$25 Silver coming soon — I found this article supporting my $25 Silver theory. The author has also given a chart to back up his case for $25. Silver is behaving with more of a stiff backbone than gold. Sure, it took a big hit, enough to give ...

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Thanks, Whipsaw! Like I said, we're all looking for the same thing, just peering through different 'looking glasses' if you catch my drift.

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I've always known there was merit in Fibs, but could never decide where to draw them from until I came across DazFx's thread recently. Maybe good traders like Jacko and Phillip are both onto something when they tell the rest of us to concentrate on ...

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You can draw comparisons between the 123 method, DeMarkTrendline Breakouts (known as Mouteki on FF),Phillip's MACD strategy's 'high probability' Trend Continuation signals,Felicia's Cornflower retracement system and a few other successful strategies ...

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Commodities versus forex — I wish it was 100% ,I actually lost 187 pips last week on a Silver trade. But...Interesting you mention that.The exact same breakout system that has proved profitable in Gold,Silver, Brent, Copper,etc.struggles to ...

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Trailing Stops — That's a good idea. I, as you can tell from previous posts, usually manually adjust stops in increments of 40, then once I've locked in 80 pips, I'll set a target at a third of the daily ATR, usually 250-400 pips.Alternatively ...

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No trade — Just after posting this, price turned around and headed north. It's good to wait for the candle close.

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Silver 1hr — Looks like a good Bearish engulfment forming on Silver 1hr. I'd like it to close below 17973 before I go short. 15 minutes to go before candle close.

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It's a mix and match system actually, with the emphasis on breakouts. I took aspects of De Mark's trendline breakouts, candles (especially strong maribozu candles) and Phillip Nel's MACD system(especially like his Trend Continuation signals) and ...

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Doji Star Trade Journal — Trade History since the start of this journal attached below.

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No end to Gold bull run? — This from my friend in India: "Dubai Multi Commodities Centre plans to start a venture with the World Gold Council to trade the first Islamic securities backed by gold bullion. Through a joint venture called Dubai ...

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GU — Thanks, dhalsim Looks like we both profitted on GU today then!! Well done to you too!

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Trade #22 and #23 — Trade #22: price hit stop after I locked in 20, but profit is only +13 pips.Can't for the life of me see when price came back that far!! This trade should still have been alive. Trade #23: Wish I was still in this one. ...

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Trade #23 — Just to clarify when I made this trade.See accompanying chart.

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Trade #22 — Locking in 20 pips. Can't let 20 turn into a loss.

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Trade #23 — Short GU off 4hr candle @ 1.9863 (on MT4 chart's price)

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GU 4hr — There's a short forming on the GU 4hr chart (bearish engulfing candle). Waiting for candle close in half an hour before adding to my current GU short (off daily) in Trade #22.

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Trade #22 — Short GBPUSD Daily @ 1.9875. Initial SL @2.0025 I entered this trade despite having missed the daily candle open.

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Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, Fxtrader. I agree wholeheartedly with setting goals. My 3rd goal this year was to gradually increase lots in relation to my account size. Today I realised that goal after trade # 20. Hence, trade #21 was ...

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Trade #21 — Just closed this one manually. Wanted to let one run, but after this morning's Stop Loss fiasco, I don't want to take a chance. Lot 1= +73 pips Lot 2= +59 pips Lot 3= +49 pips That's 218 pips for the day! Sweet,sweet,Silver!

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