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  • #2,941
  • May 1, 2013 2:33pm May 1, 2013 2:33pm
Quoting Seneca pilot
I am risking about .75% on this and I am Anybody know if this thing is overbought?
I shorted this too - have just closed out for 25 pips.
  • #2,942
  • May 1, 2013 2:52pm May 1, 2013 2:52pm
Quoting Seneca pilot
I am having a funny day. I made a hot dog for lunch. When I bit into it there was a small opening in the bottom of the bun where it was cut and a big blob of ketchup pooped out on my shirt. Then I was on the floor playing with the twins. They like it when I lay down on my back and let them climb on me and play. Well my son Colin got up on my chest and was laughing and bouncing and lost his balance. He immediately threw out his hands to catch himself and with all his weight and both hands landed on my privates. I am typing this in a voice that is...
Am I gonna have to teach you how to eat a hot dog?
  • #2,943
  • May 1, 2013 4:09pm May 1, 2013 4:09pm
Quoting Seneca pilot
I am typing this in a voice that is three octaves higher than normal.
Must be a great de-stress playing with twins - well most of the time! Hope you get back to normal soon!
  • #2,944
  • May 1, 2013 6:05pm May 1, 2013 6:05pm
Back to the important stuff:

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  • #2,945
  • May 1, 2013 6:38pm May 1, 2013 6:38pm
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  • #2,946
  • May 1, 2013 7:40pm May 1, 2013 7:40pm
Hi SP,

I knew Stevie when he was living in Little Rock and had a childhood sweet heart.
I met Ray when he had Georgia on his mind but had to hit the road.

Sorry about the hot dog. It's a shame to waste a good tube steak. But it's good to know you have balls, those handsome twins notwithstanding!

BTW, I am making a ton of money by using your methods!!! You have a keen eye for spotting patterns in seemingly random population samples!
When the room is ready, I'm in. Add me to the list.

4xz
TRADING. It isn't rocket surgery.
  • #2,947
  • May 1, 2013 8:20pm May 1, 2013 8:20pm
Quoting 4x.zombie
Hi SP, I knew Stevie when he was living in Little Rock and had a childhood sweet heart. I met Ray when he had Georgia on his mind but had to hit the road. Sorry about the hot dog. It's a shame to waste a good tube steak. But it's good to know you have balls, those handsome twins notwithstanding! BTW, I am making a ton of money by using your methods!!! You have a keen eye for spotting patterns in seemingly random population samples! When the room is ready, I'm in. Add me to the list. 4xz

think I'll ask the mods if I can change my handle to Zombie Slayer.

just messing with ya. Good to hear your banking.
  • #2,948
  • May 1, 2013 8:53pm May 1, 2013 8:53pm
Quoting tubguy
{quote} think I'll ask the mods if I can change my handle to Zombie Slayer. just messing with ya. Good to hear your banking.

Yo tubguy.

I asked twee (the owner) about your handle change. He said, "If TG buys advertising he can do anything he wants". So I have nothing to worry about.
Hang in big man. You are in the home stretch and I can smell the money coming your way. SP will make it so.

Later Tub.
TRADING. It isn't rocket surgery.
  • #2,949
  • May 1, 2013 11:50pm May 1, 2013 11:50pm
Quoting Seneca pilot
{quote} It's a totally different trading environment. You can't trade levels when the news is important enough to potentially blow through them all. The bars will tell which way it is going to go. Even if you took the breakout of the first bar you had a great place to reverse and get short when the second bar signaled lack of follow through and broke down. We are below the London close from earlier today. NY closed at 3165 yesterday so I am looking to maybe get there before the close today. Now I am going to take my kids for a walk so I don't screw...
Do you believe that a short touch trade against the weekly low on A/J would at all have been a good idea (despite the news environment)? It bounced right off of it, twice.
  • #2,950
  • May 2, 2013 1:27am May 2, 2013 1:27am
Quoting twrayner
{quote} Ok hope i'm right, anyone correct me if im wrong. For EURJPY i have 128.51 for prev day high, 127.200 for prev day low and 128.00 for daily opening. For GBPJPY i have 151.800 for prev day high, 150.75 for prev day low and 151.03 for daily opening. Hope that helps!
Today's lines. Have you got the same?
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No longer trading forex. Looking for full time job.
  • #2,951
  • May 2, 2013 2:19am May 2, 2013 2:19am
Quoting Seneca pilot
The new account is up and funded. I gave up on MB and will be getting my regular account funded with another broker ASAP. Here is the link: http://www.myfxbook.com/members/MH60L
Hi, many thanks for doing this it helps a lot, but the trade history is locked on this account so we can't see where you took your trades, is this a mistake?
  • #2,952
  • May 2, 2013 2:22am May 2, 2013 2:22am
MMaker

this is mine ....

plain lines

yellow = daily open
Sienna= new york open
blue = new york close
magenta = london open

dot lines
prev daily low high
current daily low high
prev monthly high low
prev weekly high low
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Logic will take you from A to B Imagination will take you anywhere (A.E)
  • #2,953
  • May 2, 2013 3:44am May 2, 2013 3:44am
Quoting mmaker
{quote} So you don't have the London Close? Can anyone point me to where the discussion posts about closes? I'm lost in these 197 pages.
color aqua = London open
color magenta London close
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Logic will take you from A to B Imagination will take you anywhere (A.E)
  • #2,954
  • May 2, 2013 6:24am May 2, 2013 6:24am
Quoting mmaker
The thread has reached 197 pages and I've lost track of where the discussion about ORB and entry techniques. Can someone point me to the relevant posts? Also looking for the discussion about Weekly and Monthly levels somewhere in these pages.
original mention is made in post 80 but here are several references throughout. I'm sure within the past 2-3 weeks.
  • #2,955
  • May 2, 2013 7:24am May 2, 2013 7:24am
Hi SP,

You made a comment about not using the levels during a news event when the market can easily blow through them.
That's a really good point because you have to understand yourself and then be flexible if it fits you.

You can say, "I know how I trade best and these events don't fit it. I'll have discipline and stand aside".
Or, "I know I have to shift gears for these events so I'll use Plan B instead of the usual (levels)".

That is an important point you made. It's saves the grief of banging heads with the market.

Thanks again.
TRADING. It isn't rocket surgery.
  • #2,956
  • May 2, 2013 8:19am May 2, 2013 8:19am
Quoting mmaker
The thread has reached 197 pages and I've lost track of where the discussion about ORB and entry techniques. Can someone point me to the relevant posts? Also looking for the discussion about Weekly and Monthly levels somewhere in these pages.
Page 80 is the ORB entry. Of course you skip on days like this. NFP eliminates all other types of trading for me other than the NFP style.
  • #2,957
  • May 2, 2013 8:21am May 2, 2013 8:21am
Quoting fxterrapin
{quote} Do you believe that a short touch trade against the weekly low on A/J would at all have been a good idea (despite the news environment)? It bounced right off of it, twice.
I don't really watch AJ but in hindsight for a quick trade, yes it looked ok.
  • #2,958
  • May 2, 2013 8:22am May 2, 2013 8:22am
Quoting stricky1967
{quote} Hi, many thanks for doing this it helps a lot, but the trade history is locked on this account so we can't see where you took your trades, is this a mistake?
I'll open it up in a few days.
  • #2,959
  • Edited 10:15am May 2, 2013 8:33am | Edited 10:15am
Quoting 4x.zombie
Hi SP, You made a comment about not using the levels during a news event when the market can easily blow through them. That's a really good point because you have to understand yourself and then be flexible if it fits you. You can say, "I know how I trade best and these events don't fit it. I'll have discipline and stand aside". Or, "I know I have to shift gears for these events so I'll use Plan B instead of the usual (levels)". That is an important point you made. It's saves the grief of banging heads with the market. Thanks again.
Well I botched it up a little today. I took a trade last night on GU that didn't work out so I was down 1/2% when the day started. Then I traded the wrong bar this morning and lost another .7. I got short correctly after unemployment but took it off way too early so, Net for the day -.4 :-( I am flat now and won't add insult to injury by trying to get anything back today. I will stay out until something good presents itself. If no other good trades come up today I can go to sleep just fine being down .4%.

I still struggle with holding winners every day. I am working hard on it but it is my achillies heel. I am getting better but I still have a long way to go. Luckily for me I have such geed entry strategies that I can get away with some sins and still make money. Interesting that when I opened the fxbook with the last account I lost the first day also. I ended up gaining 37% on that one within one month. Although not typical, it shows the gains that are possible even risking small percentages and maybe I can repeat again this month. Twelve to fifteen percent would be much more typical.

If you guys noticed the leverage on the new account is currently set at 20/1. I will show that you don't need 400/1 or even 50/1 to make good gains in the market.
  • #2,960
  • May 2, 2013 8:53am May 2, 2013 8:53am
Quoting Seneca pilot
{quote} Well I botched it up a little today. I took a trade last night on GU that didn't work out so I was down 1/2% when the day started. Then I traded the wrong bar this morning and lost another .7. I got short correctly after NFP but took it off way too early so, Net for the day -.4 :-( I am flat now and won't add insult to injury by trying to get anything back today. I will stay out until something good presents itself. If no other good trades come up today I can go to sleep just fine being down .4%. I still struggle with holding winners...
Did you hold your afternoon E/U short yesterday to target near 3165? I was watching until 10:45 CDT time when it finally hit for me and was wondering if you held. That same level played out nice again this morning, though I didn't enter until the follow through news trade around 3156 and only rode it down to the ECB news spike, but was still good for a nice return. That level has been really good to me today and yesterday.
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