Friday 31 May 2013

31/05/2013 GBP/CHF (win, but I still got punked out).


Here is my entry chart for this long trade on GBP/CHF. It was based on the False breakout strategy as taught by Tom Dante. A strategy I'm still learning, so I only risked around 0.25% on this trade, but I was aiming for a profit of around 0.75% or three times my risk. Click chart to enlarge.







And here is the exit chart. The reason I took profit early was due to a bearish pinbar on the H1 timeframe which scared me. The pin failed of course and price went up to hit my original target. As a result, I only made a profit of 0.25% whereas had I kept my nerve it would've been 0.75%. Instead of making 3:1 RR I only made 1:1 RR. The lesson here is to leave the trade alone until you see something either on the same timeframe or higher. It's not the first time I've made this mistake either, I've actually made it a bunch of times, but it just shows how much psychology plays a part in trading.



Thursday 30 May 2013

30/05/2013 AUD/USD long (win)


Here's my entry chart for this long trade (click chart to enlarge). Risk was 1% of account. 





and here is the exit chart. I made a profit of 0.5% on this one. 



29/05/2013 GBP/USD long (win)


Here is my entry chart for this long trade. Risk on this was 1% of account (click chart to enlarge).






and here is the exit chart showing price going up and hitting my target. I closed on half of the position a bit early but still made a nice profit of 1.75% which I'm happy with since I only risked 1%.




22/05/2013 USD/JPY long (loss)


Here's my entry chart for this long trade. Risk was 1% of account.  






and here is the exit chart showing price going down and taking me out for a 1% loss. 




21/05/2013-GBP/AUD short (win)


Not posted a trade in a while. I've still been trading but just gotten lazy with posting charts. Gonna get back on track. Here is a trade I took on the 21st of this month. Click chart to enlarge. Risk was 1% of account.






Here is the exit chart which shows price going down. I took full profit at 1:1 so I made a profit of 1% on the account. 








Wednesday 22 May 2013

Update

Haven't posted in a while. Been demo trading some new strategies and not doing much live trading the past few weeks. I did take one live trade last week in which I I've on 1.5%. This week I've taken 3 trades so far. Charts for those will be up soon.