I know what my error on that dow short was, I didn't analyse the chart enough (combination of lack of sleep, hungover), found a bearish trendline it had been respecting from the high of yesterday after I took the long trade. Silly me.

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Yeah SL is 30 pips away just under the previous low @ 12446, its a trade against the obvious downtrend

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I said to myself if it pulls back and stalls, I'll get in long as it may reverse and its stalled where I expected it to, lets see what happens... trading with a hangover isn't a good idea....

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dow mini long @ 12476. TP 12525. SL hit -30

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I know someone with angina and he has to take medication all the time, has to watch what he eats/drinks, count the saturates etc, not good! Anyway, late start for me today, alarm didn't go off, late for work...time to make some money

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Theres a nice bullish trendline on the dax from yesterdays low, it'll be a good short opportunity should it break through and pull back.

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Ah yeah that was a nice set up, not really looked at FX at all today, giving it a miss for a few days! the dow is my new best friend.

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What set up was that?

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Dow long @ 12550, bounce off the major trendline and got in after the first pullback to support. SL is just under the previous low. SL at break even @ 13+ up at time of typing this. Closed @ 12570. +20 Thats me done for the day, 91+ in total trading ...

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You should try some of this Kenco Colombian coffee I got the other day, lovely stuff --> http://www.kenco.co.uk/range/kenco-100%25/kenco-colombian/679 I've tried all of that range and they're all nice. Short on the DOW again 12567, bounce off the ...

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Haha have fun, looking at charts all day turns your brain to mush, I need to have music on all the time or I literally go mad. Theres quite a big trendline on the DOW that will need to be broken if it wants to get any lower, starting from the low at ...

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Thats great, thanks. Gonna see if theres a pullback and may get back in.

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Ah ok, so on the ftse, 0.10 lot would be £1/pip? etc.

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Closed @ 12602. +40 12600 is proving to be some support. ********** edit; I've had a look online but to no avail, what is the pip value for 1 lot size on the DAX and FTSE 100? With the mini DOW futures its 32pence/pip per 0.10 lot size, if I've done ...

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Looking at the charts, these index's seem to move in one direction a fair amount of pips unlike any of that currency clutter whipsaw madness, looking at the 15m and 30m timeframes and above, when the price stalls and makes some sort of reversal bar ...

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SL is at break even on that dow trade, currently +28 on that as of typing this, TP is set at 12510

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Ahh, I'm guessing the charts will look identical though?

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Nope deffo not a typo, it says I opened the trade at '12642', strange that! Its called the 'September 2012 Futures Mini Sized Dow' with my broker/thief?

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dow short 12642

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I'm currenly with FXPRO, 1.5 spread on the dax, 1 on the ftse 100, 3 spread on the dow

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