Hi N and whoever,
Five weeks ago was Christmas day and next week is nfp day - where does time go? At my age it goes in chunks of memory loss.... Now, where was I ? Ah yes, did I mention five weeks ago was....!!! Bun fight today:-
GU; Opening 08:00 bar looked like making for a short run but subsequent bar changed all that so buy stop placed at 61426 whilst trigger finger hovered over sell button just in case. Big 08:10 bar filled me with smalll slippage and shot up, staggered then dropped down again and turned up once more to test previous high zone. SL moved to TS position and 09:10 bar took this out for 12 pip profit. Second trade entered short on 09:35 bar and price immediately went against me and 09:55 bar took out SL for 20 pip loss. Third trade opened short on 10:30 bar at 61372, price went up then rolled over and rose back up and just caught SL on 10:55 bar for 21 pip loss.
EU; Wicked looking big bar at 08:00 but price quickly retreated away and buy stop placed at 39727 which got filled right at top of 08:20 bar and the usual price retreating thingy doo-dah followed but managed to recover itself to a [not!] dizzy height before rolling over again and taking adjusted SL out during 10:00 bar for 12 pip loss. Second trade entered short on 11:05 bar and price stalled for a couple of bars before travelling north and delivering another blow to the chin by just marginally taking out SL on 11:30 bar for 18 pip loss.
EG; Real basket case today. Couldnt find entry until top of 09:20 bar filled buy stop at 86542, went up for one bar then turned down, tried to rally again and ran out of steam to take SL out on 11:10 bar for 13 pip loss. Tempted to try another long after 11:30 bar push up but time was ticking away against me plus patience running out mucho rapido by then!
Another train wreck of a day for me where nothing seemed to be happening direction wise - oh well, thats trading for you. Hopefully I might be able to get some small revenge this afternoon if any decent opportunities raise their ugly heads but for now the chop monster is firmly in the driving seat so its a case of keeping wallet tightly shut.
Trade well and regards,
Simon.