nope. i didn't. i kept right "assuming" and passed on the third pullback. turned out to be a mistake ... :-(

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

i've been so distracted by my win, that i failed to pay attention to other set-ups (i was up late & missed one) & then missed another pullback for at least 0.8% ... regrouping.

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

swing trade off the G/J ... couldn't ask for a better set-up, but again, only time will tell.

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

this trade is a major cous. turned off the charts & entered a poker tourney satellite instead (i won a ticket too!) ... woke up to find price had reached my final target. yielded 4.2% on my account. the account is the highest it's been since i ...

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

totally wrong & honestly, completely contrary to my set-up ... fell victim to someone else's signal using my rules for entry. i have since "unsubscribed" to that forum as i seem t/b doing just fine on my own ... speaking of which ... my E/U swing ...

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

hit my first target. 1/2 off & rest to b/e. seems to have bounced straight off yesterday's low, so not sure if this will hold.

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

market waiting on the rate announcement ... this week is going to be trying.

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

intraday E/U ... pullback short failed (very small loss) & i reversed on a confirmed TL break. presently in the black, but time will tell.

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

found my cheap entry on the hourly ... was planning on entering on a 50% retrace, but when price reached there, it was clearly not going to be going short for a while so i decided to wait for a more logical entry (TL break on the hourly & is right ...

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

E/J has been stopped out (TSL to 4hr swing high) ... were i better at trading multiple charts, i could have easily taken this off the 4hr as a pullback. maybe if i get more monitors ... ;-)

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

saw another later on in the london, but decided to pass as there was no way of telling when it would hit my 1st off target ... in hindsight, might have been good as a set & forget to the first stop.

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

played a pullback off the 30 min chart ... loser (not my rules). fine, but someone was seriously interested in exchanging EUR/USD during the closed market as price tanked w/o warning. decided to play the E/U off the daily chart as a pullback (found ...

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

tokyo & london are closed during my trading session today/tonite, but i am going to press on regardless b/c i want to get into the habit of pulling the trigger. my plan is still to go live next week. swing trade to start the week will be U/CHF ...

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

Another One Bites the Dust ... — i need the obligatory yearly levity in my thread ... here's my vote for a requiem to the (below)-average forex trader (crossing my fingers this won't be played for me) "How do you think I'm going to get along, ...

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

actually, this trade had the potential for 2.5% gain. first mistake i made was entering a market order instead of limit order for my half off position -- when i clicked, it simply took me out of 1/2 my position, but not at the prescribed level. ...

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

i managed to squeeze 0.8% out of this trade. bollinger band bounce traders using 15 minute charts made a fortune tonite. shutting down for the week. this was a lousy week for trading in general ... rate announcements tend to do this. however, i am ...

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

im not very bright. whole market appears to be waiting for japan rate announcement. duh. this trade is a mess.

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

pulled the trigger intraday. not happy w/ SL (almost 50 pips), but it's still w/in 2% risk. late entry off the pin after the pullback, but same price as if i had jumped in earlier. watching the G/U for a swing trade later (piercing line looks ...

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

actually, just closed it for 70 pips up. hourly had raced up & is due for a retrace. A/U is closed for 40 pips profit ... (pair seems to be facing resistance) swing trades are now net 29.2% since april 8th.

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

G/J (also hedged, neither triggered the short triggered & in the black to the tune of 80 pips; will TSL at NY close

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