have performed the ritual friday, post-trading week post-mortem-back-test ... did not go crazy with it, but i did discover that i have to accept the fact that for me to ever get past break even potential (or worse), i have to get out of the asian ...

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

oanda sucks saga continues ... Part 219 nice little bearish continuation pattern after market action failed to make a higher high ... short back to re-test (re-re-re-re-test ...) 3600. entered, set my TP, market screwed around very briefly before ...

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

no volume in the market tonite ... am surprising myself by not overtrading. tried another one and it failed and i stopped.

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

6.7 pips ... not 10 pips as per the plan. ATR across the board was no more than 6 is my excuse.

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

doing good things so far. find an entry, pull the trigger, follow the rules for getting out.

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

got a 10-er ... had originally set for 15 due to the increased volumes in NY versus my asian session, but chickened out when it hit my 10.

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

to make matters worse, i applied a little BWILC and removed my SL, but left the TP at 3600 ... that was hit this morning while i was away from my computer

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

lots of practice pulling the trigger & managing trades w/o emotion (well, there was some irritation involved ...) ... the balance of the market was erratic & resulted in a few small losses, but nothing major. packing it in.

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

answer: no; market was moving very slowly and price hit resistance at 90 and bounced off it as expected & i closed my trade out with 8 pips.

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

WOW!! i finally pulled one off ... followed the rules from A-B-C. managed my emotions and the temptations that ensued. after totally f'g up this morning by taking a trade against the rules of the game (very humiliating to admit this after having ...

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

did a little set-and-forget at the closing bell for a break-out short back to 3700. it's not going very well. kind of a monkey move, but i did let it alone for 2 hours ... will be a loss since aussie market broke in favor of the bulls.

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

oops ... got caught in the chop. loss

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

8.3 pips off a pullback ... jumped out early because 50 level created resistance on the prior run up (instead of just canceling in fear after the run-up).

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

im up 0.5% for the day trading using 10:1 leverage ... would be 1% with my old 20:1 ... (most of the earlier trades of this evening were visual only) ... my last 3 trades were quite nice. not used to staying up for the london so im calling it a nite.

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

this was the trade. didn't quite get to 10 pips ... the market actually reversed & i would have netted 2 pips ... not the point tho

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

well, just as i finished typing this, i found a set-up; first thing i did well, did NOT second-guess the entry (usually under the "i dont think it can go up anymore"); second, i set a TP for 10, but when i went back to open my order window to close ...

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

took a day off from trading & journaling to get my act together. (woke up monday feeling totally dejected by my trading efforts and trading in general) ... turned out to be time well spent. discovered and re-discovered a few more things of ...

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

turned out to be the game winner. congratulations Saints!!

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

trading sucks tonite ... but ... THE SAINTS JUST PICKED OFF THE CRY-BABY & SCORED ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN!!!

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

actually, i saw this one, but passed on it for reasons unknown to me. decent set-up. strong RP at resistance level (double/triple top). oh well. coulda woulda shoulda.

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