My FX Journal (Plz Help) :)

Only trade i made today was at 1:20pm, i was not sure how long it would last plus i had to leave for work at 2:30pm so i closed the position after a nice profit. Annoying though considering it rose a further 500-600 pips until reversing back towards yesterdays lowpoint.

Nov 24th
47022 2010.11.24 13:20 buy 1.00 eurusdsb 1.33380 0.00000 0.00000 2010.11.24 13:33 1.33533 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.30
= +153 pips
 
Two trades took place today, again i jumped on the uptrend around 11am on EUR/USD and again i closed way too early! My timing is really off, will get this down eventually.
Taking a long on Barclays which i will hold for a few months, that a very good friend recommended i take a look at, i happen to agree with him.

Nov 25th
47635 2010.11.25 12:19 buy 1.00 eurusdsb 1.33190 0.00000 0.00000 2010.11.25 12:28 1.33244 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.40

Open trade:
47707 2010.11.25 15:32 buy 4.00 barcuksb 266.38 252.00 308.00 268.92 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.16
= +308 pips
 
Been a good day once again, only 1 mistake which is i got caught during a retracement, was scalping from the 1-5min time frame, and ofcorse EMA is known for showing fake trends at times, i expanded it to 15-30min time frame, and longed the position with volume at 0.50 and i actually recovered it by £1 after closing both so was nice.

Nov 26th
47937 2010.11.26 08:42 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.32565 1.33000 0.00000 2010.11.26 10:12 1.32462 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.30
48037 2010.11.26 10:15 buy 1.00 eurusdsb 1.32528 0.00000 0.00000 2010.11.26 11:03 1.32403 0.00 0.00 0.00 -12.50
48090 2010.11.26 10:47 buy 0.50 eurusdsb 1.32270 0.00000 0.00000 2010.11.26 11:00 1.32539 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.45
48121 2010.11.26 11:09 buy 1.00 eurusdsb 1.32528 0.00000 1.32538 2010.11.26 11:37 1.32538 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
48129 2010.11.26 11:24 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.32369 0.00000 1.32200 2010.11.26 12:12 1.32200 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.90
= +426 pips
£29.15 profit around 8-11% daily growth
 
Deposited another £250 to help free up some of my margin in barclays so i could carry on trading EUR/USD. Some of you may think that what im doing is suicidal but i know its a sure thing.

Nov 27th
48920 2010.11.29 12:23 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.31687 1.31787 1.31487 2010.11.29 12:37 1.31787 0.00 0.00 0.00 -10.00
49024 2010.11.29 14:44 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.31600 0.00000 1.31450 2010.11.29 14:53 1.31450 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00
49076 2010.11.29 15:24 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.31101 0.00000 1.31021 2010.11.29 15:27 1.31021 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.00
= +13 pips
 
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MayZerG said:
Deposited another £250 to help free up some of my margin in barclays so i could carry on trading EUR/USD. Some of you may think that what im doing is suicidal but i know its a sure thing.

Nov 27th
48920 2010.11.29 12:23 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.31687 1.31787 1.31487 2010.11.29 12:37 1.31787 0.00 0.00 0.00 -10.00
49024 2010.11.29 14:44 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.31600 0.00000 1.31450 2010.11.29 14:53 1.31450 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00
49076 2010.11.29 15:24 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.31101 0.00000 1.31021 2010.11.29 15:27 1.31021 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.00
= +130 pips
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sholdn't that be +13pips and not +130pips??
 
First was a -100 pip move, Second was +150 pips, Third was +80 pips = 130 pips? Unless you're telling me 100 points = 10 pips?
 
Nov 30th
49138 2010.11.29 16:09 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.30724 0.00000 0.00000 2010.11.30 11:01 1.30025 0.00 0.00 -0.16 69.90
+70 pips
 
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EUR/USD is now continuing its previous downtrend starting around 3:00pm GMT Today. So jump on that if you can, i hit my Take Profit 15 minutes ago, really need to learn/use Trailing Stops.

November Summary:
Capital: £250
PnL: £158.07
Gross: 63%

Dec 1st
Starting Capital will now be £658.07 (deposited £250 yesterday)

50452 2010.12.01 12:12 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.31062 1.31162 0.00000 2010.12.01 12:51 1.31162 0.00 0.00 0.00 -10.00
48201 2010.11.26 12:24 buy 4.00 barcuksb 260.68 250.00 265.68 2010.12.01 14:07 265.68 0.00 0.00 -0.36 20.00
48420 2010.11.26 16:59 buy 8.00 barcuksb 260.83 250.00 265.83 2010.12.01 14:08 265.83 0.00 0.00 -0.73 40.00
50483 2010.12.01 13:01 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.31060 1.31250 1.30860 2010.12.01 14:20 1.30860 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00
47707 2010.11.25 15:32 buy 4.00 barcuksb 266.38 250.00 267.38 2010.12.01 15:38 267.38 0.00 0.00 -0.44 4.00
50546 2010.12.01 14:28 sell 2.00 eurusdsb 1.31011 0.00000 1.30911 2010.12.01 16:12 1.30911 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00
50708 2010.12.01 16:53 sell 3.00 eurusdsb 1.30633 0.00000 1.30533 2010.12.01 17:02 1.30533 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00
= +41 pips, +£124.00
 
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My remaining Barclays positions are now nicely in profit, and my account is growing steadily. EUR/USD is going fine, still trying to work on my timing.

Dec 2nd
50758 2010.12.01 17:53 sell 3.00 eurusdsb 1.31212 0.00000 1.30872 2010.12.02 14:52 1.30872 0.00 0.00 -1.48 102.00
51684 2010.12.02 17:27 sell 2.00 eurusdsb 1.32134 0.00000 1.32034 2010.12.02 18:58 1.32034 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00
= +44 pips, +£122.00
 
Decided to take yesterday off and just let my open trades in barclays/williamhill/homeretailgroup do their thing. Still looking to see EUR fall in the future, Germany is refusing to help bailout Portugal/Spain and Italy could be potentially in for trouble also. USD is struggling to define its strength concerning the $1 trillion it is currently in debt and California in a state of emergency.

Dec 3rd
52272 2010.12.03 14:31 buy 2.00 eurusdsb 1.32683 0.00000 0.00000 2010.12.03 14:31 1.32829 0.00 0.00 0.00 29.20
= +15pips, +£29.90

Dec 7th
53459 2010.12.07 00:52 sell 2.00 eurusdsb 1.32822 1.33107 1.32622 2010.12.07 03:04 1.33107 0.00 0.00 0.00 -57.00
53895 2010.12.07 13:02 sell 1.00 gbpusdsb 1.57863 1.58063 0.00000 2010.12.07 14:33 1.58063 0.00 0.00 0.00 -20.00
54058 2010.12.07 16:53 sell 2.00 eurusdsb 1.33383 1.33583 1.33283 2010.12.07 17:04 1.33283 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00
54232 2010.12.07 22:16 sell 3.00 gbpusdsb 1.57588 1.57788 1.57488 2010.12.07 23:27 1.57499 0.00 0.00 -0.35 26.70
= -30pips, -£20.30
 
Yesterday i overslept during some major GBP/USD news so i missed the downtrend which sucks pretty bad... hopefully i can wake up by 9.30am today!

Dec 8th
54735 2010.12.08 12:05 buy 2.00 gbpusdsb 1.57775 0.00000 1.57875 2010.12.08 12:43 1.57875 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00
54901 2010.12.08 15:15 buy 3.00 eurusdsb 1.32410 1.32260 1.32510 2010.12.08 15:30 1.32260 0.00 0.00 0.00 -45.00
54914 2010.12.08 15:40 buy 3.00 eurusdsb 1.32478 1.32198 1.32638 2010.12.08 16:20 1.32198 0.00 0.00 0.00 -84.00
= -33 pips, -£109

Dec 9th
55219 2010.12.09 01:08 sell 3.00 eurusdsb 1.32441 1.32541 1.32391 2010.12.09 01:13 1.32541 0.00 0.00 0.00 -30.00
55847 2010.12.09 16:20 sell 3.00 gbpusdsb 1.57516 0.00000 1.57421 2010.12.09 16:24 1.57421 0.00 0.00 0.00 28.50
55862 2010.12.09 16:34 sell 3.00 eurusdsb 1.31937 0.00000 1.31837 2010.12.09 16:48 1.31837 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00
55879 2010.12.09 16:53 buy 3.00 eurusdsb 1.31791 0.00000 1.31841 2010.12.09 17:02 1.31841 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00
= +14 pips, +£43.50
 
So pissed off with myself, to end a good day i put a trade on Gold shorting it, considering Silver has been rising rapidly though it has slowed down considerably now, i should just focus on the short-term of my trades of my FX and long-term on my Stocks and without even bother expanding until i am comfortable.

Dec 10th
56734 2010.12.10 14:42 sell 1.00 gbpusdsb 1.58012 1.57905 0.00000 2010.12.10 14:48 1.57905 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.70
56750 2010.12.10 14:50 sell 1.00 eurusdsb 1.32165 1.32106 0.00000 2010.12.10 15:14 1.32106 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.90
56827 2010.12.10 15:56 sell 2.00 eurusdsb 1.32082 1.32146 1.31982 2010.12.10 16:06 1.31982 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00
55965 2010.12.09 17:36 sell 3.00 eurusdsb 1.31965 0.00000 1.31865 2010.12.10 16:12 1.31865 0.00 0.00 -0.49 30.00
56955 2010.12.10 17:47 sell 1.00 goldsb 1377.9 1381.9 0.0 2010.12.10 17:59 1381.9 0.00 0.00 0.00 -40.00
56982 2010.12.10 18:28 buy 8.00 eurusdsb 1.32333 0.00000 1.32383 2010.12.10 20:10 1.32383 0.00 0.00 0.00 40.00
= -+2 pips, +£66.11
 
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I havnt updated this in a while, got back from Spain a few weeks ago so it was a good time off to relax. Just trying to study/research everything i can on every market possible. Placed 5 trades today all were winners, if only every day was this easy huh?

I also realised during this period, that i had the most success in my short trading career by trading support/resistance breakouts aswell as following the retracements as i stated on the first page, and am starting to follow that again.

I've also posted on the Forex Live Calls Thread that i have longed EU as it attempts to retest 1.3860 on the Daily Chart, 50/100 MAs have also crossed from 1M/5M/15M/30M signalling the bullish uptrend.

Feb 8th
99438 2011.02.08 06:08 buy 5.00 eurusdsb 1.36260 0.00000 1.36310 2011.02.08 06:10 1.36310 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00
100295 2011.02.08 14:22 buy 5.00 uk100sb 6043.0 0.0 6053.0 2011.02.08 15:15 6053.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00
100474 2011.02.08 16:07 buy 1.00 dax30sb 7298.0 7298.0 7308.0 2011.02.08 16:40 7298.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
100499 2011.02.08 16:18 buy 3.00 dax30sb 7296.5 7296.5 7303.5 2011.02.08 16:45 7303.5 0.00 0.00 0.00 21.00
100708 2011.02.08 18:29 sell 2.00 brentsb 99.98 0.00 99.78 2011.02.08 18:42 99.93 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 106.00
 
Placed a short on USD/CHF.

Could be risky considering price action has consolidated from its down trend due to the NFP results which was good for the USD. However i'm believing in the longterm trend and think this is a retracement and not a reversal.

Entry: 0.9197
Stoploss: 40-50 pips
Target: See if price falls below current low of 0.91142
 
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