me.

Take care
I think you misunderstood the sentence.
"You know better then anyone what works for yourself.
Regards
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  • #62
  • Jan 20, 2013 3:21am Jan 20, 2013 3:21am
Quoting Davit
I think you misunderstood the sentence.
"You know better then anyone what works for yourself.
Regards
Thats correct I apologize!

I'm doing some research for next week and than I come here and write a quick response sometimes without reading the whole post ! So I really apologize.

I hate being a dick!
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  • #63
  • Jan 20, 2013 4:28am Jan 20, 2013 4:28am
Ok now that my researches are done I can post more coherently !

I'm really happy because today sunday is the second day I'm being able to wake up around 3 AM. It has being a major challenge to get my act together in regards to time management.

I can't wait for Monday 3 AM so I can go and trade again! I'm bursting inside, I'm poised for a great week!

January 27 is the deadline for me to start increasing my lot sizes, so I have this week to get myself in trading "shape" to start the transition.

I'm nervous, excited, afraid, confident etc. it is a melting pot of emotions and yet i have to keep my head cool so I can be cold and calculist in my trades.

I just can't wait for Monday. Too bad it will be a holiday here in the USA but I take it I just want to trade!
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  • #64
  • Jan 20, 2013 4:38am Jan 20, 2013 4:38am
I'm feeling really blessed

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  • #65
  • Jan 21, 2013 4:00am Jan 21, 2013 4:00am
Typical monday, meaning not my favorite day of trading. Made some pips but gave it all back, I'm currently -8 or so pips.

The movements are not bad so far it may dry up after London so I may end up the day negative, lets see.
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  • #66
  • Jan 21, 2013 5:44am Jan 21, 2013 5:44am
6:30 AM and I'm not trading anymore today without NY kicking in to add liquidity things should be really flat from now on. London banks already filled their orders and from now on it is flatness or craziness with big spikes etc in other words a casino.

I'm down -13 pips !

Bad, but it could be a lot worst. i still have to review my performance on my daily recap to my personal handwritten journal but i don't see how I could have done better.

The moves are there but I was not able to catch them.

At least i didn't do anything stupid. No impulsive trades, relatively good level of focus, it was just a bad day!

There will be other opportunities tomorrow. I'm gonna use the rest of my trading session to finish some researches i started yesterday.
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  • #67
  • Jan 21, 2013 12:49pm Jan 21, 2013 12:49pm
Quoting ForexOracle
6:30 AM and I'm not trading anymore today without NY kicking in to add liquidity things should be really flat from now on. London banks already filled their orders and from now on it is flatness or craziness with big spikes etc in other words a casino.

I'm down -13 pips !

Bad, but it could be a lot worst. i still have to review my performance on my daily recap to my personal handwritten journal but i don't see how I could have done better.

The moves are there but I was not able to catch them.

At least i didn't do anything stupid. No impulsive...
Hi
Don't take this wrong way.I don't understand how you could of had bad day on Euro when either selling or buying in 3305-3320 range
I easily made 27 pips yesterday just selling on highs.I would of done that all night long had my broker not crash or display "off quote"
If you had held on to either sell or buy less then 1hr you would of won pips.
Anyway another day in the corner waiting.
In trading, you have to be defensive and aggressive at the same time
  • #68
  • Jan 21, 2013 1:37pm Jan 21, 2013 1:37pm
Quoting Davit
Hi
Don't take this wrong way.I don't understand how you could of had bad day on Euro when either selling or buying in 3305-3320 range
I easily made 27 pips yesterday just selling on highs.I would of done that all night long had my broker not crash or display "off quote"
If you had held on to either sell or buy less then 1hr you would of won pips.
Anyway another day in the corner waiting.
Hey davit don't worry man, I'm not gonna take you the wrong way again, you are welcome to post here. Anybody but trolls are welcome here.

I made quite a few pips but gave all back and some. Looking back I see I over traded.

Usually my house is in silence till 7 AM so I can concentrate better. Today was a mess here since everybody but me got the flu, 2 of my kids came to my office 3:30 not feeling good. My wife and daughter stole my couch at 4 AM so things got a little distracting.

I'm not blaming all on distractions but it has something to do with my down day
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  • #69
  • Jan 21, 2013 1:45pm Jan 21, 2013 1:45pm
Quoting ForexOracle
Hey davit don't worry man, I'm not gonna take you the wrong way again, you are welcome to post here. Anybody but trolls are welcome here.

I made quite a few pips but gave all back and some. Looking back I see I over traded.

Usually my house is in silence till 7 AM so I can concentrate better. Today was a mess here since everybody but me got the flu, 2 of my kids came to my office 3:30 not feeling good. My wife and daughter stole my couch at 4 AM so things got a little distracting.

I'm not blaming all on distractions but it has something to do...
I have 2 boys as well and totally relate.
I hope your family will recover quick.
Regards
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  • #70
  • Jan 22, 2013 3:51am Jan 22, 2013 3:51am
Woke up today with no internet ! ATT sucks!

I'm using my brokers service which is comcast so I can't bring up my study charts.

Just watching the Euro falling without being able to take advantage of it.

ATT SUCKS !!
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  • #71
  • Jan 22, 2013 8:02am Jan 22, 2013 8:02am
unbelievable! Its seems that I will not be able to trade today thanks to ATT.

First time I signed up for Uverse their service was rock solid for 1 year wit zero, ZERO time down.

Now a month and a half and they are already starting acting out.. I may have to re wire my computers and switch to comcast as my main and leave ATT for the broker.

Just frustrating!!

Anyways I'm happy because my sleeping hours are flowing better. I'm consistently waking up 3 am since saturday. My reverse cycle strategy worked.

I'm not out of the woods yet, any disturbance on my schedule right now can throw me back in the same nightmare I experienced the last 2 weeks.

I have to keep sleeping regularly from 8 to 3 for at least 2 months before I can relax.

I might spend the rest of the morning trying to run my broker on my cell phone so next time it happens I have a 3rd back up.
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  • #72
  • Jan 22, 2013 11:22am Jan 22, 2013 11:22am
12:15 AM and VOILA ! The internet is back.

From 2 AM till 12:15! Unreal my trading session almost "to the pip".

I always try to keep a positive attitude but sometimes i feel that I'm Truman from "The Truman Show" movie
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  • #73
  • Jan 22, 2013 11:26am Jan 22, 2013 11:26am
My advice for you is have a backup internet connection. I use Comcast for internet. They go out maybe 3-5 days in a year. For those days where internet is down I use my mobile data hotspot for internet.

You never know that one trade or one profitable day can make your week/month.
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  • #74
  • Jan 22, 2013 11:41am Jan 22, 2013 11:41am
You are right on the back up advice.

The problem is that my study charts and my broker have to be in different ISPs.

I use Comcast for the broker and U-verse for my charts. Since ATT left a impression of stability in me from past experiences, pretty much forgot to set up my broker on my phone and on my tablet.

Big mistake! I saw some great possibilities today, now its gone.
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  • #75
  • Jan 22, 2013 12:26pm Jan 22, 2013 12:26pm
Trading Forex full time is not easy at all. Good luck to you forexoracle. As for me, I am not yet ready to trade full time. I need to work on MYSELF
  • #76
  • Edited 2:25pm Jan 22, 2013 1:27pm | Edited 2:25pm
Hello FO,
Very interesting journal! Thanks for sharing and wish you to touch your goals! It is like a trader Robinsoe Crusoe story!
I follow you because there are a lot of threads, good threads, that say you cannot succed that way.
Maybe you can demonstrate something.

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  • #77
  • Jan 22, 2013 6:55pm Jan 22, 2013 6:55pm
Quoting Trendylines
Trading Forex full time is not easy at all. Good luck to you forexoracle. As for me, I am not yet ready to trade full time. I need to work on MYSELF
Tell me about it!

WE all think that a system is everything, no way that just part of the equation.
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  • #78
  • Jan 22, 2013 6:57pm Jan 22, 2013 6:57pm
Quoting tamiflu
Hello FO,
Very interesting journal! Thanks for sharing and wish you to touch your goals! It is like a trader Robinsoe Crusoe story!
I follow you because there are a lot of threads, good threads, that say you cannot succed that way.
Maybe you can demonstrate something.

tamiflu
Yep, I'm here to prove something to myself. But at the end if I make it somebody else can learn from it.
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  • #79
  • Jan 23, 2013 3:22am Jan 23, 2013 3:22am
Ok, one more day I managed to wake up in time !

I started the day down 10 pips in 2 trades now I'm at break even.

I'm very focused and confident that I can end today up and make up for my monday losses. Lets see.
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  • #80
  • Edited 4:40am Jan 23, 2013 3:45am | Edited 4:40am
Gosh for the first time this week I'm in profit +14

gosh! Correction, I'm up for the day, for the week I'm still -2 pips down !
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