i have never known a gap not to be "filled" technically, but the last few of these i've done have required that i do so w/o a SL (a true BWILC style trade -- i am confident the market will eventuallly move in my direction) ... unfortunately, i could ...

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

i jumped in off the hourly high, but ideally, i would have preferred to find a bit of confirmation on the 5min/15min charts ... im up to my neck in red at this point.

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

up to my usual tricks. did not trade the signal. sat around "hoping" it would pullback to a better price (and got a bit sidetracked w/ my gap trades that were going in the opposite direction of my E/U signal) ... entry at 3473 (minus spread and ...

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

2 gap fills on G/U & G/J to start the week (E/U was poor RR). otherwise, im waiting for either a pullback or TL break on the E/U.

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

thank you for your post. i am definitely hanging it all out there. i think it has helped my trading because anytime i feel like "editing" or "airbrushing" i stop & think, why am i doing this? for me? for the 2 people that read my thread? so, i go ...

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... yup. did run to 3500, but im happy w/ my progress & my weekly net.

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

the bears ran the price to 92.00 ... i woke up & decided to take my 80 pips & call it good at 19% net profit on the dailys since april 8th. will be plenty of set-ups next week.

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

net 2.3% ... jumped out at yesterday's low instead of waiting for the market to push the price to 3500. really stalled out prior to that and corrected on me and the orders started to pile up so i made a decision to end the week on super positive ...

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

as for the daily's, have only one w/ the U/J which i again entered off a really no-brainer pullback on the hourly.

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

short again from the pullback. shooting for 3500 which is only 21 pips from yesterday's low. so far so good, but only time will tell. i am fighting the urge to close this out now, but doing that will only help me in the short run.

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

yay!! reached my target. net 4% on that trade and net 2.8% for the week. eyeing another pullback possibility on the hourly. nothing exciting on the daily charts, except for maybe another crack at the U/J. this pair has been a real pain for me, but ...

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

presently up approx. 50 pips ... SL moved to b/e & fingers crossed. closing shop.

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

E/U hourly trades tonite: tried a long, but had a reversal signal. traded it (the short) patiently as planned off the 15 minute on a pullback for confirmation. presently in the black, but sideways. going for the original target on the gap fill.

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

closed the balance out as they had all reached resistance levels. net 3.7% for those. im 16% up for the balance of all the daily trades i've taken since last thursday.

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

found 4 swing trades off the dailies yesterday (yen trifecta and the AU) ... big news came and wiped out a beautiful set-up i made off the U/J (found a sweet entry on hourly that had me up 50 pips or so b/f it tanked pre-news release in the morning. ...

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

market action is skiddish. three trade balance numbers being released tonite & tomorrow & i suspect that is creating this mess. packing it in and wait for a better spot tomorrow.

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

good for 60 pips or 1.1%. happy with it. no more daily signals until tomorrow. still watching the E/U for a signal either way.

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

nevermind. taking the 20 pips and will jump in on the next signal.

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

went sideways for most of the nite. the best it could do was 3560-ish. if it can break that, i could be in good shape for the rest of it. have moved S/L to reflect current market action. still a gap to be filled on the EURJPY daily. thinking of ...

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

im playing the gap fill to 3500 and calling it a nite. no other hourly trades that signaled for me.

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