Hi piggybridges and hungcable. Thank you for you comments and pleased to had chance to stop by.
Today , being the Monday after NFP day was fairly quiet with nothing much going on.
I totally agree that by the time my scalp calls are called - many you only spot once they have started - and so they are no real help for traders who might not be around at the time or those who are not refreshing this thread at least every few minutes.
I have already noticed last week when I called over 60 trades - many scalp were between 3- 5 minutes late appearing on another computer I had opened with this thread live. When I refreshed I got them quicker as you would expect - but then there was also loads of other calls - certainly over 50% that were forecast fairly well in advance and were clear with entry points etc - and with all my stops being standard under 7 pips and ideally 3-5 pips.
I will not take a trade if I cannot get it with a stop of 7 pips or less - 5 pips or less on EU when spread is under 0.6 of a pip which it is on my platform majority of the time
Take this morning - I posted 2 blogs prior to 7.45 am this morning - that would have been OK for the rest of the day ie see number 487 and 488.
Similar many of my trades last week - you might have missed the entry if not around at the time - but then the updates would have meant many traders would see i with with the small wave flows and was able to anticipate in advance what i would be doing next
I dont count any scalp under 5 mins and under 5 pips on my tally here - but without stating them - no one will know I have taken them or what my actions were at an exact time - and if then that trade ends up as a "free trade" - there will be no record of me being in it.
Also today I spent less than 3 hrs at my desk in total - - most days I look for a minimum 4 hrs to do 10+ trades and on busy days will be easily covering 10 hrs
On July 4th this year on another forum - I took 24 trades and made 406 pips with about 4 wrong calls - all with stops of approx 5 pips. That day was a busy one - even with the US bank Holiday ( Europe had a party) and I had over 3 great free trades that earned me great pips.
However its worth saying - somedays I make more money with just day 70 pips than I do with 180 - or 200 pips - which have a majority of pips made with part stakes left on ( 25 -40% stakes in free trades )
Hope that makes sense and of course - main objective is simple - make money - and not have a losing trading day - which is of course possible with my method - ie 10 to 20 calls and all with stops from approx 5 pips and then "free trades" when the moves look feasible for more
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Have a great week
Regards
F