starting the week off w/ a gap fill in EU on demo. demo b/c it's not a true gap fill as the market began moving from where it left off on friday around 11am today as shown on my oanda account. have also entered a swing trade on the G/U off the daily ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

acted like NY ... i stuck to the plan of my exercise of pulling the trigger even tho i expected it to be a total disaster (pre-NFP & post-massive-selloff) ... and, it certainly did not disappoint in the disaster department. (and it was pulling the ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

not sure what this market's going to be like now. no daily trades for me for sure today and my intraday EU is likely to be sideways. i also wonder how great my first live week will be after a week like this so im torn about going live into a ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

alright, im up 38.4% on my swing trades since the 8th. $384.39 on a $1000.00 account in just under a month. nothing fancy. not highly leveraged (oanda only allows 50:1 max), not over-analyze or overtrade and no more than 2% risked per trade. go ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

just used the standard entry off the daily charts. thing tanked over night. woke up and found 300 pips in my account & closed it out. oanda crashed shortly thereafter & i have no idea what my balance is.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

made it to my target of 140.00 ... LOL ... a pittance compared to what happened this morning.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

bailed at 2755. it's still dropping. im up 7.2% for week.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

this could have something to do w/ the bombing in Athens & the strikes too, but i really dont know.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

(G/J trade) ... im up 200 pips. what a week. this is doing wonders for my confidence.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

i took another 1/2 off ... trade is locked in at yesterday's low & im up 1.8% on this trade. last stop 2750. boy am i glad i decided to postpone going live until after NFP week! :-P

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

i have issues ... banked another 1% on 1/2 position. SL to b/e. we'll see if london goes for more.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

im in another. no confidence again (this seems to be a chronic condition with me) ... presently up 20 pips ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

planned to take the N/U as a swing trade. completely missed the entry b/c i 1) failed to set an alarm for an early entry & 2) failed to set-up a back-up entry off the daily chart ... price shut up after rate announcement ... still watching the U/J

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

target reached. trade was a net 2.5% winner ... im 5.4% net for the week.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

wow. i just went thru my daily swing trades ... i was in most of the pairs that just dropped (the ones i closed out) ... that is a big oh well. i even analyzed the U/CAD for a friend who thought it would return to 1.0 & i thought contrary. another ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

nope. dropped 40 pips to my 1/2 off target. SL to b/e. final stop for me is 2800.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

haha, joke's on me. dropped another 75 pips.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

have taken about 1/2 off at 100 pips up. TSL to the 4hr swing high.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

alright ... im in now. now watch it become exhausted. LOL

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

it's in the black. will TSL later.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe