Some thoughts on quiet periods and trading psychology... If you are trading a long(ish) term trend following system you are going to experience periods of time when it seems that not much is happening. If you are upset by this then you have to ask ...

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

Eurusd out at break even and then dropped 100 pips! Oh well, that's trading. I'm going to have to wait for a better pullback on this one. A quiet few weeks but something has to happen eventually.

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

Cadchf out at 0.9045 so a gain of about 290 pips for about £152 so the demo ended at about 3150 which is a 5% gain over a bit over a month. Out of 20 trades only 2 were winners but the winners were big enough to leave us with a profit. Nice.

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

Nice one on cadchf, a handy 100 pips. Nothing wrong with adapting systems to suit you.

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

I'm not 100% what you mean, the weekly is looking pretty bearish to me. I'm guessing you mean that the current candle hasn't closed yet? Well, this weekly candle opened red and the price was below the 100 sma on the 4 hour chart so that interested ...

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

2 x ATR which I think is about 78 pips.

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

A pair can always go lower. Look at usdchf a few years ago, people were calling the bottom on a daily basis and it still pushed lower. Always let it run is my answer, you will make more money in the long run even though at times it seems you are ...

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

Well done! I'm very impressed. Patience is the key and you've got it.

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

I took the trade about 10 mins before my candle closed at 13.00 GMT. Gbpchf has been chopping about quite a bit recently. I think it's time to leave it alone. I lost one (or was it two?) trades on it and just broke even on another so it obviously ...

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

Gbpchf out at break even, just sold eurusd.

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

Gbpchf still running. Still watching cadchf as well for the demo account. This week I'm also watching eurusd and gbpusd. I'm looking for a further push down followed by a nice smooth pullback, preferably nice and close to the 100 sma, then I'll be ...

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

Gbpchf came close to being stopped out this morning but held on and 60 pips up again now. Cadchf still running fine, more profit being locked in as we go. Oil has plummeted below the 97.50 level and a trendline, it's not doing what I want so it's ...

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

Yes, very impressive, much respect. I have to say that I like trend following a lot. Keep going.

SourceCodeFX Trading Journal

Lol!

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

Awesome trading as usual and good to see the thread alive. I use moving averages to determine when to close. I like a 100 sma but you can use different periods for different timeframes. That prevents me from closing out a move too soon and keeps my ...

Silent Service Method

Not a bad idea if you are "scalping" a move but obviously if you want to hold on for the main trend then the 100 sma is the way to go. Try an 8 ema of the high and an 8 ema of the low, that hugs the tops and bottoms of the HA candles quite well. ...

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

I noticed gbpchf turning round so I put a pending order on last night which was hit overnight. The stop just got touched before it started going down. Oh well. I entered again anyway, I think it's a good trade. 75 pips up at the moment, let's see if ...

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

Gbpchf gone and looks like invalidating unless it turns round quickly so that leaves eurgbp short looking interesting. I'll wait for a clear signal. Cadchf still running but starting to pull back a bit too now. Oil has made a small push away from ...

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs

As I thought, not much to watch this week but a few pairs setting up for the future. I'm watching eurgbp and gbpchf for trades and cadchf for the trail on the demo account. One more interesting thing to watch is oil. It's relatively flat at the ...

Swing trading with heiken ashi and stochs