oops — signed on today & learned i had failed to close out a limit order from the other nite's trading ... 60 pips to the good. it is closed out. huge net gain, but this is a mistake that can also backfire. i will take it as it is since it can ...

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

home late again. jumped into a little trade short during HK open/kiwi close ... screwed around for over 30 minutes and i jumped out ... more than 1 hour later, it's shaping up, but still short of 1:1. no chart sorry.

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

missed this one while i was chatting ... not quite 10 pips since spread in and out was 2.4+

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

home from the rock quarry a bit later than expected and missed the tokyo open, but as it turns out, the market is sideways since the run back up to 4400. might have paid more attention prior to euro open last nite since there was a beautiful set-up ...

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

playing it safe — saw this trade during the HK open & decided to go for it. paid off ... however, i closed it out at 10 pips instead of letting it play out according to my plan (1/2 off at 1:1) the balance at 3:1 (just didn't feel it since im ...

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

it did ... still a bit green considering i haven't traded consistently since before the summer.

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

honestly, i dont know how i passed on this one. double bar representing resistance and bouncing off triple layer of resistance in a downward trend, etc etc. ... not really that bright

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

this one was tempting, but i thought i would be going back to the well & passed on it ... ending up running to the 1:1 mark ... must start trading the signals & not my over-analyzing mental state.

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

sheesh, this little trade might have made it to the 3:1 mark ... ahhhh, the joys of the mental game of trading ... 10 pips away.

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

well, i hung in there, didn't re-slop & ended up w/ a net gain for the session so far. decided to pull all lots off at the 1:1 mark as the market hasn't made it's mind up about whether to re-test 4300 or 4350. net 1.1% (1 loss & 1 win)

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

alright ... not back for even one hour & im slopping around ... jumped out of my long & into the short (aussie open); was tempted to jump back into the long, but figured i'd just take my lumps on the last 2 trades & wait for a better spot.

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

managed to find a spot to jump in and get my feet wet ("B"). 1/2 is off the table. this might not hold, but c'est la vie and im freerolling to 4350 anyway. ["A" is the earlier trade from above]

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

... turned off poker, but got distracted by reading threads/posts ... missed an opp to jump into the gap fill trade i spotted at the pullback ... DOH ... new year, same mistakes!

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

missed this gap fill while i was messing around w/ the daily chart & playing poker at the same time (violating rules on both ends of both spectrums ... off to a great start huh?) ... spread only 2 pips; 10 pips to 1st spot is 0.5% gain ... [usually ...

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

interesting situation on the EURUSD daily charts ... pin bar; high of last trading day hit previous resistance; price bouncing off (near) 200 daily moving average at 4300 ...

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

holidays over. my goal of trading the NY session just isn't compatible w/ my inability to get up at 5am ... going to try and give the asian session a go (an old favourite of mine) ... and see what happens.

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

slow to get back into it this week due to other commitments. last week was a net 0.9% gain trading part-time ... we'll see how i do this week if i can find opps to trade.

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

i took a trade tonite ... long from 5050-ish ... went short for about 10 pips then re-bounded. just got out at break-even. prolly could have played around in the chop & might have come out even or slightly better, but im fine where it's at since ATR ...

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

urrgh. i managed to screw up another perfectly good trade. my automatic TP number was at my entry for some reason ... that has now been rectified (unchecked those boxes ... i cant imagine how i would have thought to set them there, but whatever). ...

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

today/tonite looked like a great opp for bollinger bounce traders. otherwise, i totally missed out on any action. unavailable tomorrow ... duh!

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