No trades today as I was busy this morning and just got back to the computer to check the charts. Looks like some big movement on EU at least, only one I looked at quickly. There were probably some good 1 min opportunities after the big up move ...

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No more trades for me now, maybe later tonight. I won't be able to trade that long tomorrow but I do have a lot of stuff to study over the weekend. I'd encourage anyone trying to trade HL's/LH's or the 1 min type of trades Islander does, to read ...

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Took a 1min LH on EJ, I know I was supposed only trade EU but it looked too go to pass up. In hindsight I should have followed my rules because I got stopped out at -11. At one point it was up 6 or 7 so I could have closed at +5 again but EJ has ...

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One trade so far, quick scalp off a LH on EU 1 min, out at +5. Vantage has some good posts in the Islander and Medici trade the Euro open where he talks about trying to trade like Islander off the 1min. Islander has some useful posts as well so I'm ...

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I'm done for this morning, might try to watch more tonight during the Asian session. Overall I'm not too disappointed in my trading today. That being said I'm not exactly happy with my trading either. There were some 1 min entries I missed and a ...

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This is why I don't like news events at all. Here is a 5 min chart of EJ, it's all over the place. Bernanke and Geithner both were speaking earlier, don't know if they still are. Plus there was red news on EU at 9am when they were talking. As you ...

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Only had one trade so far this morning a quick scalp that didn't work on GU so I got out at -7. There were some 1min opportunities on GU that I missed, need to work on 1 min entries, keep stops close and gives you a chance to catch a runner with add ...

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I had 2 more trades that didn't work out. One on EJ and one on EU. The EJ trade is attached and it never should have been taken. Firstly the market didn't make a Lower Low(LL on the chart) so the downtrend isn't confirmed at that point. Also the LH ...

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So far today I had one losing trade on GJ for -11. I've decided to stop watching GJ and just focus on EJ, EU and GU. I missed a easy EJ trade and there as a potential EU trade as well but it wasn't trending as well so I'm not as angry about missing ...

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Back after a little hiatus to work on my state of mind. Not a lot of time to trade today. Took 3 trades, 2 on EU and one on EJ all losers. Total for the day was - 26, oh well, be back tomorrow for a full trading day and hope to have better results. ...

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Done trading for now, feeling sick again, not sure how that happens, feel sick on monday but fine tuesday and sick again today. At least that means I'll feel fine tomorrow. Overall thoughts on my trading today is that I did alright but still need a ...

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This morning I've done a little experiment where I was only trading EU and trading all HL's or LH's with the trend that I saw. So I looked at the 1 hour chart and the previous candle closed down so I started looking for LH's to sell. The 5 min chart ...

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One more loss for the day on a HL on EU 5 min -13, not in the right frame of mind, done for now and probably for the day since I don't really feel like losing more to lower my confidence any more. trublu

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GJ ended up going down and there was a possible entry on EJ but it wasn't the best looking LH around, it worked as well. It always seems I get stopped out or the ones I don't take are the winners. At least the JPY pairs and cable are starting to ...

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First 2 trades were losses, -17 on GJ and -8 on EU, EU was a HL and GJ was a LH both on the 5 min chart. Not seeing any good trends so far so probably not a good idea to make those trades but oh well, live and learn. trublu

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I had some PC issues to take care of this morning. Finally got them solved but now I have some stuff to do so no trades this morning. Maybe I can take some trades tonight during the Asian session if I see some good opportunities. If not I'll be back ...

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Not sure what happened, I wrote this post earlier and maybe I forgot to submit it or something but I thought I did. Anyways not feeling good today so I went back to sleep and woke up and saw big moves, of course it happens when I'm not watching. Oh ...

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I got some things to do this morning so I'm going to call it a day. Might try to trade tonight but with Obama speaking, probably not a good night to trade, who knows if the market will react but might as well not risk it. Overall I'm happy with my ...

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Actually off to a good start today. Hit 3 winners and 1 loss. I'll post the 4 charts here. EJ, GJ, and EU were winners and GU was a loss. While I'm happy I got some winning trades I'm upset because I left a lot of pips on the table. I need to work ...

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Next trade was a LH on EJ 5 min, -15, I guess it had already moved down too much and couldn't go any further. It seems like every trade I don't take works out for at least 10 pips and every trade I take doesn't go anywhere, very frustrating. trublu

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