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Month: October 2018

A roller coaster morning

A roller coaster morning

The news trades this morning (on the USD CPI) started out fast and furious. I had taken a pullback trade on the AUDJPY prior to the news, and held it through the news.  I also took a short trade on the USDCAD, which stopped out, and a long trade on AUDUSD, which also stopped out.  But the AUDJPY soared during the news, and I hit my limit for +34.3.  Then I took a long trade on GBPUSD, and it also…

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Ups and downs (or downs and ups then down again)

Ups and downs (or downs and ups then down again)

Starting out with some news trades – took AUDUSD and EURUSD short on the PPI news.  They started out moving slowly in my direction, but have reversed and are hanging out in the vicinity of my entry.  I punched out of EURUSD for <2.0> as it was about to close the candle without having broken out of the range.  The movement on the AUDUSD takes it into the class of range breakouts, so I’m going to hold onto it a…

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Just a recap, since I didn’t post on Friday. I did attempt to trade the NFP, and took two stops (EURUSD and GBPUSD) to go down <18> to start the session.  I then stayed in, trying to recoup the losses, and, bit by bit, accumulated several more losses. I had a small win (6.5 pips) with a second GBPUSD trade, and then ended the session with a 1:1 win on CADJPY for +11.9 after holding it for what seemed like…

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A win streak!

A win streak!

Started out with YL (pullback) trades on GBPUSD and USDJPY a little while before NYC open. Starting the day out down <36> for the week and month after modest wins on Tuesday (+13.5) and yesterday (+4.4).  Like to extend that streak and end up positive for the week and month. But, as always, I want to take what the market will give. I picked up YL trades on AUDUSD and then EURUSD. And I have just punched out of everything…

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New week, new month, new quarter

New week, new month, new quarter

Starting fresh this morning.  It’s a new day, a new week, a new month, and the start of a new quarter. Things appear to be mostly in a range this morning.  I did take two trades on the USD PMI news, short the USDJPY and long they EURUSD.  They both started out slightly in my favor, and held that for a couple minutes before reversing and slowly edging back to stop me out just before the end of the candle. …

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